Word: duel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Field's company co-produced the picture before Hanks was Big, and Oscar- winning stars do have certain hierarchical rights. In the final sequence, where Lilah and Steve must duel onstage over a TV contract, his routine is muted and cut to clear the way for her star turn. And she gets to make all the interesting moral choices. But that is just Hollywood housekeeping -- neatening up after the picture has been stolen...
Secondary: Cornerback Scott Sims is the Big Green's all-time leader in interceptions with 12. He has five pick-offs this year and is third on the team in tackles with 31. Yohe versus Sims will make for an interesting air duel, like Snoopy vs. the Red Baron...
Canseco's home run had held up since the fourth inning as Stewart and Hurst hooked up in a pitching duel on a chilly afternoon at Fenway. After Boggs tied it in the seventh, Oakland came right back in the eighth...
Gooden allowed only four hits and struck out 10 in seven innings of a game that more than lived up to its billing as a pitchers' duel...
...Thus the Soviets triumphed by a solid 1.35 points. In the battle for bronze, the U.S. lost out to the East Germans by just 0.3 of a point, felled by a controversial technical ruling that penalized the Americans a fatal half point. Come the all-around, it was a duel to the last 10 between Rumania's perky Daniela Silivas and the Soviets' no-nonsense Elena Shushunova. By a margin of just 0.025 of a point, Shushunova squeaked by to nail the gold, with teammate Svetlana Boginskaya capturing the bronze...