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Word: slugfest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...diplomatic bridges. For Nixon, who counts on strong accomplishments abroad to offset political problems at home, the results could only be disheartening. What was to have been a triumphal presidential trip to a Moscow summit in June to sign a SALT II agreement may now turn into a slugfest to reach any kind of agreement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: A Yellow Light on the Road to D | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

...game started as a defensive slugfest, neither team managing a touchdown in the first half. Yale led at intermission, 6-3, on the strength of Randy Carter's field goals of 27 and 43 yards. Jim Curry booted a 20-yarder for the Crimson...

Author: By Dennis P. Corbett, | Title: Bullpups Trip Freshmen; Grid Rally Fizzles, 20-19 | 11/26/1973 | See Source »

...Bologna, a city of 500,000 north of Florence, the team won 8-5 the first night, and came back the next night to win a slugfest...

Author: By Steven Luxenberg, | Title: Batmen Return from Italy Trip With Unblemished 9-0 Record | 7/6/1973 | See Source »

...squad took a day off to visit Florence, where Robert Watson, director of athletics, met them. After the Florence sidetrip, Harvard continued southward to Parma for a 3-0 shutout victory and then to Palerno for another slugfest, which they...

Author: By Steven Luxenberg, | Title: Batmen Return from Italy Trip With Unblemished 9-0 Record | 7/6/1973 | See Source »

...what the annual free-for-all called the National Basketball Association play-offs is all about. He proved it in last week's showdown game with the Boston Celtics, when a flash fight between Knick Bill Bradley and Celtic Don Nelson threatened to erupt into a bench-clearing slugfest. Meminger, the smallest man on the floor, quickly stepped in front of Boston's Dave Cowens, the 6-ft. 9-in. center with flaming red hair and a temper to match, and said: "Cool it. Let's not anybody get hurt or jeopardize his career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: For Pride and Profit | 5/14/1973 | See Source »

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