Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Adenauer would have to combat the big Social Democratic Party, led by rambunctious Kurt Schumacher and shrewd Carlo Schmid. He knew well what was ahead. After the hairline confirmation vote, a photographer asked him to smile. "Aber gern [Be glad to]," Adenauer replied, "for soon I may not have any more reason for smiling...
...big kiss, papa...
...big kiss...
...that stood between Gonzales' goodbye to amateur tennis and his hello to the pros was his signature on a ready & waiting contract. Next month, Pancho is scheduled to begin a professional tour in Madison Square Garden with Big Jake Kramer as his opponent and little Bobby Riggs (who plans to be just a part-time player) as promoter. The deal calls for Pancho to pocket 30% of the gate, against Kramer's 25%. The $50,000 or so he expects to make in one quick shot dwarfs any amount he could make in years of wrangling and ducking...
...winning his first big fight in New York since he was banned in 1946 (for failing to report a $100,000 bribe offer), Roughhouse Rocky regained his old form as the best drawing card in fightdom. He will probably continue to be until the day he is foolhardy enough to fight a good man his own size-somebody like Sugar Ray Robinson...