Word: teaching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...P.L.O., in a retaliatory strike of its own, fired scores of Soviet-made Katyusha rockets and long-range artillery shells at towns and settlements in northern Israel. Israeli gunners responded in border duels that continued throughout the night. P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat declared that his guerrilla forces would teach Jerusalem a "lesson." Israeli Economic Minister Ya'acov Meridor vowed that his country would "liquidate the sources of the shooting...
...pitty-pat exercise in which Cooney fended off the trainer's slapping hands to the tempo of the spectators' building applause. Cooney is devoted to Valle. When he appears, Cooney exclaims: "There's my man!" Says Valle when he hears this: "Boy, that puts strength in me to teach this kid." Valle's task may be more awesome than Cooney's: going up against Holmes' wise old trainers Arcel and Eddie Futch...
...Gerry has learned to be mean inside," says Valle, who taught him and had to teach him, since Cooney did not always care for the sight or smell of blood. "Savageness means a lot in the ring. Then, outside it, gentleness means almost as much. If the crowded senses gentleness, it will be for you, and that will give you a feeling of strength. The minute Gerry stretched his hand across the table to me five years ago, just the way that boy smiled at me, it was like God put us together. Destiny...
...retired Creed, of all people, replaces Mickey and tries to teach Rocky the new boxing method he must acquire to beat Lang-quick, stylish and black. Rocky is slow to pick it up and agonizes in self-pity. It remains for Adrian to deliver the ultimatum: go for it-the Rocky motto-or give up the rematch...
Convinced that it would be easier teach a boxer to act than an actor to Stallone auditioned the menacing Shavers, who had fought Ali and Ken Norton. "The man practically me to death," Stallone winces. "The instincts of the ring took over, and he trouble pulling his punches. He hit me the arm so hard that my elbow the wind out of me. I machoed it out the way into the men's room before threw...