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Word: champs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...giving Cassius Muhammad Ali Clay a raw deal. Now that he's proven his boxing ability can embarrass anyone in the ring today, the press has turned to attacking Ali's "inhumanity." We saw the closed-circuit version at the Boston Garden, and it seemed to us that the champ was in a class far above the Chicago monkey by any and every standard...

Author: By Bob Marshall, | Title: The Sports Dope | 2/8/1967 | See Source »

Terrell threw barely a clean punch all evening. With his gloves and arms stationed in front of his face in the boxing version of a prevent defense, the 6'6" monster walked doggedly at Clay, cornering him against the ropes time and again. Then once he had the champ tied up, he started swinging furiously with his right, showering blows alternately on Ali's kidney and nape. Variations on the attack included a headlock before he started the pounding and a straight-on butt where he would plant his lowered head in Ali's midsection and drive at a turnbuckle...

Author: By Bob Marshall, | Title: The Sports Dope | 2/8/1967 | See Source »

Kessler, it might be noted, added to the wrestling match impression by duplicating the ineffectualness of the officials who scamper around the Arena Annex ring on Thursday nights. The TV screen showed Terrell pounding the champ below the belt, and there was Kessler on the blind side, running a second too late to a vantage point where he could see the foul...

Author: By Bob Marshall, | Title: The Sports Dope | 2/8/1967 | See Source »

Canada's Nancy Greene, 23, weighs only 125 Ibs., and she can do 40 deep knee bends with a 170-lb. barbell across her shoulders. That ought to be enough to make her an intercollegiate weight-lifting champ. But Nancy uses her muscles on skis, and she does it better than any other woman in the world, as the French discovered to their distress last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skiing: Bunny from B.C. | 1/20/1967 | See Source »

...economy-its performance in the past year and what it is likely to do in the year ahead. In our shop phrase we call it "the year-end business review." This week it takes the form of a cover story, written by Marshall Loeb and edited by Champ Clark, on one of the most astute money managers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 30, 1966 | 12/30/1966 | See Source »

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