| 单词 | prizefight |
| 例句 | I folded my arms and tried to appear the coolest man in the place, because a television camera can show you looking like a fool yelling at a prizefight. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Were this a prizefight, Bunderson was scoring a lot of punches. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Watch this, kids,” the gray-haired woman screamed back like a prizefight referee and began shaking lower and lower until she was almost on the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As the hands on the big clock closed in on nine o’clock, the air buzzed with expectancy, like the tension before a prizefight. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z His voice was lower as he moved away from the window and walked along a green wall, looking at the rusting clothes lockers and the faded posters advertising old prizefights. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Other times it would be more like a twelve-round prizefight, with spectators cheering on the bloody, sweating opponents. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His father took him and his brother Bill to the community boxing ring, where they were swept up in the prizefighting craze of the 1920s. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside of the prizefighting ring, violence made Mr. Levy ill. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m new to the prizefighting game, but there was something about the look in his eye that worried me. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He did attend a prizefight one night and went to a local nightclub a few times, but his heart and interest weren’t in it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a shot, in fighting stance, of a former prizefight champion, a popular fighter who had lost his sight in the ring. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie is a down-and-out former boxer turned sleazy fight promoter on the underground robot boxing circuit in a world where machines have replaced humans as prizefighting combatants. | 'Real Steel': ?Real Steel,? a Tale of Robot Boxers - Review 2011-10-06T21:49:06Z Nicholas Buccola’s “The Fire Is Upon Us” is both a dual biography of Buckley and Baldwin and an acute commentary on a great intellectual prizefight. When James Baldwin Squared Off Against William F. Buckley Jr. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z “Jacob and the Other,” a minor masterpiece, follows an oafish, over-the-hill European wrestler and his scheming manager, as they piece together one final prizefight in the backwaters of Santa María. South American Literature’s Master of Malaise 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z LeRoy Neiman, the sports artist, who painted scenes from prizefights and the like for television, was probably the last successful painter in the Benton mold. The Bump and the Hollow of Thomas Hart Benton 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Harnick and Mr. Bock got off to a weak start in 1958 with “The Body Beautiful,” set in the world of prizefighting, which closed after a brief run. Sheldon Harnick, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Lyricist, Dies at 99 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z In 1948, Edwards made his last film as an actor, billed sixth in a prizefight movie, Leather Gloves; the picture also marked the directorial debut of another young actor of slightly higher stature, Richard Quine. 10 Pink Panthers at Tiffany's: Farewell to Blake Edwards 2010-12-19T14:10:00Z There are some nods to questions from viewers or voters, but they amount to little more than pallid gestures before returning to the main event: the prizefight. Perspective | The debate format is an embarrassment. Here’s how to make it better. 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z As one interested in the play of life and in the mental processes of his fellow creatures, I have been somewhat amused by a certain feature of the criticisms of my prizefighting story, “The Game.” Peeved, Irritated and Annoyed: Early Letters to the Editor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z One of the last Oscar nights to play like a movie — or a good prizefight, really — occurred on Feb. 27, 2005. The Oscars: New Rules May Yield 2012 Oscar Surprises - Academy Awards 2012-01-03T16:16:13Z Anthony Joshua, a 29-year-old prizefighting clotheshorse from London whose wardrobe includes four heavyweight title belts, is British royalty. Anthony Joshua, Knockout Machine. And He Can Box. 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Levi claimed to be neutral on this question, but it’s tempting to read this year’s Academy Award for Best Original Score as a prizefight between the two camps, with Levi representing the former. Mica Levi’s Anti-Musical Soundtracks 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Less conflict-oriented framing in coverage of the debates with phrases that evoke prizefighting: marquee matchups, winners and losers, and explosive faceoffs. Perspective | The debate format is an embarrassment. Here’s how to make it better. 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z His father, an ex-boxer and prizefighting judge, introduced him early to the pleasures of physical training, he said. Terry Robinson, Chiropractor and Fitness Trainer to the Stars, Dies at 98 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z He left Zaire, after performing on the occasion of the Ali-Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle” prizefight, rather than receive a bag of diamonds offered by the despot in charge of that nation. James McBride’s ‘Kill ’Em and Leave’ 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Some of the people on the corner were quiet while others vented about how racist the Baltimore police department is, and GD slugged the street lamp like he was training for a prizefight. Cops are the terrorists in our neighborhood: On Freddie Gray, another victim of police brutality 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z In the charged atmosphere of the presidential visit — on par with a prizefight, said Rose — the play's prescience was unmistakable. 