Word: brawls
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...goalie who during a 21-year career in the National Hockey League set a record of 103 regular-season shutouts and was considered by many to be the game's greatest goal tender; of a blood clot in the lung following injuries suffered in April during a brawl with Teammate Ron Stewart; in Manhattan...
Below the Secretary as the nation's chief health officer is burly, outspoken Dr. Roger Egeberg, who was installed as second choice after an unseemly brawl in which the American Medical Association persuaded the President to veto Finch's favorite for the job, Boston's Dr. John H. Knowles (TIME, July 4). After eleven months on the job, Egeberg succeeded only last week in filling three of the five top spots (carrying the rank of deputy assistant secretary) with nominees who are politically acceptable to the Administration. Among the special agencies under Egeberg's authority...
...support his lifestyle. After home games, Best mans one of his fleet of sports cars and leads a caravan of "Best Setters" on boozy all-night rounds of the pubs. Threatened with suits for breach of promise as well as for damages resulting from a street brawl, Georgie passes off the "unfortunate happenings" as the price he must pay for being a pop idol. He claims to have dated more than 1,000 eagerly willing "Georgie girls," a fact that caused one local sportswriter to note: "Part of the enjoyment of the kill is the chase, and George is missing...
...party could afford wingding battles over faction, ideology and personalities without fear of losing office. Now the G.O.P. holds one Texas Senate seat and has an attractive U.S. Representative running for the other. The Democrats seem not to notice. Last week they wound up an old-fashioned brawl for the Senate nomination, just as if the G.O.P. did not exist. The result, according to unofficial returns Saturday night, was defeat for incumbent Senator Ralph Yarborough at the hands of Businessman Lloyd Bentsen Jr. The G.O.P. is likely to be the ultimate victor...
...When two guards tried to restrain him, Tabor swung at a guard and missed, and a scuffle followed. The next day, a melee broke out after a white spectator, MaryAnn Weissman, 31, stood up and yelled at Murtagh: "Who judges your conduct?" When guards tried to eject her, a brawl broke out and swept into the corridor. Two defendants, two guards and one detective were injured. Richard Moore charged that he had had his "head dribbled on the floor like a basketball." Lonnie Epps, 18, a defendant free on bail, was rearrested trying to prevent Mrs. Weissman's ejection...