Word: duking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dukakis, for example. The governor talks about the Massachusetts Miracle, his supporters chant "Duke, Duke, Duke," pundits mention the Greek heritage of passion that lurks--somewhere, maybe--in him. But none of this disguises the fact that Dukakis' image is BORING, that he is thought to be the ultimate technocrat, or that his speaking style is often wooden...
...that is criticism, and the Democrats' covention, had it offered only that, would have been less than successful. If the Democrat's win this election because of that week in July, the credit will belong to the Duke's speech on Thursday night, in which he layed out a plan for the country, vague though...
Keep your distance, Duke. Negotiating a pre-convention Nightline interview, Dukakis aides wanted their man seated next to Ted Koppel, as Gary Hart had been. Koppel wanted the Duke in a separate studio. Unable to resolve the dispute, the Dukakis camp canceled the interview...
Michael Dukakis tries to unite his party and define its postliberal soul. -- Confounding oddsmakers and stiff- arming Jesse Jackson, the Duke picks Texan Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate. -- Garry Wills on the rise of the moral manager. -- Calvin Trillin rediscovers Atlanta. -- Mimi Sheraton samples the city' s culinary charms. See NATION...
While his friends in Oceano, Calif., have been zooming about on bikes and surfboards, Marshall has been taking flying lessons since he was seven. His copilot last week was retired U.S. Navy Flyer Randy ("Duke") Cunningham, 46. A third passenger slipped on board: Marshall's brown teddy bear, named, appropriately enough, Charles Lindbeargh...