Word: bout
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Peters's long bout with mononucleosis last summer has been pointed to as the cause of his slump, but he doesn't think that's right. "I'm fully recovered from it," he said...
...loss was significant for two reasons. It demonstrated that Peters, the pride of last year's pitching staff, has not fully recovered from a bout of mononucleosis. And it pointed out the defensive weaknesses that may haunt coach Norm Shepard all season. Harvard's batsmen will have to hit better than they did yesterday to win back the runs they give away on the field...
...Ebsen) and eight kids so durn sweet you could eat 'em up, cep'n they'd cause diabetes. Wai, 'fore you know it everybody's bein' as colorful as a cartoon, droppin' g's, singin' passels of ungrammatical songs (" 'bout you, 'bout me, 'bout us, 'bout we") and pronouncin' just about ev-erythin' on the fust syllable: Ree-pub-lican, convention, Yew-nited States, till you'd like to die gagging at some of the laffs...
...depth wears thin on the attack. Veteran crease attackman Jim Anderson may miss some of the season because of a leg injury, and Jamie Kilbreth is still trying to shake the after-effects of a winter bout with mononucleosis...
...journalism (TIME) as well as fiction (Kings Go Forth. Stars in My Crown), Brown tells his tale in matter-of-fact, down-to-earth prose. But by the time Paul heads eastward, the least wary reader will know that the hero is in for a stiff bout of navel-gazing-and, almost surely, a religious experience that will change his existence. His guru is a holy man named Bhaiji who receives a mortal stab wound during a religious riot. And sure enough, just before his death, Bhaiji manages through his power to implant faith and purpose in Paul...