Word: alie
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...real-life Rocky who made it can't seem to stay out of trouble. Not long after he won the world heavyweight championship from Muhammad Ali, Leon Spinks, 24, was arrested in his home town, St. Louis, for a traffic violation and driving without a license. Last week he had another round with St. Louis cops. Spotted driving into a restaurant parking lot at 4 a.m. with the lights out, Spinks was stopped by police. Again, no license could be produced. Worse, police found a small sack containing white powder tucked in Spinks' hat, which he tossed...
...problem with such a style is that American audiences comprehend only the diluted version of a pure art form. There are Indian musicians in the U.S., such as sitarist Ravi Shankar and sarodist Ali Akbar Khan, who play unadulterated classical Hindustani music. But they seem more concerned with commercial success than with upholding the ancient secular and philosophical traditions that are an integral part of Indian classical music...
...loss for words, waiting for someone to relieve him quickly and take him off the stage. At a reception held for him after the concert, he exhibited the same social awkwardness, huddling in a corner of the couch, silent except when spoken to. Unlike Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, who thrive on these liquor-dominated social events, Khan seemed embarrassed...
...Muhammad Ali, signing an autograph for House Speaker Tip O'Neill at the 15th annual Democratic congressional dinner: "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth...
...Ali-Spinks bout was "the best fight I've seen in years," proclaimed former Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis, 63. "The young man really gave it to Ali in the 15th round. What a 15th round!" Louis watched the set-to while recovering from a fight of his own. In October he underwent thoracic surgery to repair a ballooned aorta, and after five months in a Houston hospital he is now convalescing at his modest Las Vegas home. Louis, who had been an official greeter at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas before his operation, insists he is "impatient to return...