Word: bout
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...book opens with the scene of the author's Lazarus-like return from death. A near-fatal bout with pneumonia leaves the newly resurrected Lawrence "with a heightened awareness of the physical world and a messianic tendency to preach." The author emerges as a different sort of evangelist than one might imagine. In an excerpt from one of his early poems, the virginal schoolmaster addresses his own sadly neglected member: "Thou proud, curved beauty Would worship these, letting my buttocks prance...
...ragged band of guerrillas into one of the largest and most professional in the Western hemisphere. But until last summer, Raul was regarded as a spent political force, particularly since the 1989 drug- trafficking trial of General Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez undermined his leadership. Raul went through a long bout with depression after Ochoa was convicted and executed. It had long been assumed that if Fidel died, Raul would assume control only as a caretaker...
...recommended her firm's own stock, only to say a few days later she didn't know that was against the rules. And last August police in East Hampton, New York, arrested her on suspicion of drunken driving as she drove a male friend home from an all-night bout of champagne drinking. Garzarelli has pleaded not guilty to the charges...
Freshman Geordie Hyland is expected to join the lineup once he has recovered from a bout of mononucleosis...
...biggest bout occurred Friday night at Troy, N.Y., where Rensselaer hosted Boston University, the top-ranked team in the nation. However, the game didn't live up to its billing, as the Terriers coasted to an easy 5-1 victory...