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Word: bout (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Deep Currents | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rio Grande Valley, Texas | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

Still, the lineup shifting hardly hurt the Tigers in their quarterfinal bout against Virginia last week, as they came from behind...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Laxwomen to Meet Tigers in Final Four | 5/19/1989 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Golfer's Worst Nightmare | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swordswomen Claim 7th Place in NCAA Tourney | 4/6/1989 | See Source »

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