Word: punch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Moldanado again. The decision comes: in six rounds, by unanimous decision, Stiles. He goes and hugs Moldanado again. The fat guy is still trying to get the robe on him. Stiles seems happy he has won. Secretly he must be ashamed. He has not landed a solid punch all night...
...rounds come. Fully Insured has nothing. Hagler is throwing everything. Fully can take a punch, though, and he is getting a good chance to prove it. Finally in the sixth Hagler throws his left hook and Fully is on the floor. The crowd is going crazy. "Mahvin! We love yooooo!" Fully gets up. He is moving like a freighter in heavy seas...
...eighth round starts. The guys next to me have lost their bet. In twenty seconds Hagler has thrown a right and Fully Insured is sprawling like Dick van Dyke. The referee can tell that the next punch is a ticket to the afterlife, and ends the fight. People are going crazy. Hagler's wife is in the ring, jumping up and down, her arms in the air. His kid comes in the ring in a little three piece suit. Everyone is hurrying out. They want to miss the crowds. Hagler is holding his belt...
Abby celebrated her 25th anniversary last week. As usual, Sister Ann beat her to the punch, marking her own silver anniversary last October in Chicago. It was only the latest chapter in the rivalry -sometimes bitter-that started 62 years ago on the Fourth of July, when Landers contrived to be born 17 minutes before Van Buren. Growing up, the 5-ft. 2-in., blue-eyed, identical twins were virtually inseparable; they dressed alike, took the same high school classes, double-dated and even had a double wedding...
...knock-out punch is an Ann and Abby trademark. A selection of some of their best-and briefest-replies...