'A Raisin in the Sun' actresses discuss play's stark resonance 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Thomas Meaney’s review calls it “both a dual biography of Buckley and Baldwin and an acute commentary on a great intellectual prizefight.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z I have had these experiences, and it was out of these experiences, plus a fairly intimate knowledge of prizefighting in general, that I wrote “The Game.” Peeved, Irritated and Annoyed: Early Letters to the Editor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Indeed, if there was a prizefight going on here, it was often between the 11 candidates and the moderators, and the candidates won. Review: In Republican Debate, CNN Throws Candidates Into Ring 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Carry the dream on for yourself; lift it out of the trifling guise of a prizefight celebration and supply the social and economic details and you have the secret dynamics of proletarian aspiration ... 'At the Fights': a heavyweight collection of American writers on boxing 2011-05-11T21:03:09Z He narrates disputations of Mr. Chomsky’s work as if they were prizefights: “OOOF! — right into the solar plexus!” Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Kingdom of Speech’ Takes Aim at Darwin and Chomsky 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z And no matter how much anyone makes: Ignorance remains prizefighting most heralded currency. Nobody pities the King: Inside Ryan Garcia's doomed fight for boxing credibility 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z But round two won’t end with a bell, as in a prizefight. Opinion | As Ukraine braces for a second round, the West has a duty to step up 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z When Nevada Democrats gathered to divvy their delegates to the 2016 national convention, they could have sold tickets, as if it were one of those prizefights that light up the Las Vegas Strip. Column: A fight among Nevada Democrats is putting the party's control of Congress in peril 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The most exciting series of the young baseball season, a three-day prizefight between the Dodgers and San Diego Padres that exceeded the sky-high expectations, ended Sunday the way the first two games went. Dodgers' winning streak ends, but rivalry against the Padres has only just begun 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z What March 8, 1971, is most remembered for is that epic prizefight. Perspective | The Ali-Frazier 1971 ‘Fight of the Century’ provided cover for a mission to expose the FBI 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z On this date in 1896, fifty armed men gathered at Bowie, Arizona, to prevent the entry of prizefighters from Texas after a federal law was passed banning prizefights. Arizona history Feb. 13-20 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z A primary example was the prizefight champion Beau Jack. Clifford Roberts: The man who made the Masters - Golf Digest 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z What’s more, much of the prizefighting scene has abandoned New York City for Las Vegas and the West Coast. How New York City Lost Boxing 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z He has performed on the pro-wrestling stage and brought some of those over-the-top acts into prizefighting. Wilder-Fury 2 could help boxing's heavyweight division up off the canvas 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Paul and KSI represent a distinctly modern twist on prizefights with an emphasis on the prize. Logan Paul. KSI. YouTube. Fight. Logan Paul. KSI. Boxing. 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z And yet recent critical comments by Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola have been greeted like entreaties to a prizefight, a battle royale. In Scorsese and Coppola, Marvel meets formidable foes 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The run, organized by the petrochemical company INEOS, featured a cycle of hype and commercial buildup more reminiscent of a heavyweight prizefight than a road race. Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z In 2017, the state finally decided that it bore no real resemblance to prizefighting and legalized it under a “theatrical wrestling school” license created for the purpose. ‘A choreographed physical ballet’: A look inside the colorful, curious world of indie wrestling in Seattle 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z It may not be fair, but reporters and the public “score” big hearings like ringside judges at a prizefight. Reporter's Notebook: With Mueller hearings ahead, the 'book' may be better than the 'movie' 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Were prizefights won on self-belief and a sharp tongue, Brooklyn’s Jarrell Miller might already be the heavyweight champion of the world. Anthony Joshua brushes off Jarrell Miller testosterone claims before fight 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Since then, the coliseum has hosted championship prizefights, evangelist Billy Graham crusades, superstar pro wrestling and Texas’ first pro hockey game. Last rodeo for Fort Worth’s famed Will Rogers Coliseum 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Each time, when the riches of an enticing prizefight beckoned, he climbed back into the ring. Floyd Mayweather Jr. feigns indifference to Manny Pacquiao rematch, but we've seen this before 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z While Tuesday night promised to be a historic night and a kind of political