Word: ring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said their two sons, John G. Palfrey '94 and Quentin A. Palfrey '96, originally encouraged them to throw their hats into the ring. But their discussions with other currently serving masters, Palfrey said, convinced them that this would be an ideal...
...fight was fixed. Because if it was, the fixers did a really bad job. As the World Wrestling Federation has taught me, a good fixed fight starts with two guys yelling at each other and usually involves thrown chairs, a choke hold given by a guy outside the ring and, for reasons I don't understand but kind of enjoy, a screaming, scantily dressed woman...
Boxers have been knocked unconscious, paralyzed and even killed in the ring. Last month I met Muhammad Ali, who didn't talk as we sat silently eating chocolate-chip cookies. And the thing that finally made people disgusted with the sport was bad judging...
...notion that government deficits are good has an odd ring these days. For most of the past two decades, America's biggest worry has been inflation brought on by excessive demand. Inflation soared into double digits in the 1970s, budget deficits ballooned in the '80s, and now a Democratic President congratulates himself for a budget surplus that he wants to use to pay down the debt. But some 60 years ago, when 1 out of 4 adults couldn't find work, the problem was lack of demand...
PEOPLE WATCHING: While Hyde Park is the place for sports, Trafalgar Square, down the boulevard known as the Mall from Buckingham Palace and opposite the National Gallery, is where crowds gather annually to ring in the New Year...