Word: bout
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...atmosphere was clearly that of a title bout, compounded by a noisy crowd equally split between Harvard and Yale fans and other players. With the Ivy championship trophy sitting conspicuously at center court, it was impossible to ignore the significance of each and every match as play crept on and the crowd grew rowdier...
...decision came down to freshman Jennifer Blumberg’s bout at No. 3 and Grigg’s duel at No. 1 with defending individuals champion and intercollegiate No. 2 Michelle Quibell. There was the potential for the final result to hang on the outcome of the highly-anticipated Quibell-Grigg matchup...
Pope John Paul II appears to be recovering after being hospitalized last week with a respiratory infection, the result of a bout with the flu. But his latest health scare has revived a heavy question hovering over St. Peter's Square: Who is really running the show...
With the stands swelling with fans from both schools, the final five matches were marked by raucous cheering and tight, tense victory margins. Junior Stephanie Hendricks lost a seesaw match at No. 9 3-2, but junior Allison Fast endured a long bout with Siobhan Knight at No. 7, eventually triumphing...
...Jokin Ceberio, the torture began in September 2003. He was 13 at the time, one of the new kids at Talaia High School in Hondarribia, a town in the Basque region of northern Spain. A gastrointestinal infection led to an embarassing bout of diarrhea in class, and several students began taunting and harassing him for sport. Then, last August, Ceberio and three friends were caught smoking hashish at a summer camp. When Ceberio's mother and father alerted the parents of the other children involved, the teenager's friends labeled him a snitch and allegedly began roughing...