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Word: alie (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Although Ali has been temporarily suspended from the Muslims for being dependent on the white man's money instead of Allah, he remains a true believer. For his autobiography and his lectures, Ali has taken to inventing homilies on what he calls "the inner life." "Pleasure," he will say, "is the shadow of happiness." "Yeah, man," his brother will answer. "People are unhappy because they are victims of propaganda," Ali says. "Heavy, brother, heavy," says Rudy. And now that he's a writer, Ali is interested in building his vocabulary. Reading a newspaper piece about himself recently, he looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bull v. Butterfly: A Clash of Champions | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

...Ali's version, usually performed in front of a mirror: "Bap! Bap! Bap! I jab him once, twice, three times. Dance away. I move in again. Bam. Bam. Bam. I hit him five times. He hits me one time. I back away. I'm moving around him. Bim. Bim. Bim. I get him again. He's movin' in, ain't reaching me because he's too small to reach me. He's reachin' and strainin' with those hooks, and they're getting longer and longer. And now he's lunging and jumping, and that's when I started popping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bull v. Butterfly: A Clash of Champions | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

...Muhammad Ali v. Sonny Liston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Prizefighting's Million-Dollar Gates | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

...Muhammad Ali v. Floyd Patterson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Prizefighting's Million-Dollar Gates | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

...Muhammad Ali v. Henry Cooper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Prizefighting's Million-Dollar Gates | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

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