Word: brawl
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...sorry' a couple of times." In the prefight noisiness and nastiness, Cooney Manager Dennis Rappaport, a newcomer to boxing who may be better suited to wrestling, predicted that Holmes would be "thumbing" and raised the specter of retaliatory low blows and a "back-alley brawl." Ray Arcel, the 82-year-old trainer who along with Eddie Futch prepared Holmes, replied gently to Rappaport's tough talk: "I'm ashamed, I really am, that anyone would make such a remark. You know, this is a throwback to the old days when they didn't even wear gloves...
...sort of political brawl that leaves the opposition smiling. In one corner was liberal Justice Minister Robert Badinter, who had successfully promoted repeal of the death penalty in France last year. In the other was his fellow Socialist, longtime Marseille Mayor Gaston Defferre, who as Interior Minister is the country's top cop. Badinter was urging the National Assembly to abolish a much-hated law, inherited from the government of President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, that increased the police's power to detain, search and even check identity papers almost at will. But Defferre insisted...
...match-up that has all the makings of a barroom brawl. On the right of the room, Charlie Daniels, roof-raising country rocker, the good ole fiddler who a couple of seasons ago sang about the devil going down to Georgia and about solid American spunk: "This lady may have stumbled, but she ain't never fell/ And if the Russians don't believe it, they can all go straight to hell...
...brawl after this weekend's 8-6 men's lacrosse loss to Rutgers never really materialized. Defenseman Brian Edmonds tried to grapple with an unidentified defense man on the other team, and lots of guys rushed over in anticipation of fireworks, but teammate Brendan Meagher immediately flung Edmonds away from the brewing storm, and both sides walked calmly off the field. Another disappointing day for Harvard lacrosse came to a close...
...American economy is something to laugh at. Among the funnier send-ups: a deadpan report on a failed takeover bid by the Mobil Corp., this time for Bill's Hoagie Stop; a slice-of-life jape about the current fascination with economic jargon, depicting a scatological barroom brawl over monopsony, diminishing rates of transformation, and the Laffer Curve...