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Word: kenne (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...metaphor. They are clouds hovering pink and white across the surface of a lake, dive bombers plummeting to strike seaborne prey, bankers in tuxedoes posing in comic solemnity at a social event on an ice floe. But the easy, intelligent prose of Authors Les Line, Kimball L. Garrett and Kenn Kaufman allows the real creatures -- from the lava heron of the Galapagos to the bald eagle -- to emerge from the metaphors in full dimension. Not all the faces are pretty. The fierce marabou stork of Africa needs 2 lbs. of meat a day, and often finds it in the carrion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Shelf of Holiday Treats and Treasures | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

...wonders why anyone would try to cut through such semiotic superabundance for the sake of crafting a new madder metaphor. What is it about scarlet and its ilk that would simultaneously produce two completely unrelated books of photography devoted to pictorial variations on the same red object? Kenn Duncan's Red Shoes comprises 42 photos of the famous in fuchsia footgear, Kevin Clarke and Horst Wackerbarth's The Red Couch is the record of the amazing overland odyssey of twin crimson chaises through the heart of America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Color Red | 11/30/1984 | See Source »

...insists that Terry fill out an application to the clan on a cocktail napkin. A Northern visitor is worried that he means the Klan. But no, this invitation is to join the Clan Maxwell Society. "We meet four times a year, wear kilts, promote Scottish culture." Another clan member, Kenn, a fourth-generation American with a Pavarotti girth and an approximate voice, whose favorite songs are Old Scot Mother and Tobermory Bay, opens tonight with the song no one else dares sing if he is present: New York, New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Alabama: Isn't It Romantic? | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

...fabulous group," says Melvar, a definite regular at 72. "We celebrate birthdays, weddings, funerals. In all these years we've only lost two men who could sing. Ralph's memorial service is tomorrow, and we're all going." "The party's over," sings Kenn. Margaret closes: "I'm so glad you all came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Alabama: Isn't It Romantic? | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

Princeton's Craig Robinson led all scorers with 14 points, while teammate Randy Melville added 12 markers to aid the Tiger cause. Quaker captain Kenn Hall scored 12 points for the Quakers in the losing cause...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Defeats Penn, 54-50, Gains Ivy Title, NCAA Berth | 3/11/1981 | See Source »

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