Word: bouting
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...impoverished East Los Angeles and now lives with his pop-star wife and their toddler son in a 12-room mansion on the outskirts of San Juan, Puerto Rico, burnished his squeaky image of dedicated family man, budding business mogul (his Golden Boy Promotions co-promoted the bout) and sweet science philosopher: "When you have a good soul it makes you a better fighter." Thirty-year-old Mayweather, younger and quicker, was a heavy favorite with the betting class. Sentimentalists preferred the thirty-four-year-old De La Hoya. The crowd regularly chanted...
...They say that if you want the story of a fight, look at the competitors' feet and they will tell the narrative. From the beginning of the bout, De La Hoya's red-colored shoes strided toward the elusive Mayweather. De La Hoya's aggressive strategy was born on the belief that he needed to engage his opponent in a brawl, to bull Mayweather, who tends to sidestep his opponents with ghost-like body movements. De La Hoya, an angular man who stands two inches taller than Mayweather, wanted to get in close and use his power and size...
...that notwithstanding, the vice president has acquired enough perspective in the last few years that he’s not inclined to blow political issues out of proportion. Sundquist’s first months at Harvard came with a sizeable dose of contingency, as his mother’s bout with cancer—following on the heels of other family illnesses—rendered it uncertain whether his time would not be better spent at home. Although the disease did recede, allowing him to continue his studies, he says the events of his past have not left him unaffected...
...That's where Oldboy and the Tarantino oeuvre part company. The Korean movie proposes that guilt, not vengeance, can be the spur to a man's darkest deeds. The film's big set pieces - the devouring of a live octopus, a tongue removal without benefit of anesthetic, even a bout of lovemaking - are essentially acts of self-mutilation, in a world where original sin blots out the sunlight of redemption. Oh essentially takes the major blame for all the awful things that have happened to him. And when he finally faces his captor, he goes medieval on himself: ripping...
...That's where Oldboy and the Tarantino oeuvre part company. The Korean movie proposes that guilt, not vengeance, can be the spur to a man's darkest deeds. The film's big set pieces - the devouring of a live octopus, a tongue removal without benefit of anesthetic, even a bout of lovemaking - are essentially acts of self-mutilation, in a world where Original Sin blots out the sunlight of redemption. Oh essentially takes the major blame for all the awful things that have happened to him. And when he finally faces his captor, he goes medieval on himself: ripping...