Word: bouting
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Hall admitted that she was still slightly shaky from last week’s bout with the flu, which had also played a factor in the Trinity match...
...victory over Duke was made easier because the Blue Devils were missing one epee fencer. The automatic three-bout forfeit proved to be the difference in the match, but the Crimson still posted strong performances in the saber and foil events...
...modern world, stress usually takes other forms. But the fight-or-flight response hasn't changed. Sometimes it's still useful: a demanding job can lead to a sense of pride; a bout of precurtain jitters can motivate a spectacular performance. But many modern stresses are continuing, not acute, and arise in situations we can neither fight nor flee: an unreasonable boss, a harrowing commute, a stormy relationship, a plummeting stock market, a general sense that life is out of control...
...have been moody and sad, unable to eat or sleep, chances are you suffer from clinical depression--unless, of course, it's just a bout of the blues. If you have a nasty habit of getting into brawls, chances are you are an antisocial personality--unless, of course, you are just a bit of a hothead. What determines whether you are sick or well? Often as not, it's whether you are male or female...
...possess one yet. Bush and his aides tried to draw a distinction between Iraq and North Korea by pointing to their record of defiance: though Saddam refused for four years to allow the world to check whether he was trying to obtain nuclear weapons, North Korea, until this recent bout of truculence, had at least frozen its plutonium process. That argument glides over the reality that while Pyongyang has submitted to nominal international oversight since 1994, it cheated on its agreements and consistently restricted inspectors' access to key nuclear sites. Whatever its reasons, the Administration's strategy is to talk...