Word: alie
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...Lennon, Abbie Hoffman, Janis, Jimi...where is everybody? Even the sassiest of them all has fallen publicly silent, which makes it a pleasure to pick up his voice again, or at least its echo, in David Remnick's haunting new book, King of the World: The Rise of Muhammad Ali (Random House; 336 pages...
Since those giddy days, Muhammad Ali, ne Cassius Clay, has done two things nobody thought possible: he has finally stopped talking, and he has become universally popular. Those who know him now only as a benign, spectral presence at sports events and testimonial ceremonies can have no idea how much noise this man once made or what confusion he sowed in some people's heads. Previous athletes had been loved or hated, and that was that, but Ali had been both at the same time. Half of you wanted to see his head handed to him, the other half sort...
CRIMES OF THE HEART Directed by Nick R. Parrillo Produced by John B. Cearley and Ali Ruth Davis At the Loeb Mainstage October 29, 30, 31 at 8pm October...
...hands of these extremely able actors,the drama could stand strong on an empty stage,but the efforts of director Nick Parrillo andproducers John B. Cearley '99 and Ali Ruth Davis'00 to capitalize on the details give theproduction its finessed perfection. The set of theMaGrath household is brilliant. The stage isfilled with infinite, touching details--ahalf-empty bottle of diswashing liquid on acluttered counter top, cheap curtains, Coke in therefrigerator, flowered wallpaper--which appeal notonly to the domestic nostalgia of an itinerantcollege student, but to anyone who has ever spenttime in a home kitchen. That the set has runningwater...
...streets. The Nevada Athletic Commission has given Tyson his old job back after the fighter promised to behave. And as hard as it is to apply the term "charity case" to a convicted rapist, the strange saga of Mike Tyson -- bolstered by the testimony of Muhammad Ali and Magic Johnson -- may actually have softened a few hearts Monday. "There are only a few punishments worse than being denied a right to make a living," Ali said in a statement. (Ali was banned for three and a half years for refusing the draft...