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...gathering called two weeks ago to nominate Vitali Korotich, editor of the pro-glasnost weekly Ogonyok, the candidate's backers fell into a fistfight with members of the ultra-right nationalist group Pamyat. Arriving at the rescheduled meeting last week, supporters of the Ogonyok editor found that militiamen had sealed the hall. Fearing that right-wingers were trying to exclude them from the meeting, Korotich supporters broke down a fence and stormed the building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union One Man, One Vote, One Mess | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...beating them severely. "The men screamed in pain," said Yitzhak of the victims. Some soldiers, repelled by their mission, maneuvered to act as cover outside the houses. "No one refused the orders," Yitzhak is quick to point out. But when the mission was over, arguments and even a fistfight broke out between those in the unit who approved of the brutality and those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World - empty story | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...everything else is still there. The witty conversation, the social commentary (the way he tries to describe Susan's hip sports car is just hilarious) and the sweeping descriptions of the Wheaton area. Spenser fails to get into a fistfight in this one, but the overall reading is entertaining and well-paced. It is a much better story than you might get from watching Miami Vice...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Massachusetts Vice | 5/27/1987 | See Source »

...fistfight between archrivals Riggs and Joshua at the end of the film: "A bit hard to swallow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mad Mel Gibson Kills Again | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

...Toronto Stock Exchange dropped 2.4%, its largest one-day fall in 6 1/2 years. The day was "wild and woolly -- one of those rocket sessions," said Ron Woods of Merit Investment of Toronto. There was also a surge of selling on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and even a fistfight. Two young traders punched each other as they fought to execute their sell orders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sell Everything Now! | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

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