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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...absolutely certain that Clay will win this one. As Cassius says, "I got superior height, weight, balance, reach, speed, strength, and youth." In fact, the champion is so embarrassed about Patterson's total incompetence that, for once, he doesn't want to talk about...

Author: By Philip Ardery, | Title: The Rabbit Will Fall in Two In Tonight's Ring Rendezvous | 11/22/1965 | See Source »

Marcos comes by his exciting image rightfully. As a law student at Manila's University of the Philippines, he was a member of the boxing, wrestling and swimming teams and became the national small-bore rifle champion. Largely owing to his reputation as a good shot, he was convicted in 1939 of having murdered a political opponent of his Congressman father. Marcos graduated from law school while free on bail with the highest mark in Philippine history and took on his own defense as his first case. Arguing before the Supreme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Surprise in Manila | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

They will have to play better than they did last Saturday to down Yale. The Eli boosters came within one goal of champion Brown, 3-2 at Providence October 9. except for a 3-0 loss to Penn, they told one-goal victories over all the other Ivy teams. This includes a 3-2 triumph over Cornell, the team that administered Harvard's first loss of the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Booters Battling Yale for Second In Finale Today | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

...Reilly of Georgetown could have crawled the last 50 yards and still led the huge pack. He shaved 17.6 seconds off the meet record, with a five-mile time of 24:24.2. Two hundred yards behind in second was Charles Messenger of Villanova. Messenger was last year's freshman champion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Finishes 9th in IC4A's, Avenges Heptagonal Loss to Navy | 11/16/1965 | See Source »

Villanova won the university division freshman race last year. Charlie Messenger of Villanova, last year's individual champion, is now on the strong Villanova varsity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Faces Stiff Test In IC4A Five-Mile Contest | 11/15/1965 | See Source »

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