Word: lackwits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Kyser's solicitude for lackwit contestants may stem from his own difficulties in graduating from the University of North Carolina. The combined efforts of his erudite family (his cousin was dean of the Graduate School; his uncle founded the Pharmacy Department) barely managed to get him an A.B. degree in "four year and two quarters." Figuring he was "too damn dumb for anything else," Kyser toured the U.S. with an orchestra after graduation. But his heart stayed on campus: there are two Kyser-endowed scholarships at the university (music and dramatics), and Kyser, at 44, agonizes like sophomore over...
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