I struggled with an eating disorder, had some bouts of depression.
In olden times, some bouts went on for hours or even days, since the only way to win was to pin one's opponent to the ground.
But, with the exception of some bouts with unemployment after college, I'd never spent much time watching daytime soap operas.
Court officials said that Mr. Milosevic reportedly had suffered some bouts of depression and high blood pressure soon after his arrival in The Hague in late June.
It was easy to take up and easy to do — just go in a straight line and don't fall — and aside from a few years of Kenpo Karate and some bouts at the gym I did very little else in terms of real exercise.
He has been suffering from some bouts with vertigo since April.
Although often the actions will seem complex and incomprehensible, watching referees, and even directing some bouts yourself, will make learning the actions you saw on the fencing strip much easier to carry out in your own bouts.
They made a surprising discovery: some of Bout's companies were now delivering tents and frozen food to troops in Iraq.
The report identified some of Bout's top associates, including his older brother, Sergei; Pavel Popov, a talented pianist from Moldova, who handled Bout's operations in the Central African Republic; and Sergei Denissenko, a graduate of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages, who spoke Chinese and acted as Bout's deputy.
He boarded a plane for New York City shortly after midnight, and was placed under arrest when he arrived at J.F.K. (Some of Bout's friends suspect that Smulian was working for the Americans all along. Smulian, as part of his plea agreement, is barred from speaking to journalists).
