Word: fistfight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...recruits, herded them into a 25-ft. by 48-ft. unheated shelter sunk 5 ft. beneath the grounds of the Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Md. Engineers figured that the men might shiver with the cold; medics thought they would often be hungry; psychologists feared that a massive fistfight might break out. But last week, as the recruits emerged after 14 days of confinement, they made it clear that their molelike life had been tolerable enough-merely a crashing bore...
...everyone's surprise Boutwell burst into tears, prayed between sobs that "My heart may never become so hard that I cannot shed a tear." Joe Robertson, Governor John Patterson's executive secretary, got into an argument with a house member, angrily called him an s.o.b. The ensuing fistfight was broken up by Public Safety Director Floyd Mann. While state troopers moved into the chambers to prevent other fights, the filibuster droned on. Filibusterers even refused to sit down long enough for the legislature to pass necessary last minute appropriations bills. When the marathon ended after a record...