Word: fightingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...water leaking from the ceiling, a nonfunctioning electric Scoreboard and clock. Even so, its problems were nothing compared with those at the new Philadelphia Spectrum, where the roof blew off, or the Inglewood Forum, which boasts southern California's most awesome traffic jam in its parking lot. By fight night, most of the Garden's problems had been solved: sight lines were being cleared, the Scoreboard clock was working-and boxing, at least, had a brilliant new showcase...
Connoisseur & Speculator. If that fight was a connoisseur's delight, Frazier's drubbing of Mathis was a speculator's dream. Back in 1965, a group of plungers risked $250 a share to form Cloverlay Inc., whose sole asset was Joe Frazier's punching power. Cloverlay agreed to pay Frazier's manager and training expenses, guarantee Joe $100 a week. Joe has repaid his stockholders handsomely. Some fight fans could protest that Frazier was not in the same class with deposed Champion Cassius Clay-and they might be right-yet he clearly proved last week that...
...exponents of the "treat 'em rough" school of film romance, Gable was the ultimate hero, to whom defeat was unacceptable. Yet one of the most incongruous moments in Dear Mr. Gable was a clip from the one big flop of his career, the 1937 Parnell. "Carry on my fight for Ireland. I charge you. See that Ireland is never defeated," said Gable on Parnell's deathbed. His acting was not equal to the role, and audiences chuckled when they saw the tough-guy trying to play the patriot. He picked later roles more carefully, and fans never laughed...
KENNEDY's record, in fact, is as significant as his ability to mobilize workers, raise funds, and attract votes. He is the one politician of national stature who can make a convincing case to black Americans that he will fight for them in the White House. He has been active in condemning pervasive racism, demanding massive federal income redistribution programs, and encouraging private investment in the ghettoes. If there is hope for a non-revolutionary solution to the mushrooming black bitterness in America, it lies with Kennedy...
...forthrightness of McCarthy's campaign, beyond its startling appeal to the conservative voters of New Hampshire, is well suited to the task of battling an incumbent President for his party's nomination. The traditional weapons of inter-party struggle are necessarily in the hands of President Johnson; to fight him therefore means to go outside the caucuses and start from the bottom up, to take Vietnam to voters who aren't now disaffected but could be. Eugene McCarthy has shown a willingness to adopt this approach, and a considerable flair...