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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
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Dixy Lee McGinn simply does not have the capacity to be an Executive elected official.
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With Rice being called up to lend his "invaluable" and "trusted" leadership there must be a plan to resurrect Dixy Lee Ray.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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