Word: duking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the fame of his customer, Papalimberis said he doesn't give the Duke a discount on his bi-weekly visits, and the barber said that he has no plans to accompany the candidate to the White House...
...divestment candidates this year areSidel, Haywood Burns '62, vice provost for theCity College of New York, Jerome Grossman '38, aMassachusetts businessman and liberal activist,Ruth J. Messinger '62, a New York City Councilor,Peter D. Wood '64, a Duke University historyprofessor, and Consuela Washington, counsel to theHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce. They,along with 12 candidates nominated by theUniversity, are running for six vacant spots onthe Board...
...MIKE DUKAKIS decides to run for president he could run on a platform promising to "make America laugh again." For starters, professional yuckmeisters of all races, creeds and colors would be able to add several minutes to their routines merely by poking fun at our dour Duke. It wouldn't be long after the good governor announced any intention to become master of ceremonies of the comedy club of life that stand-up comics would start dishing out lines like, "Hey--you hear about Dukakis' economical version of a Star Wars defense shield? Yeah, in case of nuclear attack...
...morning to ask her to accept another baby rhino, which was just orphaned by poachers in the Masai Mara. Lamprey is a mandarin who urbanely calls down apocalypse in a voice that sounds the way the finest, oldest brandy tastes. The visitor privately bestows a title upon him: the Duke of Extinction...
...duke speaks of many things African and animal, and warns at the end of each paragraph that such things should not be written about because publicity is fatal. Now you see the duke. Now you don't. He concludes with a flourish of suave obliteration, "If there was one species you could remove to the benefit of the earth, it would be man." Among the animal lovers, it is not unusual to encounter that misanthropic streak. The animal lovers seem to feel themselves to be just as besieged as the animals...