Word: beaten
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been known to change his mind about a match after the contracts were signed. Moreover, in Harlem, where he owns and operates four businesses (including Sugar Ray's Café), even his friends suspected that the champ had grown soft on easy living. But Sugar Ray, beaten only once in 98 professional fights, proved last week that he still had everything under control...
While in jail Olive had been brutally beaten. A medical report of two physicians issued by the U.S. Consulate said: ". . . Soreness in all muscles and joints, also bruises, contusions and abrasions, and some evidence of internal injuries." Before he was released, Olive had been forced to sign a statement which the Communist press gleefully displayed: ". . . I already have admitted my mistake [and] have repented and inwardly feel deeply regretful . . . I did not receive any ill treatment...
...much would it all cost? Twenty billion, the beaten real-estate lobby had moaned, only to be called a liar by the President. Not over $10 billion, said Harry Truman. Who was right no one yet knew...
When he refused to attend propaganda movies, Fujii was brought before a "People's Court." As punishment, he was thrown into the middle of a ring of prisoners, then kicked and beaten from one side to the other...
...Slowly being beaten back by the Greek army...