Word: aly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...know that cigarettes caused cancer, and Sonny Liston was not only alive but heavyweight champion of the world. There were no pocket calculators, and no Cuisinarts, and students ahd to wear ties to the dining halls at Harvard. It makes the Rolling Stones, along with Johnny Carson, Muhammad Ali, and Bruno Sammartino, our greatest eaters of artistic yogurt, the reigning Longevity-kings of our culture...
...Muhammad Ali...
There is a new Muhammad Ali. Gone is the gentle smirk, the I-know-this-is-all-a-game look he would flash when reciting one of his poems. The words no longer flow. Instead, Ali forces them out. You can almost hear him thinking, "Got to sell this fight, got to...sell...this...fight." Ali now waves both arms like a broken wind-mill when he rants and raves. He has become a professional wrestler. He is Gorilla Monsoon...
...Muhammad Ali will fight Larry Holmes sometime this fall. Each man will be paid in excess of $10 million. It will be the biggest thing ever. Muhammad Ali will win. He will hold the heavy-weight championship for the fourth time...
...Muhammad Ali has lost the People's Championship. He has abdicated. And that is one title he will never regain...