The cancellation applied only to debts contracted before 1973.

But he contracted a stomach virus the night before his first bout and lost.

Insurance rates and insurance capacity were already contracting before Sept. 11.

Holyfield would later claim that he contracted hepatitis before the fight.

Tonawanda was upset that Garcia did not tell her about a stomach virus he contracted before the fight.

I'm recovering from a nasty cold contracted just before Christmas.

He contracted hepatitis before the start of the 1958-59 season and withdrew from cricket.

But he contracted a virus a week before the Derby and did not race again until July.

McKeever had known that he had a 50-50 chance of contracting the condition before age 20, after which the risk would diminish.

He had retired from contracting several years before his death, which occurred after a six-month long illness.