Word: pummelling
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RUSSELL CROWE is a sensitive man with literary discernment, and he's willing to pummel with his bare fists anyone who won't let him prove it. After being named Best Actor at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for his role in A Beautiful Mind, Crowe read verse from the Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh as part of his acceptance speech. In so doing, he exceeded his allotted time. When the program later aired on the BBC, the poetry recitation was cut. Learning of the slight at a postawards dinner, Crowe confronted the show's producer, Malcolm Gerrie...
...been "tentative in pursuing reforms," says one of her congressional opponents, Senator Rodolfo Biazon. Arroyo is fearful, he believes, of upsetting her already rankled ex-backers. One of those is Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin, the outspoken prelate who has wielded the church's immense moral authority to pummel Presidents into line for almost two decades. Earlier this month, Sin released an ominous statement declaring the state of politics was "far from ideal"; it didn't directly point the finger at MalacaNang, but the seemingly calculated ambiguity allowed others to do so. The favorite charge is that she's no different...
...Matt stormed back, and pretty soon Marc was getting pissed off. When Matt finally finished his comeback, Marc, in a fit of pent-up anger, overturned both the table and the Nok Hockey board. Then he grabbed me, since I was the nearest human around, and proceeded to pummel me. He smashed my face into the wall, making my mouth bleed, until I was face down in a small pool of blood...
...taxi to Shinjuku station and walk east to Kabuki-cho, the red-light district, where tipsy businessmen and fashionable coeds frolic alongside transvestite hookers. The area is Disney-safe, but if it's trouble you want, look for a square bordered by cineplexes where a boxer lets patrons pummel him for a charge. From there, walk west to Green Plaza Shinjuku, across from Seibu Shinjuku station. The entrance is cheesy, but the 10-story, 24-hour spa is clean, respectable and welcomes foreigners. It features a gem on its roof: the rotenburo, or outdoor bath. There's no more luxurious...
...gloves and headgear, they pounded each other for four rounds. Mehta won, but there were no hard feelings. The next day, the fighters had lunch together. Such camaraderie isn't unusual on the white-collar boxing circuit, where Wall Street traders, City of London bankers and other execs routinely pummel one another. Bouts are organized by the International White Collar Boxing Association. The top prize: bragging rights. The next fight: Sept. 14, at Gleason's Gym in New York City...