Word: bouts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Immediately after the bout, Harvard's coach Johnny Lee asked the referee if the Columbia wrestler hadn't been pinned and the referee said, "Yes, but I didn't call it." In fact, Kalbacker received near fall points and avoided losing by a four-point major decision...
With 14 seconds remaining in the 177-lb. bout, Crimson matman Ed Bordley was holding a commanding lead when he was placed in a pinning hold by Columbia's Jim Kalbacker. Kalbacker exposed both of his own shoulders to the mat as he tried to pin Bordley, but the referee did not award Bordley...
Recognizing the importance of the speech, the President had prepared for it like a prizefighter before a bout. He had his speechwriters supply six successive drafts, which he circulated to various Cabinet officers and aides for comment...
...mind. His pondering is interrupted by a fierce cry of "I'm waiting" from an Army assistant coach bearing down on the director with an intimidating stare. The director as much as turning his head in the direction of the shout calls "no touch" and restarts the bout. The Army coach is still waiting...
...first story above. Either an onlooker or the fencer himself will make the tacit assumption that they or their man has won the point. The most dramatic method of assumption is the ripping off of a mask by a fencer who believes he's made the fifth and bout-winning touch...