Word: tiring
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Formal Protest. The next event produced the high point of the low comedy. At the end of the second lap in the four-lap bicycle race, Buffalo Brave Forward Jim McMillian swung out too far on a turn and clipped Anderson's back tire. McMillian went sprawling onto the track (he was only slightly injured). The chain fell off Anderson's bike, forcing him to retire. Miffed, Anderson marched off to lodge a formal protest that was quickly disallowed...
...hope that the Insurgents will eventually tire of fighting and agree to negotiate a truce. Western diplomats in Phnom-Penh, however, note no evidence that any of the guerrilla military leaders are inclined to talk. Instead, the rebels may simply pull back with the rains and resume their attack on the capital with the next dry season...
They meet with the impact and inevitability of an old tire and a rut in the road...
...restaurant with the manager. He is 45 and divorced, a Methodist believer who neither drinks or smokes. He is balding with a budding paunch, he likes the movies, reads little, and drives a shark blue Dodge Dart. She cleans his place and cooks for him after work when they tire of Purple Pickle fare, and she rarely leaves the building. She seeks out no one from her past...
...workouts with sparring partners, though, Ali seems to tire fast, doing little dancing or punching, often protecting his right hand. Whenever visitors show up, Ali seems to regain his energy and tries to put on the expected show. But he admits that he finds training boring, and he seems distracted...