Search Details

Word: fisting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...room back home there is a hole in the wall, put there by my fist a couple of years ago when the Pats lost that playoff game to Oakland. There are other reminders of my days as a fan of that sorry team: A severely dented wastebasket, a banged up door, one or two permanently frayed nerves...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Rain Clouds Over Schaefer | 10/1/1981 | See Source »

...Fist punching the air in joy, McEnroe left the court cheered by his hometown fans. Borg headed for the lockerroom with a grim countenance and, once again, without the title he desires more than any other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McEnroe Defeats Borg in U.S. Open; USSR Topples Canada in Canada Cup | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...condemned men-David Moise, 25, Johannes Shabangu, 26, and Anthony Tsotsobe, 25-responded to the sentence with forced smiles, a clenched-fist salute and the first strains of a freedom song ("What shall we do to the Boers who shot the people of Soweto?"). Outside, police, occasionally using attack dogs, dispersed a crowd of blacks waiting in Church Square. There were scuffles, and several people were arrested. A small group of women, swathed in brightly patterned blankets, began singing Nkosi Sikelele Afrika (God Bless Africa), the ANC's anthem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Terror and Repression | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

...Shakespeare Brothers do a funny schtick about being interviewed. "How much money do you make; what are your goals, and did you go to school to learn that?" Aveson asks his empty fist in a passable Walter Cronkite imitation. In fact, the money can be surprisingly good. Well-known acts that draw big crowds can pull $75 on a good evening. But like most of their colleagues, Aveson and Krulick are ambivalent about commercial success and long-term aspirations, preferring to talk about their present work. "This is a full-time job," says Aveson, "We're commited to street performing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: You Can Put Me Out On the Street | 8/14/1981 | See Source »

Toledo baseball has its own, local stamp, and it is also distinctly minor league. Absent are the fist fights, but also missing are the hair-raising screams and cheers. A pair of back-to-back Toledo home runs in Saturday's second inning brought about a dozen people to their feet. There's no electronic scoreboard. And the field is parched...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Mud Hen Fever | 7/31/1981 | See Source »

Previous | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | Next