prime-time prizefight, television viewers who were hoping to have a less political evening still have options. Trump readies first prime-time Oval Office address, with focus on shutdown and border wall 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The organizers of the conference, called Fluidity, had promoted this debate as a kind of prizefight. The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z In the aftermath, the participants alternated between likening the game a roller coaster and a prizefight. World Series Game 5: An inside look at how a championship slipped away from the Dodgers - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Harvard’s Charles William Eliot wanted to ban it as “more brutalizing than prizefighting, cockfighting or bullfighting.” Perspective | NFL’s anthem debate is a case of misplaced emphasis. But patriotism and football are a volatile mix. 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z The 35,000-seat horseshoe saw decades of high school football on fall Fridays, college football on Saturdays, occasional NFL games, rodeos, dirt-track auto racing, circuses, prizefights, Easter sunrise services and music. Icon to eyesore: Storied Akron Rubber Bowl awaits demolition 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z This weekend was a study in the divergent paths of prizefighting. Perspective | Stipe Miocic and a wave of nice fighters finish first at UFC 211, but is that what we want? 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z It was soon clear that Mailer’s idea of dialogue was more like a prizefight. Women's lib, safe spaces and no-platforming: how the Town Hall affair still defines our discourse 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Enjoying a prizefight requires a succession of mental contortions. The Joy of Six: boxing and UFC comebacks from the canvas 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z A good prizefight usually has a cockamamie atmosphere like this—boxing is famously a Star Wars bar of bruisers, yappers, yes men, hangers-on and People Whom Nobody Is Quite Sure What They Do. Conor McGregor Runs New York (For a Night) 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z It was also the backdrop for movies, including “The Pride of the Yankees,” and for prizefights involving Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson and Floyd Patterson. Cubs Made Los Angeles a Home Before the Dodgers Did 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z On Monday, Mr. Holt, like a referee at a prizefight, stepped in only when necessary. Lester Holt, Given a Choice Assignment, Opted for Restraint 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Has there ever been a prizefight in which both pugilists have been so emotionally and existentially invested? Michael Bisping retains title as UFC’s middleweight class heats up for fall fights 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z To borrow a title from Norman Mailer, who frequently attended prizefights at Trump’s Atlantic City hotels, the book could have been called “Advertisements for Myself.” Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Anticipation of the prizefight drew nationwide press coverage. U.F.C. vs. Boxing: Gloves-On, Gloves-Off-Again Rivalry Dates to 1800s 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z My maternal grandfather and my mother died of Alzheimer’s in bruising prizefights like Summitt’s; my paternal uncle died of Alzheimer’s about two years ago; and before my father’s death, he was diagnosed with dementia. Pat Summitt Showed How Wrong Alzheimer's Stereotypes Are 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z The two met in a rematch seven months later at the Superdome, where 70,000 fans made it the largest indoor attendance ever for a prizefight. A fight-by-fight look at Muhammad Ali’s career milestones 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Watson and Lancashire are wonderful, as is Fox in an eleventh hour monologue, but “The Dresser” is a prizefight, two champions circling each other in a battle over the purpose and perils of greatness. Hopkins and McKellen team for powerful 'The Dresser' 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Debates are teased with ominous soundtracks and photographs better befitting prizefights. No Way to Elect a President 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z This weekend's blockbuster hopeful "Batman v Superman" may be centered on a comic-book prizefight between two men in capes, but all the world will also be waiting for the debut of Wonder Woman. Gal Gadot brings Wonder Woman to life in 'Batman v Superman' 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z "This is prizefighting, the fight business," he said. Conor McGregor continues to move up in the UFC world 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Trump has come to Vegas for a prizefight, and he could deliver a knockout blow to more than one rival today. Las Vegas, the home of grotesque showmanship, is Trump's ideal stage 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z While a pitcher-batter duel between Mr. Kershaw and Mr. Trout is compelling, perhaps the better analogy for New Jersey’s fight to legalized sports betting is a prizefight. New Jersey’s Fight to Legalize Sports Betting Continues 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Or maybe not, given the growing popularity of “mixed martial arts” cage fighting, which is degenerative prizefighting. Super Bowl Sunday: The day America celebrates football — and brain damage 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z But what kind of prizefight has nine lecterns, three refs and zero bathrobes? Republican debate live: candidates hope to hit jackpot in Las Vegas 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The stylistic matchup between two of this generation’s classiest boxer-punchers is as difficult to read as any major prizefight in recent memory. National pride on the line as Cotto and Alvarez vie for middleweight glory 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Even so, the vaunted prizefighting of old is on the ropes. Boxing Is a Brutal, Fading Sport. Could Football Be Next? 