Word: poundingly
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...ring, the bouts are drawing to a close. The final match has dissolved into pandemonium as two sets of burly wrestlers pound one another with knee drops, punches and head bashes. The crowd becomes a mob, chanting in unison, waving American flags, demanding more. Suddenly a gong rings. As the hot, white lights above the ring switch off, fans stream outside into blinding sunshine. Inside, the wrestlers pack up and leave for the night matches in Austin...
...printer's General Manager, Edward Thompson, said the main cause of the delay, one of five contract jobs behind schedule, was the collapse of a machine used to lift the 1000 pound paper rolls...
...strong that some economists fear it might eventually force the Federal Reserve to push up interest rates to keep growth under control. The clearest sign of U.S. economic might has been the continuing strength of the American dollar abroad. Last week it hit alltime highs against the British pound and the French franc and climbed to an 11½-year peak against the West German mark. The British pound was worth more than $2.30 in 1980 and about $1.50 a year ago, but now fetches barely $1.25. Late the week the West German Bundesbank bought several hundred million dollars...
...pound PC portable is similar in function and capability to the PC, but is a one piece unit that folds into an oversized briefcase...
...have long since given up hope of making their man telegenic. He is a buttoned-up Norwegian with a reedy voice who likes to say about himself, "What you see is what you get." But they were anxious for Mondale to "come out smoking" against Reagan last week, to pound away at issues that might puncture the personal popularity that is among the President's prime assets. In an unusual and revealing plea, House Speaker Tip O'Neill last week begged Mondale to stop allowing himself "to be punched around by Reagan," to "stop acting like a gentleman...