Word: dupere
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...before, a muscle-bound man from Krypton had landed in the pages of rival Action Comics and become an instant icon of pop culture. Sullivan may not have owned Superman, but he could clone it. He called in cartoonist Bob Kane, then 18, and asked for a similar "super-duper" character. Kane went home, tossed the movies The Mark of Zorro and The Bat Whispers into an imaginary blender with Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine, and dreamed up Batman. The whole process took a few days...
Wiley, like Yohe, also throws to his running backs. Tailback Tim Donovan, Lockbaum's heir, leads Holy Cross with 15 receptions. Sophomore Mark Gallagher is the Crusader version of Mark Duper. At 5-ft., 9-in., Gallagher has snagged 13 passes...
...necessity and White Castle sold its first tiny square hamburgers from its tiny squarish outlets. After World War II, the genealogy divided into two distinct branches. In the downtownish precincts of Southern California were the new coffee shops, like Googies, serving 24 hours a day, greasy spoons with super-duper production values and plenty of room. Meanwhile, out in the suburbs and on numberless freeways, the hamburger stand became pandemic. Hess calls Ships, a Googie imitator built in 1958 and demolished in 1984, "the major monument of Coffee Shop Modern," where "Fred Flintstone and George Jetson could meet over...
...damage control by postponing his appearance. That gives the K-School time to graciously forget that they ever offered the award or to rename the award. A nice innocuous title that still impresses Administration types would be in order: the Kennedy School of Government's Commemorative, Special Edition, Super Duper 50th Anniversary Medal. The other option is really very simple. While we would really love to see Meese speak and be questioned by some sharp law professors, he could do his buddy Allison a favor and not come...
...Dolphins surprised more than a few viewers by showing what a bunch of crybabies they really are. Mark Duper threw his helmet on the ground like some 10-year-old brat who needed a slap--and I mean a real slap, not one like that wimpy love-tap that Miami's Fuad Whatever gave to the Pats' Don Blackmon...