Word: champion
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Brooke's color had no measurable bearing on his victory, either statistically, since Massachusetts' Negro population is under 3%, or philosophically, since his opponent, former Democratic Governor Endicott Peabody, is as ardent a champion of civil rights as Brooke...
...Houston last week, Cassius finally became champion of all the world by beating Terrell, the World Boxing Association's champion, in a methodical 15-round fight that shocked quite a few sportswriters. He did not knock Terrell out-or even down. Instead Cassius carefully closed Ernie's left eye, opened a bloody gash over his right eye that later required seven stitches, and generally made mincemeat of his man. Then, with Terrell dazed and helpless, Clay screamed, "Uncle Tom nigger!" "What's my name?" he demanded again and again. "That's it, baby!" shouted Clay...
Going into the meet with a 5-1 overall record, 3-0 in the Ivy League including a defeat of perennial Ivy champ Cornell, the Crimson was derailed by a perennial New England champion...
Senior Matt Hall, Crimson fourth player, had lost only one match during his varsity career before yesterday. But he never got going against Jack Heckscher and bowed in three games, 17-15, 15-13, 15-14. Heckscher is the younger brother of Harvard's two-time national intercollegiate champion; Ben Heckscher...
...capitalism." The first step was to engage the interest of the villagers, which Corson achieved by the un-Clausewitzean technique of teaching his men the local game: co tuong, a variant of chess that uses "elephants, cannon and 14th century infantry tactics." Corson himself took on the village champion, managed to achieve a tie. "The game gave us our breakthrough in overcoming the reserve of the people," he says. "Next step was how to help them make a buck...