Word: match
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when he willed his body through three epic bouts with Joe Frazier, he was a courageous fighter. Toward the end, when he paced his guttering resources to turn away muscular challengers like Ken Norton, he was a thinking fighter. Last week he was an old fighter. He had to match the craft of his past against an opponent who seemed to have little more than youth, stamina?and courage?on his side...
...case I know of a bull who carries his china shop with him." That may be too brisk a dismissal. Though he operated in a sometimes heavyhanded "brinksman's" style, in his nearly eight years as Secretary of State, he became a tough and savvy diplomat who could match the Soviets in sheer implacability...
...fifth match of the afternoon, Harvard won only four of ten bouts. But the Crimson picked up enough team points on the strength of three pins to close within one point of the Elis, and send a shiver down the backs of the Yale grapplers...
...next match, the two premier 190-pounders in the Ivy League squared off against each other to decide who would receive this year's post-season accolades...
Craig Beling brought the Crimson as close as it could come to the Eli's total by nailing Yale's heavyweight, Mike Makuch, in 2:29. Beling also pinned Russell Settipane in the Brown match to assure the Crimson of its ninth victory of the year...