Word: bouting
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...Boxing has been outdrawn by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (U.F.C.), a chain-link-caged, rule-free (unless you count "no biting, no eye-gouging") contest so bloody it has been decried by the American Medical Association, banned by New York and dropped by pay-per-view cable. At a bout last month, spectators included Cindy Crawford and basketball player Shaquille O'Neal - who, the owners say, once asked for the date of a fight to be changed because he had a game. The U.F.C., which seems to involve a lot of submission holds and smeared blood, may surpass both frat...
Those rumors began to swirl following freshman Melissa McHugh’s voluntary withdrawal from the University following a series of academic and health-related issues. McHugh was sidelined during the season after suffering a bout of amnesia...
...Such strains, along with what some Japanese media see as pressure to produce a male heir to the throne from those in the household agency who see that as her only real function, seem to have pushed the princess to the breaking point. After suffering a bout of stress-induced shingles this winter, Masako has lived in virtual seclusion. It's widely assumed that Naruhito and Masako would prefer to live like many modern European monarchs: basically as regular citizens but with nicer houses, cool crowns and invitations to all the best parties. And opinion polls indicate that most Japanese...
Instead, Cromwell was dealing with a bout of sophomore slump, battling apathy towards athletics, academics and his social life in a balancing act that was one shove in the wrong direction from spiraling out of control...
...Crimson was humbled in an emotional 3-2 bout at Dartmouth that saw Ruggiero receive a game misconduct late in the second period. The incident, however, had a rally effect on the team, highlighted by the selfless play of sophomore Julie Chu, who switched to defenseman in Ruggiero’s absence. Harvard staged a third period comeback before ultimately falling to the Big Green...