Word: existences
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course, those who would take boxing away from the strugglers offer no plan to replace it. And no one wants to acknowledge that it may be irreplaceable. The high-minded view is that boxing will exist only as long as whatever it reflects in mankind exists, although picturing Spinks slaughtering Tyson is easier than imagining a world without men who ball their fists for pleasure or prizes. The big fight doesn't come along so often anymore, defined as the kind that can get in people's stomachs and occasionally have trouble staying there. But here it is again...
Detours, on the other hand, seem to exist. Last week an extradition ruling by an Irish court in the town of Portlaoise confounded the British and Irish governments, which only a month ago had agreed on procedures aimed at making it easier for Britain to bring accused I.R.A. terrorists to trial in British courts. In the Portlaoise case, the judge, claiming that Britain had failed to identify the suspect formally, refused to extradite Patrick McVeigh, who is accused of complicity in four London bombings between 1981 and 1983. Officials in Dublin promised to appeal the Portlaoise ruling. McVeigh...
...straw men are the "oppositionists" he so often criticizes. Whether they actually exist or are merely the creations of a canny political illusionist, they are effective in winning him support. They inspire perestroika's enthusiasts to greater effort and at the same time put pressure on nervous provincial leaders who want to avoid falling into the dread category of opposition...
...addition, academic posts are expected to be more plentiful in the next few years, as about half of the current tenured professors reach retirement age. Vendler says she now feels confident enough when advising students about academic careers that she can predict that jobs will exist when they finish school. "The time has come to press very hard," she says...
Over the years, each has become accustomed to the others' jabs and jokes, and no pecking order seems to exist among them. There is no leader and no follower. When they tell jokes, in fact, they no longer need to tell the full versions, so well do they know each others' repertoire...