Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...farm economy. A crisis atmosphere took hold a year later with the stock market crash and the onset of the Great Depression. For decades the Republicans had been sympathetic to protectionism; now they saw trade barriers as a means of placating demands that the Government do something concrete to fight unemployment...
Such questions are usually the arcana of traders and government specialists. But now they are at the center of the hottest, and most complicated, political fight of the year. The arguments, though often phrased in economic jargon, involve gut issues: prices and jobs. The battle has been joined not only by Washington and Wall Street but by the major industrial powers as well. At stake is nothing less than continued prosperity and friendly relations between the trading nations...
...Holmes, 35, Spinks, 29, fought on through 15 grueling, if unstirring, rounds to a unanimous decision and his 28th straight victory, making him the first light-heavyweight champion in history to win the heavyweight title. Spinks' upset ended the seven-year reign of his opponent, who was just one fight away from matching Rocky Marciano's all-time heavyweight record of 49 wins without a loss. In 1978 Spinks' older brother Leon took the heavyweight championship from Muhammad Ali for seven months, and the Spinkses are the first brothers to be kings of the ring. (Max Baer held the heavyweight...
Boesak has said that his detention only strengthened his resolve to fight apartheid, but the leader, who is required to report to the police every day, will obviously be limited in what he can do for the movement...
Lamar was also lauded for his willingness to make controversial decisions. He once suspended middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson after the fighter walked out on a Boston Garden fight. He also invited controversy by having Massachusetts withdraw from the National Boxing Association...