Word: fought
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Finally, Robie gained the edge at 14-12 in the fifth game. Fish fought back to 14-13 and the gallery emitted a collective sigh--he had already squandered a match point. But then Robie clinched the game, the match, the national crown championship, exacting a sweet measure of revenge. Hemenway, as always, still smelled of sweat, but on this afternoon champagne (squash players are ever eminent) flowed freely...
Nevertheless, old ways will be hard to change. Congressmen have always fought ferociously to save pork-barrel water projects, obsolete military bases or other federal favors in their districts. Stockman had a preview of future battles two weeks ago during his Senate confirmation hearings. Democrat James Sasser of Tennessee fretted that Stockman's proposed reforms of federal credit programs would increase the borrowing costs of the Tennessee Valley Authority and boost his constituents' electric bills, while Democrat John Glenn of Ohio was concerned that Stockman offered no special help for his state's steel firms...
...schools. Never ruminative like Will, they are columnists who air their opinions in the guise of reporting. The story they were reporting was simple enough: Reagan's new Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger, wanted as his deputy Frank Carlucci, who had worked in Government with him before. Right-wingers fought the appointment, but lost. Now hear Evans and Novak tell...
...hearing concentrated on Haig's view of the world and the U.S. role in it. In an exchange with Majority Leader Howard Baker, he emphatically declared that he believes "there are things worth fighting for." Recalling that the U.S. was "spawned by armed conflict" and that the U.S. fought in World War II "to prevent dictatorship and genocide," Haig added: "We must structure our foreign policy on that credible and justifiable premise." He warned that the steady Soviet military buildup since World War II has produced "perhaps the most complete reversal of global power relationships ever seen...
Actually, no skull surgery had been done by the Dallas doctors who fought to save Kennedy's life. When he found the agents' reference, Lifton writes, "I was exhilarated, terrified ... I had stumbled into a house of horrors...