Word: bouting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Suffering from a prolonged bout of depression and desperate for help, Melody Gavigan, 39, a computer specialist from Long Beach, California, checked herself into a local psychiatric hospital. As Gavigan recalls the experience, her problems were just beginning. During five weeks of treatment there, a family and marriage counselor repeatedly suggested that her depression stemmed from incest during her childhood. While at first Gavigan had no recollection of any abuse, the therapist kept prodding. "I was so distressed and needed help so desperately, I latched on to what he was offering me," she says. "I accepted his answers...
...worry 'bout the future -- sooner or later it's the past...
...every evil-looking character can quickly be dubbed a "goner." Why wait two hours to see it happen? The dialogue is almost nonexistent, unless witless one-liners count. For instance, a fair young maiden says to Aramis (Charlie Sheen) during a rather carnal Bible lesson: "When you started talking bout original sin, I lost control and became impassioned...
...worry 'bout the future -- sooner or later it's the past...
...before the 1988 Games, Bowe suffered several blows. His favorite sister, Brenda, was killed in a mugging. A brother, Henry, went into the hospital with AIDS. The young boxer, recovering from hand surgery and a foot injury, made it through the semifinals and tried holding on in the final bout against Lewis, but the referee stopped the fight in the second round, giving the victory to the British boxer. Managers and promoters who had wooed the young hopeful before the Games were no longer as eager to sign him up. "It was my goal to win the gold medal...