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...baronage, Field Marshal Sir John Harding, former governor of strife-torn Cyprus. As Commander Order of the British Empire, London-born (as Alice Marks) Prima Ballerina Alicia Markova, 47, long renowned for her Giselle; to the knighthood, Author-Biologist Julian Huxley, onetime director-general of UNESCO. The world featherweight boxing champion, Nigeria's Hogan ("Kid") Bassey, 25, learned that he had flailed his way to another laurel-Member of the Order of the British Empire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 13, 1958 | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

...where Spaniards, Italians, Maltese and French mix it up with Moslem natives. Former Middleweight Champion Marcel Cerdan, killed in a plane crash in 1949, was born in the Foreign Legion town of Sidi-bel-Abbes. Former Bantamweight Champ Robert Cohen beat his way out of Bone in Algeria. French Featherweight Champion Cherif Hamia hails from Guergnon, another swarming Algerian town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Champion from Algeria | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

Several million Americans currently own woofers, tweeters, featherweight pickups, three-position rumble filters and other strong magic for hearing music as it really sounds. Recently the hard-core hi-fiers. have been tuning their ears to even newer vibrations-the sounds of stereophonic tape. The record industry, with a fortune invested in disks, is sidling up to stereo tapes with the nervous caution of a man who fears he may be feeding the puppy that will bite him. The industry goes on with the feeding, though, because there is a possibility that the pup will grow up into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: And Now, Stereo | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

...Skinny, sharp-elbowed Sandy Saddler, World's Featherweight Champion, abdicated his title after learning that he is suffering from "progressive blindness." In a twelve-year career, Sandy fought 160 fights, won 143, scored 102 knockouts. Three pretenders will fight for the right to take on Sandy's heir apparent: France's Cherif Hamia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Feb. 4, 1957 | 2/4/1957 | See Source »

...behind him came Texas' Eddie Southern, 18, and the Marines' Josh Culbreath, 24, to give the U.S. a sweep of the first three places. Outside the main stadium, but earning points that counted for as much, Bantamweight Charles Vinci of York, Pa. hoisted 753.5 Ibs. aloft and Featherweight Isaac Berger of Brooklyn lifted 776.5 Ibs. to corral another pair of gold medals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Faster, Higher, Farther | 12/3/1956 | See Source »

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