Word: pit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more than two days, they fought like a couple of pit dogs. There was the famed defense attorney, pacing and grimacing as he used all his wiles and powers of vituperation. Opposite him, in the witness chair, sat the prosecution's man, a tall, imperious figure with a shaved head, who gave every bit as good as he got. In its seventh week the trial of Patty Hearst turned into a sarcastic duel between F. Lee Bailey and Dr. Joel Fort, the quirky, combative witness for the prosecution. Doggedly, almost desperately, Bailey strove to discredit Fort, and for good...
...pairings for the first round will pit the number one seed against number eight, two against seven, three versus six, and four against five. The semifinals will be in Boston Garden March 12, with the finals the night after...
...views from the outside windows are generally bleak, since they tend to be dominated by the walls of the pit in which the library is sunk...
Then, Lion dynamo Jerry Reid not only beat his Harvard foe, but came away with a pin as well, turning the trick on Yasunaga in the third round of their one-sided bout. Harvard's slide into the pit continued as Bill Mulvihill (134 lbs.) wrestled a good match but still limped away a 5-2 loser...
...race will pit a formidable family dynasty against a brilliant and out spoken military man. Zumwalt, 55, was the youngest CNO ever, helped humanize the service and raised its re-enlistment rate from...