BOXER

breed of medium-sized, muscular working dog perfected in Germany in the 19th cent. but whose origins may be traced back in Europe to the 16th cent. It stands from 21 to 25 in. (53.3–63.5 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 60 to 75 lb (27.2–34 kg). It has a short, smooth, shiny coat of fawn or brindle, often with white markings on the head, chest, and feet, and a black muzzle. The ears are cropped to stand erect, and the tail is docked. A relative of numerous breeds of the bulldog type, the boxer was originally used in dogfighting and bullbaiting. Today it is trained as a police dog and as a guide dog for the blind. The boxer is also kept as a pet. See dog.

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books on: Boxer  - 6228 results

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History in Three Keys: The Boxers as Event, Experience, and Myth
Book by Paul A. Cohen; Columbia University Press, 1997
Subjects: China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901
...the relationship of the Boxers to the White Lotus sect...discussion of the Spirit Boxer phase of the Boxer story...followers, which makes a Boxer-White Lotus link especially...antifeudal side of the Boxer movement. 43 While I...organizational patterning, the Boxers are best understood as...
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The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900
Book by Diana Preston; Walker, 2000
Subjects: China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901
...scullion." He also described "Boxer hunts" reminiscent of "The...Revolution, writing that "the word Boxer was fatal to him to whom it...hours no outward trace of the Boxers remained in the city. They...temple that had served as a Boxer headquarters was renamed, with...
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The Boxer Uprising : a background study
Book by Victor Purcell; University Press, 1963
Subjects: China--History--1862-1899, China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901
...disobedience to the rules of the Boxer sect. A simpler explanation was...to arrows or bullets was not a Boxer at all but one who had been masquerading...sought of the special species of Boxer known as the Black Boxers, who were unaffected by these...
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Body & Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxer
Book by Loïc Wacquant; Oxford University Press, 2004
Subjects: Boxing--Social Aspects--Illinois--Chicago, Inner Cities--United States, Masculinity In Popular Culture--United States, Sociology, Urban--United States, Sports--Anthropological Aspects--United States
...in the gym refer to style and tactics in the ring: boxer or scientific boxer against brawler or slugger, counterpuncher, banger...members of the club. As he progresses, each apprentice boxer finds his comfort zone: some are content to stick...
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Good with Their Hands: Boxers, Bluesmen, and Other Characters from the Rust Belt
Book by Carlo Rotella; University of California Press, 2002
Subjects: Blues (Music)--Case Studies, Boxing--United States--Case Studies, City And Town Life--United States--Case Studies, Creative Ability--United States--Case Studies, Deindustrialization--Social Aspects--United States--Case Studies, Landscape Design--United States--Case Studies, Police Films--United States--Case Studies, Social Change--United States--Case Studies, United States--Social Life And Customs--1971-, Work--Social Aspects--United States--Case Studies
...Boxing Images and Meanings, in Boxer: An Anthology of Writers...between women or between foxy boxers and men who paid for the titillating...Occupational Culture of the Boxer, American Journal of Sociology...Pugilistic Point of View: How Boxers Think
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The Boxer
Journal article by Rosie Kerin; Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Vol. 45, 2001
Subjects: Books--Reviews, The Boxer (Book)--Reviews
The Boxer by Rosie Kerin Kathleen Karr. 2000. New...30921-3 US$16.00. CAN$26.95. The Boxer and The Grave are two historical novels that...overview of each novel is necessary. The Boxer is set in the tenements of the Lower East...
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Jane E. Elliott. Some Did It for Civilisation; Some Did It for Their Country: A Revised View of the Boxer War
Journal article by Klaus Muhlhahn; China Review International, Vol. 9, 2002
Subjects: Some Did It for Civilisation; Some Did It for Their Country: A Revised View of the Boxer War (Book)
...for Their Country: A Revised View of the Boxer War. by Klaus Muhlhahn Hong Kong: The...39.00, ISBN 962-201-973-0. The Boxer War has always occupied a special place...examine the graphic representations of the Boxer War that were generated by these various...
