The fights are fierce but brief: the referee will step in and stop the bout quickly when a combatant is pinned down and taking blow after blow to the head.
Chelsea were able to recall keeper Petr Cech after three months out with a serious skull fracture, but suffered a blow after it was revealed defender Ricardo Carvalho was out after being taken ill overnight.
Blow for blow after the jump The first round went to HD DVD thanks Blu-ray's funny cropping issue.
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Spies dropped from second early in the race, which was a big blow after qualifying in fourth on Saturday.
The 80s were also tough for Audi, which suffered a massive blow after reports of unintended acceleration in its cars.
Rangers suffered a blow after 30 minutes, when Ricksen left the field in some distress to be replaced with Maurice Ross.
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Rangers' hopes suffered a blow after 11 minutes, when Nacho Novo picked up an injury and was replaced with the more defensively-minded Maurice Edu.
Scharner then headed over the top, before Wigan suffered a blow after 31 minutes when captain Arjan de Zeeuw limped off with a calf injury.
Napoli's quest to move to within two points of league leader Juventus suffered a blow after it was held to a goalless draw by Sampdoria.
But the Irishman's plans to lubricate his commentary box performance suffered a blow after he broke his ribs in a post-Baftas fall at his home.
Paul Hart's side suffered a bad blow after only two minutes when skipper Des Walker limped off, bringing an abrupt end to his recall after a thigh injury.
Hearts suffered a blow after half an hour when David Obua limped off and the Uganda midfielder's place wide on the right was taken by youth Lithuanian Arvydas Novikovas.
The visitors suffered a big blow after 35 minutes when Lamb limped off, forcing a reshuffle in which Lesley Vainikolo came on and Barkley switched to fly-half and James Simpson-Daniel to centre in the reshuffle.
Celtic's chances appeared to take a further blow after 40 minutes, when Kennedy - not long back from serious injury - was stretchered off, with Steven Pressley making his first appearance of the season following back surgery.
The Blu-ray Disc Association fired back to this blow after a few mixed retailer wins with Blockbuster, Target and BJ's by noting the strong supply of Blu-ray titles in the queue and the planned Blu-ray release of Disney's "platinum" titles, the crown jewels of the Magic Kingdom.
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Of course, we did just that after the first World Trade Center bombing, after the plot to blow up airliners over the Pacific, and after the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
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You really do have an excellent body, you say after you blow your load.
He said the plane did not crash land but came to a normal halt after the blow out.
The lesson from the Asian crisis of the late 1990s is that systems generally shrink after a blow-up.
Ian Poulter's hopes of a first major win suffered a blow though after his first over-par round of the tournament.
First Minister Peter Robinson, who is also the East Belfast MP, said Northern Ireland was "reeling from a massive blow" after a week of job losses.
Chelsea rallied from the early blow and after Salomon Kalou was denied a strong first-half penalty claim he was on hand to fire Chelsea level after half-time.
Jim Magilton forced Poom into another sharp save in the 16th minute, but Ipswich were dealt a blow soon after when defender Fabian Wilnis was forced off through injury.
That is, after you blow on them of course.
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Clarke eventually fell to a slower ball from Darren Maddy, but Chris Rogers - who had earlier retired on 10 after a blow to the helmet from Neil Carter - returned to continue the onslaught.
Back on July 27th, I wrote about how surprised I was to find shares of Power-One (PWER), a provider of renewable energy and energy-efficient power conversion and power management solutions such as photovoltaic inverters used in solar power applications, trade down after reporting blow-out second quarter results.
The hosts' Scotland wing Nikki Walker departed after a heavy blow to the head in the 32nd minute.
Liverpool suffered a blow seven minutes after the break when Keane limped off to be replaced by Kuyt.
Brown said Katrina was unlike other hurricanes in which the magnitude of the disaster typically subsides after the initial blow.
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