Word: duking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Other researchers reported that many of the traits associated with Type-A behavior, including fast-paced speech and eating and a sense of urgency about time, do not seem to increase the risk of heart attack. Of all the supposedly dangerous Type-A traits, said Redford Williams of Duke University, "only the hostility aspect appears to be related to disease." Like many at the conference, Williams was disturbed by the recent findings. Said he: "It would be nice to put a bubble over the research and not let the rest of the world see it until we know what...
...pure as toothpaste, and as sexy. How could the Forces of Evil defeat these perfect folk? And how could the modern moviegoer care? Only Conan the Barbarian made much box-office noise, perhaps because it had Attila Schwarzenegger punching out entire races as if he were a Dark Ages "Duke" Wayne...
...dozen or so Southern states are expected to hold primaries or caucuses during the second week of March. Almost one-third of the delegates at the nominating conventions will be on the line. Duke University Political Scientist Joel Fleishman calls the regional primary "a logical extension of the South trying to find its place in the sun." Texas State Senator John Traeger, chairman of the Southern Legislative Conference and a leading proponent of the Mega Tuesday idea, puts it even more emphatically: "The South has risen again...
...college-basketball fans "out in the state." Everywhere but Louisville, and sometimes in Louisville, the Cardinals are still referred to as "the blackbirds." While U.K. broke its color line way back in 1970, the Wildcat affirmative-action program pales in contrast to U.L.'s. It is conceivable that Duke had more rooters in the state of Kentucky than in both of the Carolinas...
...same token, or at least a similar one, some of Duke's regular supporters brought an elitism to Dallas that had shades of racism. A popular parable: if a high school basketball player asked about his "boards" replies "I average eight rebounds a game," he is a better candidate to attend Louisville than Duke. Certainly Duke is an excellent school (Richard Nixon's law alma mater), but Louisville must be meeting some standard of education. Ellison became the center of the team only after the incumbent was declared academically ineligible...