Word: bouts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Frazier, always a poor-relation titlist for most Americans after the ostracism of Ali, tonight's bout is a chance to silence once and for all those who have contended that he is not a blue-chip heavyweight. Despite his unanimous decision over Ali three years ago, Frazier has still to silence the ghost of Ali taunting him over his shoulder...
Dick Cavett Show. Muhammad Ali and Smokin' Joe Frazier spar verbally in a 90-minute warm-up for their scheduled Jan. 28 heavyweight bout at the Garden in New York. Cavett referees. Ch. 5. 12:30 a.m. Color...
About the only bout that would have rivaled Robert Young and Jane Wyatt, came in the third round. Larry White, fencing at foil, stormed back from a 1-4 deficit to overtake Rucci, 5-4. Joining White at foil was John Major, who fenced and won twice in the round...
After an indifferent start, the Skylab mission was also sailing smoothly. The astronauts had recovered from a bout of space sickness and were learning to live with a balky gyroscope, one of the three essential for maneuvering and maintaining the stability of the ship. One gyro had already broken down, and failure of a second might force curtailment of the mission. But as long as it continued to function, the astronauts had a steady platform in the sky; they made good use of it by photographing everything from simmering volcanoes on earth to giant storms...
...Federal Reserve Board-whose crusty chairman, Arthur Burns, has sometimes complained that the Fed has been forced to shoulder too much of the burden of fighting inflation-will only gradually relax its tight grip on the nation's money supply. In late summer, the board indulged in a bout of miserliness that resulted in sky-high prime lending rates and shortages of funds for mortgages...