Word: uppercut
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...intense struggle rages in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing--a fight to define exactly what transpired on April 19. Our nation's leaders and our mainstream media have essentially construed the bombing as a frontal assault on the idea of America, a sort of sharp uppercut at the nerve center of our nation. At the same time, however, a 'revisionist school' has emerged, dedicated to stripping away layers of myth and metaphor and understanding the bombing in the context of a series of tragic events, foremost among them, the FBI raid on the Waco compound two years prior...
...Johnny Cage kills his victims with a bloody, decapitating uppercut. Rayden favors electrocution. Kano will punch through his opponent's chest and rip out a still-beating heart. Sub-Zero likes to tear his foe's head off and hold it up in victory, spinal cord twitching as it dangles from the neck...
...waning seconds of the eighth round, a Tyson uppercut with a lot of steam on it rang Buster's bell just before the timekeeper could ring his. Douglas collapsed and skidded on the canvas. Referee Octavio Meyran Sanchez glared Tyson into a far corner and began his count, so that Douglas had a few extra seconds to rise to his feet. He was still genuflecting at the count of nine, but he seemed ready to continue...
...rounds later, Douglas returned the punishment, and then some, to Tyson: an uppercut followed by a sturdy combination that felled the champ. Another slow count could not save Tyson. He rose to all fours, grabbed for his mouthpiece and pathetically placed its end between his teeth, like a dazed dog with an old toy. The war was over. For Douglas, it was time to celebrate and mourn. In a TV interview, he told his dad that he loved him. Douglas said he won the fight "because of my mother, God bless her heart." And then the new undisputed heavyweight champ...
...significant other in the Crimson's life came striking back. Although the left hand was under control, the right came up swinging with a solid uppercut...