Word: alie
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...determination to stay focused, Bowe also nurtured a passionate admiration for Muhammad Ali. "I knew Ali didn't drink, so I didn't drink," Bowe says. "He didn't smoke, so I didn't smoke. He finished high school, so I finished high school." Over the years, Bowe developed another habit of Ali's: he likes a good boast and a solid punch line to go with it. And as with Ali, there is even some truth in what he says. The prime for a heavyweight comes in his late 20s. Bowe, now 26, has the potential...
...them heavyweights, including Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes. But Bowe, Futch declares, "has the potential to be the best I've ever had." Before he can take his place in the history books, however, a great champion needs a great opponent. Louis had Schmeling. LaMotta had Robinson. Ali had Frazier. "Greatness in fighting is gained by rubbing against other great boxers," says Bert Sugar, editor-publisher of Boxing Illustrated. Right now the list of contenders is short and flabby...
...really shocked that something like this could happen," said Associate Professor of Indo-Muslim Culture Ali S. Asani. "It's tricky...I think the procedure would have been to tell the staff...
...office will demand a more mature performance from Bhutto, 40, who alienated the military as well as the business establishment during her first term. Almost the only legislation passed duirng that time was the annual budget, while many of Bhutto's minsters and close advisers -- including her husband Asif Ali Zardari -- were accused of patronage and receiving kickbacks on government contracts handed out to business associates. Whether Bhutto stays in power will largely depend on how she handles her relations with the military. One develoment in her favor: the top army command shifted last January, with the sudden death...
Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Culture Ali S. Asani, a member of the Committee on African Studies, concurred with Mandela's view...