Word: bout
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...manage his passionate connection with Elsie while maintaining his marriage and giving no pain to his patient, long-suffering wife? Answers eventually arrive, but not before some spirited narrative interludes: vivid scenes of hunting and "sticking" swordfish on the high seas, a sexual encounter that turns into an extended bout of mud wrestling, a hair-raising attempt to outsail a major hurricane...
...seems almost natural when a 2,500-lb. bull rhinoceros crashes out of the undergrowth in a full thundering charge. "Here, Macho," Bentsen calls. "How 'bout an apple for breakfast?" The massive beast puts on the brakes just short of a six-bar iron fence that separates man and animal. With a deft twist of his heavy, pointed lips, Macho plucks a slice of apple from Bentsen's hand. Bentsen reaches through the bars to scratch the leathery muzzle. Rhinos are slow-witted, almost childlike creatures that when startled tend to charge first and ask questions later. But once...
Still, the lineup shifting hardly hurt the Tigers in their quarterfinal bout against Virginia last week, as they came from behind...
...management of heavyweight boxer Carl "The Truth" Williams took out a full-page ad Monday in The New York Post challenging Mike Tyson to a championship bout. Let me get this straight, there was "Truth" in The Post...
...come in the same spot each of the last four years," Papailias said. "I've been consistent, but its been frustrating. I've won one direct elimination bout each year...