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Word: champ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hours to talk him out of jumping, but to no avail. In short, this looked like a job for Muhammad Ali. At least that is what one of Ali's p.r. men thought when he happened on the scene. Moments after being summoned, the former heavyweight champ arrived in his personal emergency vehicle-a two-tone brown Rolls-Royce-lights flashing. He ascended to a window near the desperate 21-year-old, a black Navy veteran, and began to rap: "You're my brother ' said the Greatest, "I love you, and I couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 2, 1981 | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

...pass a man with a Marvin Hagler T-shirt. He has a goatee and has shaved his head shiny bald, just like the Champ. That's a real...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: La Nause'e In The Ring | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...Michael Feingold. Feingold, and the company in rehearsal, have updated the play by translating it to a contemporary landscape. So we get references to the Dalai Lama, Lulu moves on roller skates, Schwartz the painter becomes Carbone the fashion photographer, Rodrigo the acrobat becomes Juan dos Tres the welterweight champ--all of which is fine and good...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Rarefied Body-Surfing | 1/15/1981 | See Source »

This year, the Crimson coach sees Cornell, Princeton, and defending Ivy champ Columbia as the teams to beat. "Columbia has a balanced team; all we can do is hope for some injuries," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestling Squad Seeks 3 Triumphs Here Saturday | 1/9/1981 | See Source »

Harvard sophomore Maureen Gildea last year's Ivy champ in the mile who is presently sidelined with a knee injury, could only look on helplessly as Sumner splashed her way to a new New England record in the 1000-yard Free--three seconds below Gildea's 10:20.00 mark set last year...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: B.U. Drowns Aquawomen In Opener | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

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