Word: jabs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...meeting is letting out and a practice is starting up. Rawson, a squat, bald man is standing in a corner, instructing one of his boxers. Wearing a collared shirt and ancient plaid pants, he seems to have forgotten how men his age are supposed to act: he throws a jab at the young boxer from time to time and he's bouncing on the balls of his feet, weaving somewhat nimbly from side to side...
...mock press conference this Wednesday at Harvard Medical School, Harvard and MIT professors, Nobel laureates and physicians formally announced the incorporation of their own health maintenance organization, HMO Black--a satirical jab at managed health care...
...skills was the talk of the boxing world. What had made Tyson invincible was sheer power. When he couldn't cancel opponents within the first four rounds, he was out of ideas. When Tyson was in his mid-20s, a consensus was growing that he had no jab, no combinations, no defense. After prison he managed four wins over the fight world equivalent of crash-test dummies before he was knocked out last November by Holyfield, a boxer with solid but less than historic gifts. Then came the fight that reduced him to tearing off bits of the other...
John O'Sullivan, editor of the National Review, said in an interview on the "Today" show that the illustration is an appropriate jab at Clinton's Asian campaign donations...
...education begins. Voltaire is the God of Versailles, and his works are its Bible. Through the doctor, Gregoire learns the rules underlying the smooth facade of verbal exchanges. "Be witty, sharp and malicious," is the basic idea, but he must never laugh at his own jokes. A good jab can make him the talk of the court, but unfortunately, so can a bad one. We see the doctor agonizing the next day about a comeback that he had jumbled the night before...