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doo·zy
/ ˈdoōzē/
(also doo·zie)
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n.
(pl. -zies) inf.
something outstanding or unique of its kind:
it's gonna be a doozy of a black eye.
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Earl Walter LeBlond of Merton
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 6/11/1999; 298 words
; Memorial services will be June 26 for Earl Walter LeBlond, 82, of Merton, who died May 29 of heart failure at his Arbor Vitae home. Survivors include his four sons, Ladd of Belmont, Mich., Damon...
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Non-Fiction - Lasting legacy of de Merton
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 3/4/2003; ; 432 words
; ...Michael Franks (Alden Press, 12) WALTER de Merton may not be the most famous name...From humble origins as a clerk at Merton Priory in Basingstoke, he became...England. But it was his foundation of Merton College, Oxford, in 1264, which...
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PREPARING MEDICARE FOR BABY BOOMERS - FIELD HEARING SIOUX:MERTON C. BERNSTEIN CITY, IOWA
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 8/25/1997; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 The CHAIRMAN. Professor Bernstein. STATEMENT OF MERTON C. BERNSTEIN, WALTER D. COLES PROFESSOR OF LAW EMERITUS, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS, ST.LOUIS, MISSOURI Mr. BERNSTEIN. Senator Grassley...
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Mocking Merton has last laugh at Baftas.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 4/14/2003; 700+ words
; ...Asked about his reaction to Merton's win, he said sarcastically...his wilderness years. Julie Walters landed the best actress prize...Entertainment Performance: Paul Merton (Have I Got News For You...S): PRIZE NIGHT: Paul Merton with his Bafta for best entertainment...
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Merton has last laugh over axed Deayton.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 4/14/2003; 693 words
; ...life. But 46-year-old Merton, who only days ago revealed...show Have I Got News For You. Merton told on Saturday night's...the Second World War. Julie Walters won best actress for her role...Entertainment Performance - Paul Merton (Have I Got News For You...
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Baftas have news for Paul, but not Angus; Merton beats off rival in hit show, and mocks Deayton as he collects award.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 4/14/2003; 700+ words
; ...life. But 46-year-old Merton, who only days ago revealed...show Have I Got News For You Merton had told on the Parkinson show...or to World War II. Julie Walters landed the best actress prize...series Jamie's Kitchen. Merton spat out his beer in surprise...
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Dancing in the Street as Corrie wins soap Bafta; Jason's a jolly good Fellow as winner Paul Merton takes a swipe at Deayton
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 4/14/2003; 691 words
; ...done too bad." Comic Paul Merton had the last laugh as he beat...show Have I Got News For You. Merton - who just days ago revealed...Gathering Storm. And Julie Walters landed the best actress prize...Entertainment Performance - Paul Merton (Have I Got News For You...
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Out where the Psalms are sung.(Spirituality)(Thomas Merton)
Magazine article from: Sojourners Magazine; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...compassion for the fears of men," Merton wrote, "and the irrational...I STAND again at the foot of Merton's grave. The ground is frozen...overflowing casualty ward at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. It...and so fruitful," wrote Merton, "as the wilderness of compassion...
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Merton shuts the door on Room 101 ; PREVIEW
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 2/9/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...himself. Equally unsurprisingly, Merton picks holes in Hislop's opinions...unashamedly self-indulgent - Merton and Hislop matily rib each other...a great ruse for celebrating Merton's last show, although there...s fashionista nephew nor wet Walter are in it - that's how un...
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Merton, Robert K., and Elinor Barber. The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity: a Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: International Social Science Review; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; Merton, Robert K., and Elinor Barber...pp. 68-78), physiologist Walter B. Cannon, one of the earliesi...and practice than Robert K. Merton. Having stumbled across this...English Dictionary in 1945, Merton later borrowed it for his now...
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Walter de Merton
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Walter de Merton d. 1277, English bishop, founder of Merton College, Oxford. He was lord chancellor from 1261 to...the beginning of the collegiate system of education, and Merton College became the model for other colleges at Oxford and...
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Merton, Walter de
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Merton, Walter de (d. 1277). Clerical statesman. Educated at Oxford, Walter became a clerk in Chancery and amassed...down for the governance of his foundation Merton College, Oxford, in 1264 were copied...
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Merton
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...played. George Eliot lived in Wimbledon. Merton has remains of a priory that was founded in 1115 and destroyed by Thomas Cromwell . Walter de Merton , Lord High Chancellor to Henry III and founder of Merton College, Oxford, and Thomas à...
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Oxford University
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...his widow applied to founding Balliol College in 1282. Earlier, in 1264, Walter de Merton , chancellor of England, devoted most of his fortune to establishing Merton College. Undergraduates were admitted for the first time about 1500. By Elizabeth...
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Rose, Helen
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Whorf) (co) 1947 Good News (Walters) (co); Merton of the Movies (Alton) (co...Song (Alton); Summer Stock (Walters) (co); Three Little Words...Brooks); Texas Carnival (Walters); The Unknown Man (Thorpe...
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