Word: brawls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...informality, both teams took this game pretty seriously. The final was what sportswriters term "penalty-marred" and even included a bench-clearing brawl...
Whatever the outcome of the coming brawl, no reform will be cost-free. "To get anything," says a Clinton aide, "we're going to have to agree to some goodies." The most likely trade-off will involve government-mandated low rates for political advertising on television. And at the end of the day, the huge problem of "soft" money will undoubtedly survive. Wealthy donors and PACs will probably still be able to give large sums to political parties, which have been brilliant at finding legal ways to support individual candidates. The bottom line is not hopeful: unless Clinton really pushes...
That Bush knows the jig is up seemed evident in the second presidential debate last week -- a forum that resembled a teach-in rather than a brawl. Scripted to strike again at Clinton's character, Bush clearly didn't relish the role. Swatted down by Clinton, who wouldn't play, and then by the moderator and the audience, Bush avoided pressing his charge that Clinton's demonstrating against the Vietnam War while studying abroad should be received as a disqualifying act. Experience shows that whenever Bush says something like, "That's what I feel passionately about" (as he added...
...qualifies as a franchise player, which is how at least three National Hockey League teams have treated him since he was the No. 1 draft selection in 1991. But Lindros, from Ontario, refused to play for the team that picked him, the league-lagging Quebec Nordiques, triggering a legal brawl that pitted the Philadelphia Flyers against the New York Rangers. An arbitrator ruled Philadelphia the winner, but at a hefty price. The Flyers will have to give Quebec four strong players, including goaltender Ron Hextall, their top draft pick for 1993, and other considerations, one of which is $15 million...
...STREET FIGHT IN NEW YORK PRODUCED NEITHER the knockout for Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton that pundits had once predicted nor the upset for former California Governor Jerry Brown that seemed possible in the heat of the ugly brawl there. As both candidates limped back to their corners, only Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas had reason to grin: he came in second by staying away...