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...Iran: The Showdown Washington and Teheran will go mano-a-mano, or at least pied-a-pied at next year?s World Cup Finals in France. Is soccer the continuation of war by other means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front Page | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

...HAVEN, Conn.--Mano a mano, all day long...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, | Title: The First Time: PERFECTION! | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

Brother vs. brother, mano en mano. The Blake brothers have shown that's the only...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blake Brothers Storm Rolex | 11/13/1997 | See Source »

...setting--say, at a feeding site, where they may try to hoard a cache of fruit and prevent other troop members from approaching--are similarly intimidated or chased off. Even males that reserve their aggression solely for one another find their behavior utterly unrewarded. The whole purpose of such mano a mano combat is to secure breeding rights to females, but since bonobo females are powerful enough to resist even the strongest alpha male, the results of the contest mean nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FEMALES IN CHARGE | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

...office? If the office allows him to testify about exposing himself to a former employee, surely he will not be denied the privilege of defending his wife's honor. In the old days, he would have challenged that villain to a duel. But in these gentler times, mano a mano would seem more appropriate...

Author: By Steven A. Engel, | Title: AND IN THIS CORNER... | 1/12/1996 | See Source »

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