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Word: kneivel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...more you learn about Ned Coll the more you are certain he is a lunatic. Looking wildly around as he speaks, waving his hands madly or clenching his fists in manic frustration, he is the Evel Kneivel of activism, a man who has performed daring stunts in the name of social causes. He fasted for 40 days to call attention to the plight of the elderly in Hartford, Conn., he walked from Hartford to Washington to debate a fuel bill for the poor before Congress, he sloshed along the shores of Rhode Island all the way to Greenwich to protest...

Author: By Paul Micou, | Title: Rekindling Concern | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

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