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  • McGinn is no more the "face of the Democratic Party" than Dixy Lee Ray was.

    Guess What, Establishment. McGinn is the New Licata. Except, He’s the Mayor. « PubliCola 2010

  • Dixy Lee McGinn simply does not have the capacity to be an Executive elected official.

    Only One Dealmaker « PubliCola 2010

  • With Rice being called up to lend his "invaluable" and "trusted" leadership there must be a plan to resurrect Dixy Lee Ray.

    Sound Politics: Shapley's Audition 2006

  • They got Dixy Lee Ray, who was the governor of Washington, to declare it an exclusion zone, and then it erupted on May 18, 1980.

    When the Earth Flexes Its Muscles 2003

  • I will not easily forget Dixy as he came to the field on that occasion, carrying his umbrella to the goal-posts, and laying it against the left one.

    Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches David Drummond Bone

  • Poor Dixy (for he is dead now) -- well can I remember his first introduction to the Conquerors.

    Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches David Drummond Bone

  • When chaffed on the "umbrella incident" ever afterwards Dixy was silent, and declared that in using it he did not hold his opponents too cheaply, but simply with a desire to save himself from a ducking.

    Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches David Drummond Bone

  • If Dixy had one weakness more than another it consisted in a lively sense of his own importance as a crack goalkeeper, and the supposed invincible qualities of his club, which he often declared could not be beaten.

    Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches David Drummond Bone

  • The title of "Dixie" could have come from either the fact that in New Orleans, "Dix" is a monetary unit (French for 10), but a more popular explanation is that the title honors a kind farmer in Manhattan Island by the name of Dixy who was rumored to be connected with the Underground Railroad; "Dixy's Land" became known as a safe haven.

    Dixie Daniel Decatur Emmett 1859

  • MOSCOW, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Russian food retailer Dixy reported a 390 million rouble ($12.5 million) net profit for the second quarter of 2011 after a 3 million rouble loss in the same year-ago period as a result of smaller forex losses.

    unknown title 2011

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