Word: jabbed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From the first bell Archie moved purposefully toward Target No. 144, despite the fact that Challenger Olson's jabs and hooks took the first round on points. In round two, Moore set the pace, unlimbered his 8-in. edge in reach, stung Olson with a hard jab, left uppercuts -the beginning of the end. After only 1 min. 19 sec. of the third round, Archie shot a walloping right, then two paralyzing short left hooks to Olson's jaw to deck Bobo cleanly for a count...
...forgive,' I will let him go. If you say otherwise . . ." The mob howled for blood; the colonel's hands were bound, and he was forced to kneel in the dust. As the executioner raised his sword, following an old custom, he gave the kneeling man a passing jab in the shoulder, making him jerk forward so that his neck was stretched out tautly for the downcoming stroke. A minute later the mob fell upon the decapitated body and tore it to pieces. The Imam of Yemen was even...
...breed apart from the usual fight mob. Through most of the bouts, they hunched in their seats, intent and silent as a TV audience. Contestants could be heard coaching their teammates from far back of the ringside: "Use your right, Joe. Keep jabbin'. For God's sake, jab." And when Idaho State's defending champion, Heavyweight Mike McMurtry, was belted glassy-eyed, a spectator's voice sounded clear above the hush: "That may be the best thing ever hit Mike. He's been thinking of turning pro. I hope this'll cure...
Raiders & Rebels. The air war also began with a light jab and counterpunch. A twin-engined fighter swept San José the day after the invasion, chipping up the sidewalks; nine other towns were strafed, but no one was injured. Lacking fighters of her own, Costa Rica mounted a machine gun in the cargo door of a commercial DC-3 and sent the transport lumbering into the air in futile pursuit...
...either candidate as angry as he sounded? Probably not. The spirit of professional wrestling seemed to have entered New York politics. Gentleman Ives and Gentleman Harriman were grimacing as if they feared Hatpin Mary would jab them if they relaxed...