Word: bout
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...Fritz Campbell and Andy McNerney in the middle weight classes in an attempt to secure two wins. The strategy backfired as McNerney, wrestling up one weight class from his accustomed 142 Ib, division, scored a superior decision in the 150 Ib, class, but Fritz Campbell lost the most frustrating bout of the match to Cornell's Phil Heflin...
...easier to witness his writhing. Grab another beer and shake your heads. Poor Kafka. Why he clung so desperately to his father, why he endlessly romaticized him and even incorporated a piece of his shopkeeper, artist-as-vermin mentality--these are questions that Hayman knows are unanswerable. How 'bout that Gresor Samsa--transformed into a dung beetle so he kills himself with sorrow watching his family carry on the breadwinning without him. And with all that space on the ceiling where you crawl till your heart's content...
...BELL WILL RING next week for Round Two of Ronald Reagan's bout with American higher education, and the President's men have already revealed what his strategy will be. No fancy footwork here; the word...
Wilder attained a U.S. Chess Federation ranking of "Master" at age 13, the youngest person to achieve that honor since former world champion Bobby Fisher. Contacted yesterday at his New Jersey home, where he is recovering from a bout of mononucleosis, the cocky youngster said he hasn't than five minutes thinking about any one move...
...Friends, his latest effort, seemed to promise facing our more recent past through less misty eyes than we've grown accustomed to. The sixties currently enjoy a romantic revival all their own. The music of Jimi Hendrix and the Doors may be even more popular now. Political activist reminisce bout those bolder days. And our first strong president in two decades only makes us miss the Kennedys more. But portraying social issues and confronting them are two different things, and no one in Four Friends seems to know what they're about. Four Friends is particularly disappointing since Penn also...