Word: alie
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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NAACP supporters include heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who pledged $100,000 that he won in his October 9 title bout with Ken Norton...
...future elections. Mark Russell has launched a campaign for federal quality control of campaign humor at the source. "I'm introducing the Federal Joke Registration Act," he reports, "under which politicians must audition before a Federal Joke Review Board composed of Ed Muskie, John Gronouski, Peter Rodino, Muhammad Ali and Barbara Jordan." And Gerald Nachman has come up with a splendid suggestion. Presidential terms are too long and campaigns too infrequent, he feels, to overcome the soporific aftereffects of a pair like Ford and Carter. "It would be nice to have a new President every year to give...
...Scala include associations with Toscanini, Mascagni and Giordano. Gavazzeni led a performance that was full of controlled excitement; at the same time, he was consistently thoughtful of his singers. His support of Veteran Soprano Renata Scot to (Leonora), who sang the precarious D 'amor sull 'ali rosee in Act IV with extreme caution, was a memorable lesson in podium gallantry...
Manila is not yet a standard stop on the international convention and curiosity circuit, but it seems to be trying. Two years ago, the Philippine capital played host to the Miss Universe Contest, and last year it had the Ali-Frazier heavyweight title bout. Last week the city rolled out the carpet for 1,500 leaders of international finance and banking who gathered to attend the first annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank ever held in Southeast Asia...
...three days after the fight, Ali was not on the South Side of Chicago. He was in Istanbul. The dullness of his performance had sunk in. "As of now," he announced, "I am quitting boxing and will devote all my energy to the propagation of the Muslim faith...