Word: counterpuncher
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...sort of negotiation that most postwar diplomats practice (the years-long process that has turned Geneva into the world capital of niggling, for example) has a dreary reputation; so does the brute punch and counterpunch of labor bargaining-the two sides staring at one another across the table with reptile's eyes (their bladders nagging, their minds beginning to buzz and fray, the brain cells winking out like campfires). No Exit, a purgatory of silence and cultural incomprehension and stolid grievance, waiting for the other side to crack and start giving away points...