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  • It was like sparring for an opening in fist-fighting.

    Chapter 20 2010

  • Instead, in a July 2009 vote marred by fist-fighting among lawmakers, the GNP-controlled National Assembly passed legislation to allow other news organizations to start new stations.

    South Korea Loosens Grip on Media Industry Evan Ramstad 2011

  • Bonus: a classic fist-fighting Joker action commercial.

    SF Tidbits for 10/7/08 2008

  • The result of the Arab oil embargo was long gas lines with people fist-fighting each other as they became angry and violent, waiting to get gas at service stations.

    Can America Survive? John Hagee 2010

  • Ford says that "the movie will try to give new perspectives on his globe-trotting, fist-fighting archaeologist" and that Dr. Jones happens to be one of his favorite characters.

    Another Indiana Jones 4 Photo and a Great Harrison Ford Interview « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • The result of the Arab oil embargo was long gas lines with people fist-fighting each other as they became angry and violent, waiting to get gas at service stations.

    Can America Survive? John Hagee 2010

  • Not fist-fighting, but loud and brutal arguments with a bunch of girlfriend-less guys over who was the better drummer, John Bonham or Neil Peart.

    Sal Nunziato: Music And People, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Soundtrack Of "Wicked" 2009

  • “Tis rare indeed to see Master Blueskin stoop to fist-fighting,” said a nasal voice ahead of them.

    THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009

  • It is a romantic notion, but Ford, for all his macho movie fist-fighting, was really a romantic.

    3 Bad Men - 1925 Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

  • We seem to forget that through certain actions like fist-fighting, screaming, and promiscuity we are perpetuating the misogynistic myth that being a today's woman means embracing your sexuality in a vulgar and explicit way, nor do we have to leave our etiquette at the door.

    Diana Falzone: The Lost Art of Being a Lady 2009

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