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Word: rufus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other was shot "over there between the bushes and the dining hall"; the tone suggested the danger of any black man being in the bushes. In any case, the defense maintained, the shootings had been provoked by "agitators." "Were these agitators bent and determined on violence?" asked Rufus Creek more. "Well, I think they were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Lawmen on Trial | 4/3/1972 | See Source »

...Geranium" and "The Last Judgment" old age is Dudley's leprosy; in "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" it is Lucynell Crater's retarded, overweight daughter; in "Everything that Rises Must Converge" it is Julian's mother's bigotry; in "The Lame Shall Enter First" it is Rufus Johnson's club foot; and in "Parker's Back" it is Parker's tattoos. These disfigured are always the prophets and voyeurs of sin. Flannery O'Conner draws clear, black lines from the sterility, the dust and the dead-beat poverty of the southern landscape to the landscape...

Author: By Tina Rathborne, | Title: The Complete Stories | 2/22/1972 | See Source »

...Rufus W. Pebbles Jr. '61, associate director of the Harvard Fund, said last Friday, "I don't foresee any problems in coordinating the two drives next year." Dean Dunlop said, however, that the next move is up to Radcliffe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Fund Raises $1500; Merger Unlikely | 4/29/1971 | See Source »

Seniors have so far pledged a total of $13,340 a year for the next three years, with at least a month of soliciting left. Last year's class pledged a total of only $7500. Rufus W. Peebles Jr. '61, associate director of the Fund, said yesterday he is "confident" of beating the record total of $15,000 pledged by the class...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: Seniors' Generosity To Harvard Soars | 4/15/1971 | See Source »

...CRIMSON lost its bid for a shutout when announcer Rufus Peebles hiccuped and hit the scoreboard switch instead of the final buzzer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Crime's' Defense Tips Weakly Foe | 2/27/1971 | See Source »

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