Word: floated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...world champion was Muhammad Ali. Ali's majordomo. Drew Bundini, who captured the ring essence of Ali in his famous exhortation to him to "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," had an equally elegant explanation of why Ali, stripped of his title for refusing to be drafted, retained the status of world champion. "The world," Drew Bundini said, "is a black shirt with a few white buttons...
Throughout the afternoon, small groups of people left the rally to join the throng of 300,000 that had come to watch the Inaugural parade. Some cheered when Canada's float went by, and booed the military floats. Some threw eggs at the President as he passed (and missed). Most headed toward the buses which took them back to Michigan and Ohio and Massachusetts as official Washington prepared for the Inaugural Balls...
...HOUR AFTER the Swearing-In ceremonies ended, the Inaugural Parade began. Among the participants were four Pee-Wee football teams, all of which had won divisional championships. "We're marching behind the Texas float, 'The Winning Spirit,'" said Bob Lanham, the group's manager...
Nest the footballers was the Alexandria Friendship Fire Department float, which included a fire engine bought for thee city Alexandria by George Washington...
...last time we marched was in 1889, the centennial of George Washington's first Inauguration," said George Knight, one of the firemen manning the float...