Word: brawl
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...shopping centers, oilfields, banks and a funeral home. Satisfied with his stake, he returned to politics at a higher level. In 1970 he challenged incumbent Senator Ralph Yarborough, a liberal folk hero. The primary contest was grimy even by Texas standards, the candidates swapping insults worthy of a saloon brawl. With the backing of Lyndon Johnson, John Connally and the Texas political-financial establishment, Bentsen scored an upset victory. That fall he defeated Republican George Bush, now chief of the U.S. liaison office in Peking...
...ruling coalition in the Port Moresby Parliament, Somare often journeys back to his tribal area on the north coast of New Guinea, where he likes to "suck a couple of stubbies [short beers]" with betel-chewing friends on the white beach. A powerful man, he once broke up a brawl in the legislature by bear-hugging one of the combatants into submission...
...extremely entertaining and moving. The actors are all fine (especially James Cannon as Brad, who is excellent), and the dialogue is natural and moves at a fast clip. Peter Jones, directing his own play, keeps the scenes tight and imaginative. What's more, there's the most terrifying bar brawl I've ever seen on a stage, which should be seen before somebody falls off the platform and breaks...
Well, there is a brawl in Brannigan, but it takes place in a humble pub, is poorly motivated and feebly staged. It says nothing at all relevant or original about the international clash of manners that the movie keeps edging toward and then backing away from. This seems all the more disappointing since the star himself appears fit and fresh and more than usually eager to have some fun with his image in a setting that is novel...
...court may not provide a final answer. The special facts of the case, which involve the barroom-brawl murder conviction of Jesse Fowler, may prompt one or more Justices to shift their position. More important, Fowler's death sentence grew out of a North Carolina Supreme Court ruling that reinterpreted existing legislation and read into it mandatory death penalties. The Justices may choose to rule only that such judicial construction was improper and thus leave to another day the broader question. If that happens, death-row inmates would once again have to hope that the redoubtable Justice Douglas...