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French Appeasement: Andrew Boxer Considers Explanations for France's Disastrous Foreign Policy between the Wars
Journal article by Andrew Boxer; History Review, 2007
Subjects: British foreign relations--Influence, Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes--Analysis, Foreign policy--Evaluation, French history--International aspects, Historians--Comparative analysis, Historians--Observations, Pacific settlement of international disputes--Analysis, Peace negotiations--Analysis
French Appeasement: Andrew Boxer Considers Explanations for Frances Disastrous...Foreign Policy between the Wars. by Andrew Boxer ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Introduction In...makers between 1918 and 1939? Andrew Boxer taught A-level History for a number...
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Native Americans and the Federal Government: Andrew Boxer Traces the Origins of an Issue Still Current Today
Journal article by Andrew Boxer; History Review, 2009
Subjects: Indigenous peoples-government relations, Native American history, Native American policy--History, Native Americans--History, Native North Americans--History
...Americans and the Federal Government: Andrew Boxer Traces the Origins of an Issue Still Current Today. by Andrew Boxer ILLUSTRATION OMITTED At the start of the...59 (Chicago, Illinois, 2006) Andrew Boxer was for many years Director of Studies...
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The Establishment of the Post-War Consensus, 1945-64: Andrew Boxer Explains Why Party Political Strife Lacked Real Substance in the Period after 1945
Journal article by Andrew Boxer; History Review, 2010
Subjects: Political cleavage--History, Political parties--History, Political parties--United Kingdom, Postwar reconstruction (World War II)--Economic aspects, Postwar reconstruction (World War II)--Political aspects
...Post-War Consensus, 1945-64: Andrew Boxer Explains Why Party Political Strife Lacked...Substance in the Period after 1945. by Andrew Boxer ILLUSTRATION OMITTED In February 1954 The...Labour Party (Macmillan, 2001). Andrew Boxer, formerly Director of Studies and Head...
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The Boxer Rebellion: Her Votes Thrilled Supporters and Put Some Backbone into Senate Democrats
Magazine article by John Nichols; The Nation, Vol. 280, February 28, 2005
Subjects: Boxer, Barbara, Democratic Party (United States), Elections--Analysis, Politics--Analysis
The Boxer Rebellion: Her...night of Barbara Boxers greatest political...voters in Ohio, Boxer objected to the...from that state. Boxers objection forced...blunted. Even Boxers fans admit she...Redmond, who thinks Boxer worried too much...
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Barbara Boxer
Magazine article by Ruth Conniff; The Progressive, Vol. 69, July 2005
Subjects: Boxer, Barbara--Interviews, Legislators--Interviews, Senators--Interviews, United States. Congress. Senate--Officials and employees
...the U.S. Senate, Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, has...what activists dubbed "The Boxer Rebellion." On Valentines Day, fans sent 4,500 roses to Boxers office, as thanks for her stand...Rices confirmation hearings, Boxer turned what was supposed to...
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Barbara Boxer's Moment of Truth
Magazine article by Chris Weinkopf; Human Life Review, Vol. 25, Fall 1999
Subjects: Abortion, Boxer, Barbara, Life, Morality, Politicians
Barbara Boxers Moment of Truth by Chris Weinkopf...Democratic colleague, Barbara Boxer, to the question: "If a...It was a trap, and Sen. Boxer knew it. Throughout the Senates...birth-abortion ban, Mrs. Boxer and other opponents of the...
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Boxer Reveals Her Anti-Catholic Bias in Committee Hearings
Magazine article by Austin Ruse; Insight on the News, Vol. 17, September 10, 2001
Subjects: Abortion--International aspects, Boxer, Barbara--Political activity, Catholic Church--Social policy, Cleaver, Cathleen--Conduct of life
Boxer Reveals Her Anti...that Sen. Barbara Boxers (D-Calif.) statements...hearing claimed that "Boxer treated the Roman Catholic...billion people." Boxer chaired the hearing...perform abortions. Boxers allegedly anti-Catholic...
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Is Boxer Down for the Count?
