Word: duos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...French-born brothers preyed on British, Spanish and French shipping in the Gulf of Mexico and sold their booty in the markets of New Orleans. Though the derring duo occasionally raided an American ship, by and large they were fiercely loyal to their adopted country. When the British approached Jean for help in the Battle of New Orleans in 1814, he led them on long enough to learn their plans, then brought his knowledge-and his guns-to the aid of Major General Andrew Jackson. Pardoned for his past plundering, he cheerfully returned to piracy...
Then, Downer and Gillis came up with the command performance of the afternoon. Army was heavily favored in the 600 but a fine strategy race by the Crimson's duo gave Downer the victory in 1:12.0, Gillis finishing second...
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). The talented duo present an hour of their generation's music...
...product of two country-pickin' guitarists from Lincoln, Neb., Denny Zager and Rick Evans, who a year ago were thinking about the future mostly in terms of the source of their next meal. Only last November, Zager, 25, and Evans, 26, were working as a duo, trying their best to please the regular customers in a Lincoln motel lounge. With a borrowed $500 they recorded 2525, which has a simple and schmaltzy tune and a chugging, nostalgic instrumental backup right out of the early 1950s. They released the record on their own label (Truth), gave a copy to some...
...owner of the Senators, marvels that Nixon "knows more about baseball than I do. I was amazed to hear him say he'd been following the Senators on his trip to Midway." Nixon and David Eisenhower attend games together and frequently talk baseball. One re cent evening, the duo sped out to the stadium, Nixon rushing away from a press conference, David forsaking his bride...