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Shortly after 11 the next morning, Globe Reporter Thomas Oliphant phoned in the news that Kennedy would indeed appear on the podium. Wilkie wrote a new lead for the afternoon edition, then left a message for Dick Moe. It read: "How 'bout Dominique's [a French restaurant near the White House]?" Like any seasoned political reporter, Wilkie was philosophic about his batting average. "We're like Mark Belanger [the Baltimore Orioles' sure-handed shortstop]," he said. "Good field...
...current theory holds that MS is caused by a slow-acting virus that lies latent in the body for years before its first symptoms appear. These may disappear for as long as 30 years and then flare up once again, or they can disappear forever after one bout...
...raises his right fist and brings it down gently. Up, down, up down. He is trying to lead the crowd in a chant of "Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali". Muhammad wants to drum up interest for his upcoming bout with Larry Holmes. The crowd continues to boo. Ali continues to pump that right hand. Up, down, up, down. Muhammad Ali is chanting alone. "Ali, Ali, Ali," he cries...
...York was the first state to strip Ali of his crown. Illinois and other followed. When Ali ran out of states to fight in he tried to leave the country for a bout. "No go," said the State Department, and suddenly Muhammad Ali was a man without a profession. For three years he had to abstain from punching men into oblivion...
...such tactics some clinics are able to return as many as 65% of back sufferers to productive, if not pain-free, lives. Robert Sumpter, 45, of Modesto, Calif., sought out Hosobuchi after four back operations and a bout with the bone infection osteo myelitis that left him in such great pain that he required constant medication with narcotics. At first, Sumpter had to use the transmitter four times a day. Now he resorts to it only once daily. He also has resumed a life-style that he had totally abandoned because of his addiction. Says he, with undisguised relief...