Magazine article by Gayle M.B. Hanson; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, October 19, 1998
Subjects: Boxer, Barbara--Political activity, California--Politics and government, Congressional candidates--California, Fong, Matt--Political activity
...many years, hammered Boxer on her unwillingness...spectacularly clear vis a vis Boxers complacency about the...might feel sympathy for Boxer based on the grounds...voters to respond to Boxer in a different way...everything to do with Barbara Boxers double standards and...
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Boxer to Keep Claws out during Second Bush Term
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 2, 2005
Subjects: Boxer, Barbara, Rice, Condoleezza
Boxer to Keep Claws out during Second Bush Term...WASHINGTON TIMES To her detractors, Barbara Boxer, the diminutive Democratic senator from...of the nicer descriptions that one anti-Boxer blogger recently posted. A senator who challenged...
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Boxer Challenged over Silence about Clinton's Scandal
Newspaper article by Thomas D. Elias; The Washington Times, August 30, 1998
Subjects: Boxer, Barbara, Fong, Matt
...the water. Even so, Mrs. Boxer won by only 5 percent. Her...up with Mr. Fong gives Mrs. Boxer two things she never has had...only the latest piece of Mrs. Boxers good fortune. Her luck continued...whatever it took to unseat Mrs. Boxer, but Mr. Fong will have to...
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Boxer Pins Political Future on Women: Without Big Female Turnout, Fong Is Looking like a Winner
Newspaper article by Thomas D. Elias; The Washington Times, October 19, 1998
Subjects: Boxer, Barbara, Fong, Matt
Boxer pins political future...important to Sen. Barbara Boxers re-election hopes...Election Day. Mrs. Boxer struck a note of near...no response to Mrs. Boxers criticism of his opposition...he argue when Mrs. Boxer attacked the flat...
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Boxer Flanks Republicans on Abortion-Related Law
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 23, 2005
Subjects: Boxer, Barbara
...Democrats office said Mrs. Boxer, who thinks the law will be...it would have gone," Mrs. Boxer said about a new vote. But...GOP leadership aide said Mrs. Boxer knew she couldnt get support...abortions. Republicans said Mrs. Boxers retreat on the vote shows that...
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California GOP Targets Boxer in Senate Election; 'Arnold Effect' Encourages Party to Hope for Gains
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 1, 2004
Subjects: Boxer, Barbara, Republican Party, Schwarzenegger, Arnold
California GOP Targets Boxer in Senate Election; Arnold Effect Encourages...topple two-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer. Last years election of Gov. Arnold...Republicans who are bidding to take on Mrs. Boxer in November get together for a forum...
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encyclopedia articles on: Boxer  - 52 results

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Boxer Uprising
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...harmonious fists or, in English, the Boxers. The Boxers soon grew powerful, and late in...European powers. In June, 1900, the Boxers (some 140,000 strong and now...its way through from Tianjin. The Boxer Uprising thus ended. The Western...
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Boxer
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BOXER breed of medium-sized, muscular working...numerous breeds of the bulldog type, the boxer was originally used in dogfighting and bullbaiting...dog and as a guide dog for the blind. The boxer is also kept as a pet. See dog...
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Robinson, Sugar Ray
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ROBINSON, SUGAR RAY 1920 89, American boxer, b. Detroit. His real name was Walker...Returning to boxing in 1955, he was the first boxer ever to regain a title after retiring...punching Robinson was rated the best boxer, pound for pound, of his time...
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Moore, Archie
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MOORE, ARCHIE 1913 98, American boxer, b. Benoit, Miss., as Archie Lee Wright. He claimed to have...matches by knockouts. In a long and colorful career Moore, a clever boxer and dangerous puncher, engaged in 220 recorded bouts and scored...
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Marciano, Rocky
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARCIANO, ROCKY marsea no, 1924 69, American boxer, b. Brockton, Mass. His real name was Rocco Francis Marchegiano...climb to the heavyweight title, Marciano became the second boxer ever to knock out (1951) Joe Louis . On Sept. 23, 1952...
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