Word: bout
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...painting subjects was himself (see cut). He accepted an admirer's praise by assenting with gusto, "I paint like le bon Dieu." A sturdy, black-bearded bohemian, Courbet would sit up drinking until dawn, once on a trip to Munich defeated 60 Bavarians in a four-day drinking bout. His taste in female models (many of whom became his mistresses) was equally gargantuan...
...late. Welterweight Champion Carmen Basilio discovered that he never had a chance in his title bout with Challenger Johnny Saxton in Chicago. Carmen ran himself ragged trying to catch his man, but ex-Champ Saxton stayed on his bicycle, avoided a knockout, and for his reward, received a unanimous decision that shocked sportswriters and spectators alike into a long Bronx cheer. "I just don't know why people feel badly because I won," said the new champion...
Gervasi received the wound from Eliot F. Morrison '59, whose foil had imperceptibly broken during the bout. Dr. Augustus Thorndike, chief surgeon of the Hygiene Department, reached the scene at 6 p.m., thirty minutes after the accident, Gillis said...
...Crossing blades in The Bronx with the best swordsmen in the East, the Naval Academy's foil, epee and saber wielders won the three-weapon title at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association championships by the thin edge of a single saber bout...
...Crimson wrestlers face Yale today in an attempt to break Yale's 21 year jinx over them. The chances are slim as the varsity holds only an edge in one bout today in New Haven...