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...Robert Christian), a black, and Ella (Trish Van Devere), a white, had been childhood playmates. Growing up, she marries a boxer who deserts her. Despite her aversion to blacks, Ella then marries Jim. However, the stress of social ostracism drives her insane, and she prays for Jim to flunk his bar exams, which he does. With his dream shattered, Jim reverts to a kind of devoted slave to a spectral child bride...
...second chase takes place along assorted rooftops and streets in midtown Manhattan. It features the spectacle of a bad guy (Tony King) bounding across the hoods of traffic-stalled taxicabs clad only in his trim-line boxer shorts. Even in New York City, this creates something of a stir, especially since the bad guy, who is black, is being pursued by a white good guy (Michael Moriarty), and both of them are armed. Hunter and hunted end up holding each other at bay in an elevator at Saks Fifth Avenue that has stopped between floors. While the cops surround...
...General Assembly. Arafat, dressed in a fawn windbreaker and brown trousers and wearing both his familiar black-and-white checkered kaffiyeh and a pistol holster, which aides insisted was empty, finished his perorations, walked away from the mottled-marble rostrum and clasped his hands over his head in a boxer's victory stance. Led by delegates from Arab nations, the crowded Assembly Hall-the seats were predictably empty at the table reserved for Israel's delegation-burst into a roar of applause. U.S. Ambassador John Scali and most Western delegates, however, politely sat on their hands...
...hopes to see two more men freed soon. Last week, because of stories by Raab, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Samuel Larner was considering reopening the murder convictions of Boxer Rubin ("Hurricane") Carter and Grocery Clerk John Artis after a 1966 shoot-out in Paterson, N.J. Raab was instrumental in getting two witnesses to admit that they had lied about seeing Carter and Artis at the murder scene...
...other signs of wear and tear, Ali launched his customary volley of verbal jabs. "I told you I was the greatest," he gloated. "I told you this man has no class, no skill, doesn't hit hard. Don't ever match no bull against a master boxer. The bull is stronger but the matador is smarter." Ali did admit that Foreman had stunned him a few times. "I'm experienced," he said. "I can handle that." For his part, a shell-shocked Foreman said quietly, "I felt truly I was in control of the fight. I honestly...