Word: cassius
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wrote 5,000 former delegates and alternates to Democratic conventions requesting support, got only 28 positive replies. Said an Oregonian: "The only time I would favor Senator Fulbright for any office would be in the event his opponent was Wayne Morse, in which case I would probably vote for Cassius Clay...
BLACK IS BEST, by Jack Olsen. The life and times of Cassius Clay in a sharp-eyed biography that unerringly-and engagingly-separates fact from bigmouth chaff...
...principal. Located in Albany's slum-ridden east side, it is an academy for hard cases-40% are Negro, many of the students come from broken homes, still others are dropouts from other schools. But Ben Becker is a hard case himself. A onetime amateur boxer who was Cassius Clay's manager at the 1960 Olympics, Becker has a broken nose, scar tissue around his eyes-and a brain-jolting jab in his fists. A boy who abuses a teacher will be challenged by his principal to a quiet meeting behind closed doors. The problem is usually solved...
Bookmakers dismissed the fight as a mismatch and refused to take bets. Still, Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay, 25, insisted he was really worried by Challenger Zora Folley, a 34-year-old pug who had already been beaten by Sonny Listen, Henry Cooper and Ernie Terrell-all of whom Clay had kayoed. "I'm scared," said Cassius. "Anything can happen...
...second put him down for keeps in the seventh-ending what the Garden's own publicity men called "The Impossible Dream." The only surprising thing about Clay's ninth title "defense" in the past 22 months was that 13,780 people paid money to see it. Cassius' cut of the purse was $264,838-which was impressive enough but may not do him much good where he is going. Ordered to report for induction into the Army on April 11, Black Muslim Clay says he may opt for jail instead...