Word: bouts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tatrallyay-Varraljay match up turned out to be a classic duel, pairing off two fiercely competitive Hungarians for the title. Tatrallyay and Varraljay battled to a 4-4 tie in the special bout, before Harvard's All-Ivy and All-America performer bowed...
Nkrumah's despotic ruling style aroused so much resentment that after a coup in 1966 he had to flee to Guinea for asylum. When it became apparent last month that he was near death after a long bout with cancer, Guinea's President Sekou Toure pleaded with the Ghana government to let the deposed leader come home to die. Most sentimental Ghanaians seemed willing, but the country's military rulers remained adamant. Only after his death did they relent and order flags lowered to half-mast before burying Nkrumah in his homeland...
...individual level, Columbia's Bruce Soriano won an unprecedented third straight NCAA sabre title. Soriano ravaged all sabre opponents, losing but one bout in three days of competition...
...film-making. "I would love to do something avant-garde. What's avant-garde?" Time for another compromising York definition. "I would hate to make demarcation lines. But it Andy Warhol offered. I would jump at a chance to work with him. Another instance of wishful thinking is a bout with Bergman. And favorite movies are Fellini's "8 1/2" and Renoir's "The Rules of the Game," "my favorite film ever. I don't know why..." Are there any actors he would like particularly to work with? "So many, so many." Hesitates. Ready for this one? "Paul Newman...
...place seeding in his pool. In an important and emotional contest, Valenzuela trounced Navy's Terry Rose to avenge a heart-breaking defeat at Rose's hands that had knocked Valences out of the finals at the Eastern championships. In the Easterns, Rose had tied Valenzuela in the last bout of the day, before defeating him in a fence...