Word: uppercut
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...next bout, 182-lb. Slaymaker, fighting in blue-denim overalls and bare feet, faces Gerard Ranare, a younger (20) fighter of the same weight. Slaymaker, like McDoniels before him, is slowed by his prefight drinking; Ranare is pure concentration. He bloodies Slaymaker's nose with a right uppercut, and the fight is stopped by the referee. Slaymaker is helped to his feet, congratulates Ranare with a hug, and a forced smile...
...pause of anticipation, and die volk were not disappointed. Within a minute the Prime Minister had gained the first murmurs of acclaim; within five minutes he had brought the crowd to its feet. When he wanted to drive home a point, it was not a jab but a double uppercut as he thrust both fists in the air. And when he wanted the world to listen?as he did last week?John Vorster switched from Afrikaans to deliberate and slightly accented English...
...their helmets into the heads of the opposite offensive linemen like bull moose battling for their lives. Once the offensive lineman has been hit, each man has a specialty. Greenwood likes to use the "slip" move, pushing past his blocker. White prefers to knock his opponent aside with an "uppercut" shove under the shoulder. Holmes is a master of the "club," using one of his blacksmith forearms to belt a blocker to the side, and the "push and pull," in which he pushes a guard off balance and then pulls him aside. Greene is an expert at all four techniques...
...give new punch to the old game. He wants umpires to take a cooler attitude toward the heated attacks of players and managers who dissent from a call. Free and open discussion, says Kuhn, is "the American way." Though Kuhn has not yet specified what indignities short of an uppercut should now be endured in the name of free speech, the new permissiveness might help revive the declining art of umpire baiting. Take the case of Cincinnati Reds Manager Sparky Anderson. For years fans have been curious about what choice words pass in those tense exchanges between irate manager...