Word: duking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although primary day, February 16, is still several months away, New Hampshire has become known as "Duke territory" among Democrats because of its strong support for three-term Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis. Many political and campaign analysts consider the New Hampshire vote a giveaway for the governor...
...significance of the Democratic primary will be based not only on actual percentages, but on the public and media interpretions of the numbers. Unfortunately for the "Duke," the candidate who wins by the largest margin will not necessarily be called the winner. A strong second place finish could make a campaign for a Democratic contender...
...Philadelphians have been in on the secret. The city's enterprising American Music Theater Festival has already revived Gershwin's lost Strike Up the Band, served as the proving ground for Anthony Davis' powerful first opera X (The Life and Times of Malcolm X) and unearthed Queenie Pie, the Duke Ellington "street opera" planned for a Broadway run early next year. Festival Directors Eric Salzman and Marjorie Samoff have become the foremost presenters of new and unusual music theater works in the country...
Since then, Bloom has played the major Jazz Festivals and recorded several albums, including one with Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell which won a five-star rating from Downbeat. Critic Nat Hentoff places her in Duke Ellington's "beyond category" category...
...People who want to teach at law schools have other options" than going to Harvard, said Duke Law School Dean Paul Carrington, a vehement opponent of the crits. "If there is a perception that there are various problems in the tenure process, it might be more difficult for a school to secure appointments...