Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...referee steps between the combatants and announces the fight will not continue. Larry Holmes, champion, has defeated Scott Ledoux, challenger. The Ledoux partisans express their disapproval of the referee's decision with a torrent of boos and a barrage of debris. A large man moves quickly from his ring-side seat to the ring apron, careful to place himself in line with the television cameras...
...Lima, caught by surprise, had yet to make her bed or clear the breakfast dishes. The Pope gently kissed the old woman and blessed her. As he left she clutched a tablecloth and buried her face in it, sobbing. When he reached the church. John Paul removed the gold ring that Pope Paul VI had given him when he was named a Cardinal. Then he handed it to a local priest as a donation to the parish...
...Journal line is a hit with many businessmen. As Du Pont Chairman Irving Shapiro told TIME'S Elizabeth Rudulph: "They ring the bell with their readers. People are seeing in print what they believe themselves." But even Shapiro admits that Journal editorials tend to be "somewhat strident." That stridency is at least partly redeemed by the Journal's op-ed page, a mélange of opinion (not always conservative), letters to the editor and coverage of the arts. The page now appears twice weekly but will become a daily feature in January...
...marvelous slugfest it was. Duran swarmed all over the champion, landing solid rights and bottling Leonard up against the ropes. Leonard flurried out of clinches and boldly traded punches at center ring. In the cool night air of Montreal's Olympic Stadium, steam began to rise from the fighters' backs. At the end of 15 unrelenting rounds, Duran had a unanimous decision, his 70th victory in 71 professional fights, and a paycheck estimated at $1.65 million. The personable Leonard, who won an Olympic gold medal in Montreal four years ago, suffered his first loss in 28 professional fights...
...could get in some harder licks of his own. He staggered Leonard with an overhand right in the second round and landed a series of punishing shots in the third and fourth. Feinting and crouching to avoid Leonard's left, Duran muscled his opponent around the ring, charging like a bull at times...