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...Nuke the world of boxing back to the Stone Age. Two-thirds (two-thirds?) of the heavyweight championship is in the possession of a 46-year old pile of blubber with just enough strength and endurance for one killer right (and nothing more); the other third belongs to the former sparring partner of a convicted felon...
...nature, rugby is ferociously physical. Players hurl themselves full force against their opponents, fling them to the ground, and then pile on. Unlike in football, they do this without protective shoulder pads or reinforced helmets...
...Sexton '75 has released her own memoirs, Searching for Mercy Street. Though Gray Sexton does not hesitate to point the proverbial finger at her mother, blaming her for a life out of a control, her cathartic opus is far from a "Mommie Dearest" for the literary set. Beneath the pile of dirty laundry lies a tale of unbounded resilience, a lesson in true independence...
With members itching to hit the campaign trail, Congress slogged through a raft of last-minute legislative business, including a pile of spending bills, in order to adjourn as quickly as possible. The House approved and sent to the Senate for its expected approval a stringent ban on gifts from lobbyists. The Senate, unable to overcome bitter partisan differences, walked away from campaign-reform legislation but agreed to go back for a post-election lame- duck session in order to vote on global-trade legislation...
...scolded me," Koocher recalled recently, "and pulled out a pile of tickets and said "You go to the printer and he gives you all you want...