Word: bouting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...both sides, Republicans and Democrats are hyping the fall presidential campaign on campus like promoters of a big-time boxing bout...
...both sides, Republicans and Democrats are hyping the fall presidential campaign on campus like promoters of a big-time boxing bout...
...Administration and the Federal Reserve, on the other hand, are fighting a totally different war. The Federal Reserve, under not-so-subtle pressure from the White House, has been pushing interest rates down for more than a year in hopes of stimulating the U.S. economy out of its long bout of sluggish growth in order to help the President's re-election campaign...
...emetics of late-night TV. Three million insomniacs regularly catch Costas with many celebrities who Don't Do TV -- talking acting with Robert Duvall, say, or camera angles with Lawrence Kasdan. Costas can also be a gentle nudge, drawing a controlled performer like Mike Wallace into revelations of his bout with depression...
Moreover, any setback to Bush's health before November would strengthen the Veep factor. In response to persistent rumors that he is ill, Bush and his doctor last week reiterated that his health is excellent, despite his bout last year with Graves' disease and his vomiting and collapse, caused by intestinal flu, at a state dinner in Tokyo last January. Reporters and staffers who try to keep pace with Bush find him exceptionally fit and energetic for a man of 68. Still, as a Bush friend observed, "he hasn't had much fun in this job lately, and that shows...