Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Proper design," he says, "can make a difference in our quality of life." If designers will not "help fight the battle for usability," then, he urges, frustrated consumers should write to manufacturers, complain to stores and buy well-designed products even if they do cost a bit more. "And enjoy yourself. Walk around the world examining the details of design," he says. "Give mental prizes to those who practice good design: send flowers. Jeer those who don't: send weeds...
When God created the American West, to paraphrase Mark Twain, he provided plenty of whiskey to drink and just enough water to fight over. In Twain's day, the Forty-Niners feuded with fists and pistols over who could divert which Sierra streams to separate gold from gravel. In the teens and Roaring Twenties, thirsty young Los Angeles brashly laid claim to a snow-fed mountain river, piped it 230 miles south to the city and dispatched armed guards to protect the aqueduct from outraged locals wielding dynamite...
...would have two problems with me," Haupt said. "First, if he beats me he doesn't enhance his title. Second, he'll probably think, `Why in the world does this guy want to fight against...
...transform the ring into a doctor's couch by playing "the psychological game" with the champ. Haupt is 23 years wiser than Tyson, and, as he shrewdly notes, the champ must "have an Achilles heel someplace." Dan Haupt of Overland Park, Kansas, could be Tyson's Paris you know, fight fans, the Trojan...
Unlike some of Tyson's past opponents (Trevor Berbick? Larry Holmes?), Dan Haupt is smart. When asked if he knew that all three major boxing councils have not ranked him, Haupt replied, "I realize that I am not a contender. But those who are contenders didn't fight like contenders against Tyson...