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z There's of course the famous ear-chomp incident of 1997, well-known to people who otherwise had never seen a minute of a prizefight. Evander Holyfield looks to come to terms with Mike Tyson in new documentary 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The success is partly due to the unimaginability, nowadays, of such cerebral prizefighting before a mass audience. ‘Don’t call me a crypto-Nazi!’ The lost heart of political debate 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z But what kind of prizefight has nine lecterns, three refs and zero bathrobes? Republican debate live: candidates hope to hit jackpot in Las Vegas 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z He could not help looking, in some ways, like a college student hustling late to class after an all-nighter at the library, or a boxer trying to shed pounds before a prizefight. In Some Cases, Pants (Not Shorts) Make the Goaltender 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z When the Lewis Law was put in place in August 1900, banning prizefighting in New York, other jurisdictions – specifically the West Coast – benefited from the ban of boxing in New York and other locales. Mayweather-Pacquiao is over and boxing is dead, again 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The biggest prizefight in history managed to live up to expectations – at least at the box office. Mayweather-Pacquiao shatters PPV records, could exceed $500m in revenue 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z He was a regular at marquee prizefights in Las Vegas and elsewhere, he vacationed in the Caribbean, and he met with heads of state in Africa. Marion Barry dies at 78; 4-term D.C. mayor was the most powerful local politician of his generation The location of tonight’s debate, Las Vegas, invites a prizefight analogy. Republican debate live: candidates hope to hit jackpot in Las Vegas 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Championship was a taut battle more like a heavyweight prizefight. Stars Duel Till Dusk, and McIlroy Prevails at P.G.A. Championship 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z But Mr. Rose said he had not worked outside a prizefight or a Super Bowl in decades. The Pickpocket’s Tale 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The new battleground for Vitali Klitschko, the world boxing champion, is a far cry from the bloodied rings of his prizefighting past. Boxing Champ Takes a Shot at Politics 2013-12-16T22:35:35Z This match will be a prizefight between two expert grass-court players with contrasting styles. Straight Sets: Breaking Down Tomic’s Game 2013-07-01T03:50:06Z The location of tonight’s debate, Las Vegas, invites a prizefight analogy. Republican debate live: candidates hope to hit jackpot in Las Vegas 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z But it quickly turned, morphing into a taut and tense prizefight between two like-minded opponents who never lost faith in their ability to beat each other up. As Nets and Bulls Go the Distance, the First Round Feels Like the 15th 2013-05-04T03:29:52Z To broaden their relationship, the Bens are taking boxing lessons—and laying odds on who will win an eventual prizefight. The Apprentices: Learn-By-Doing Entrepreneurship At Enstitute 2013-04-17T12:00:00Z The despair of his newspaper, magazine and book editors, he was the delight of readers hoping to find stories from the netherworld of prizefighting and gambling told from the viewpoint of a modern Damon Runyon. Observer writer Jonathan Rendall remembered 2013-02-10T00:05:34Z “We have to be more than prizefight trainers,” said Rick Gaille, who coached Webster at St. James. In Louisiana’s River Towns, a Flow of N.F.L. Talent 2013-02-02T16:58:23Z It became as famous in its orbit as Stillman’s Gym was in prizefighting. Marty Reisman, 82, Wizard of Table Tennis, Dies 2012-12-08T03:23:35Z A magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed no brain damage from his prizefighting days, she said. Carmen Basilio, Boxer Who Beat Sugar Ray Robinson for Title, Dies at 85 2012-11-07T19:05:37Z “If you’re down in the tunnel, it feels like a prizefight,” Brewer said. Sports of The Times: George Vecsey — At the U.S. Open, the Big City’s Bright Lights 2012-09-01T17:08:55Z Jonathan Rendall: 'He was the delight of readers hoping to find stories from the netherworld of prizefighting.' Observer writer Jonathan Rendall remembered 2013-02-10T00:05:34Z If prizefighting adds up to a montage of cruelty and courage, fame and fear, Bivins’s life was representative. Jimmy Bivins, Top Boxing Contender, Dies at 92 2012-07-06T02:23:01Z To keep himself in pocket money, Hickman often chose unusual labor for a peaceable soul: prizefighting. Caballo Blanco?s Last Run: The Micah True Story 2012-05-21T14:57:31Z Such ambition has confounded state athletic commissions, the sanctioning bodies tasked with regulating prizefighting and licensing its participants. Amputees Looking to Join the M.M.A. Fray Face Obstacles 2012-04-12T16:22:38Z The brain damage, compounded by more than 200 prizefights, was severe. Emile Griffith, Benny Paret and the Fatal Fight 2012-03-31T18:07:41Z Sunday, that didn't seem to dissuade Zags center Robert Sacre from billing the game as if he was at a prizefight weigh-in. Gonzaga, Saint Mary's make for familiar West Coast Conference title game 2012-03-05T05:05:03Z It will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the site of numerous top prizefights over the past 20 years as Sin City established itself as the world's capital of boxing. Film, TV and sports stars to come to Vegas for