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Word: ole (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...once, the perfect Southern gentleman and the easygoing good ole boy. Trim, handsome and carefully dressed, he can exude the effortless charm of a man comfortable with wealth and power even as he chews a wad of Red Man tobacco, spitting the juice into a paper cup. A well-educated scion of a prominent line of Houston attorneys, he enjoys fishing with his buddies in the waters of Matagorda Bay and hunting wild turkey on his land near San Antonio. He is a managerial mastermind who relaxes by watching pro football games and listening to Tammy Wynette records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leaving the White House a Winner | 1/21/1985 | See Source »

...forest, and not of the cash. And in U-Hall 4 if you find Michael Spence. Say, "Relax a little, don't be so tense." For if all goes well and you coddle Prez. Bok. A University Chair you will find in your sock. Just think of ole' Roso, your precursor as dean. He gave us the Core, now he's not to be seen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Holiday Ode | 12/18/1984 | See Source »

Coach Restie's stocking was hung with good care. He thought ole Cosell might even be there; But when Ivy League Football was broadcast on air. Even Candlepin Bowling got more audience share. To Cambridge, and Boston, and Harvard Police. A goalpost that folds with the greatest of ease. Professor Mike Fiering will draft the design. If athletic officials but give him the sign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Holiday Ode | 12/18/1984 | See Source »

...Brian Melendez, Who hopes all the Council will do just as he says. Those eager dissenters now have reason for pause. Their leader awaits them with copious bylaws. To the Quad folk--from your dearly beloved Dean Fox, Alas, look ye forward to many empty socks. And although good ole Cabot will renovate soon. Those poor folks up there cannot transfer till June. While up at NoHo, they"ll tear up the floors. And send all of Cabot streaking through Moors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Holiday Ode | 12/18/1984 | See Source »

...Winter managed to dither away his political strength. First, after his supporters won a bitter struggle to have him appointed chancellor of the University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss") last December, Winter waffled, accepting the post and then changing his mind a week later. Then he appeared even more irresolute by agonizing for two months over whether to challenge Cochran, making up his mind, some say, only 20 minutes before his announcement. Compared with Cochran's upbeat, exuberant performance, the bespectacled, scholarly former bond attorney's campaign is rather dispirited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Senate: Riding High with Reagan | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

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