Word: skirmished
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However, a query based on Referendum Question 1, which would authorize the state to regulate or prohibit abortion, was the only skirmish of the evening that had an indisputable winner. Kariotis said that while he favored a "ban on public funding for abortion," the government should "let people decide how they will conduct themselves...
Beauty pageants are supposed to be Cinderella tales, where at the grand finale the queen sobs tears of joy while the losers hug her valiantly. Last week the Miss Thailand World contest ended up in a guerrilla-style skirmish that looked more like a nasty palace coup. While TV cameras recorded the scene, Newly Crowned Saengravee Asavarak, 22, was beaming before a Bangkok audience of 2,000 when someone grabbed her tiara and put it on the head of the sobbing first runner-up. Then another hand attempted to pull off her winner's sash. Saengravee was popular with...
...that only because of his name, ambition and prior public service. But last week, an hour after becoming the first major politician to announce his presidential candidacy, Du Pont set out on the familiar path of aspirants who need miracles: he was en route from Wilmington to the first skirmish sites. "I'm in Iowa and New Hampshire," he observed cheerfully, "from here to eternity...
...though, one of the most powerful myths in all of Western culture has been the werewolf, that half-man, half-beast symbolic of the evil that lurks within the hearts of men. But little did young Marguerite and Jean know that one day, some 383 years later, their alleged skirmish would introduce Tom Mueller's History and Literature thesis on the werewolf legend throughout history...
Fate interceded again several minutes later when Olajuwon tried to start a skirmish of his own. With 5:12 remaining in the game, Olajuwon went after Mitch Kupchak, another Laker known more for his elbowing then his fine shooting touch...