Ali 2012-02-16T22:53:29Z In the locker room, Tebow’s hips were bruised, his face looked scratched and swollen, as if he just lost a prizefight. Scenes from Tebow's Downfall: Why He Will Be Missed 2012-01-15T17:05:36Z For that reason, his victories resonated like the opening bell in a prizefight, signaling to the world that the heavyweight bout between Lochte and Phelps for 2012 Olympic supremacy in London was officially under way. 2011 Scrapbook: Memories From the Year in Sports 2011-12-31T22:52:01Z In a city that lacks even one franchise in any of the major professional sports leagues, tourism is driven by events, few bigger than a championship prizefight. Pacquiao Packs an Economic Punch in Las Vegas 2011-11-11T01:59:09Z It happened in New York's Madison Square Garden, long the world’s capital of prizefighting. Boxing champion Joe Frazier dies at 67 2011-11-08T09:51:00Z In his fine autobiography, “Open,” Andre Agassi, the son of an Olympic boxer, repeatedly uses the language and imagery of prizefighting when he recounts important matches. Straight Sets: On Court 4, Intense Lessons in Competition 2011-08-28T22:13:46Z Biddle: The act of introducing a prizefight in a Sunday School. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z It’s a prizefight of a match, featuring two exceptional grass-court players in a battle for a spot in the finals. Straight Sets: Live Soon: Sharapova vs. Lisicki 2011-06-30T13:30:08Z In that respect, this tennis was not boxing but prizefighting, a mill to the finish, not a dignified contest according to etiquette or form. Kevin Mitchell: Nalbandian and Hewitt fight dying light 2011-01-19T00:24:32Z How otherwise is it possible for prizefights to be held in New York city, in spite of the earnest efforts of the police to prevent them? Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z Commemorative chips to mark a noteworthy prizefight for example, often have a finite circulation. Vandals chop down famous Nevada shoe tree 2011-01-04T18:26:00Z Not even the best fighter in the world can escape the raison d'être of prizefighting – nor the over-weaning supplication of his people. Manny Pacquiao, the storm from the Pacific, is still blowing hot 2010-12-05T00:09:00Z Only horse racing and cricket stretch back as far and as gloriously as prizefighting. Few modern sporting comebacks tend to pass Muster| Kevin Mitchell 2010-10-25T23:06:00Z Even in its palmiest days prizefights were banished from certain counties by hostile magistrates, just as they have been driven from the United States and England to Belgium on certain occasions in our own time. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded As for the prizefighting, I don't think anything of that. When Ghost Meets Ghost And a prizefight would be a disgrace to Muirtown, would it? Young Barbarians And old painted satinwood, and cats and prizefights, and dancing, and Spanish shawls, and looking at the ocean, and having my own way. When Winter Comes to Main Street Didn't he and I have a heart to heart session when that sporty Russian Prince was over here and got himself pinched at a prizefight? Torchy In short, then, what has happened has been the virtual legalization of prizefighting under cover of the boxing glove. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded He probably would have been frankly content with the sight of an occasional ball-game out at the Polo Grounds, and the newspaper bulletins of a prizefight by rounds. Gigolo It was like the rest between the rounds of a prizefight. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative It is strange how much genuine poetry lingers in this odd collection of verses in praise of prizefighting. Gossip in a Library But the wrath of "our heroic young Christian governor" did not abate with the enactment of a law forbidding prizefights—such a law as he had flagrantly failed to enforce. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 My own view of prizefighting may be gathered from Cashel Byron's Profession, and from the play written by me more than ten years later, entitled Mrs. Warren's Profession. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded It was the biggest clubhouse, and the biggest club, in all Chicago; and they had prizefights every now and then, and cockfights and even dogfights. The Jungle Well, to get back to vaudeville, I don't know whether to do a single turn or put on a big act with a dancing scene or a prizefight in it. The Sorrows of a Show Girl He delivered a treatise on the art of prizefighting, and he did something else which I found more amusing—he told me his name. The Guilty River Because these administrations, with their daily rows, furnish as racy news as prizefights or divorce cases. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon In 1882, when this book was written, prizefighting seemed to be dying out. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded If no longer prizefighting was to be had, at least there were boxing competitions, so called, in dingy back parlours out Whitechapel way. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow When he went out to smoke Mrs. Mortimer led Saxon into talking about herself and Billy, and betrayed not the slightest shock when she learned of his prizefighting and scab-slugging proclivities. The Valley of the Moon The legalization of cruelty to domestic animals under cover of the anesthetic is only the extreme instance of the same social phenomenon as the legalization of prizefighting under cover of the boxing glove. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded "I... I didn't know prizefighting was like that," she faltered, as she released her hold on the lines and sank back again beside him. The Valley of the Moon That turn was, the keeping alive of boxing in the teeth of the law against prizefighting. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded |
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