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...Frazier's first book, Dating Your Mom (1986), collected a decade's worth of his hilarious short humor pieces, most of which first appeared in the New Yorker. Then came Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody (1987), which contained five pieces of New Yorker nonfiction. These displayed Frazier's tenacious reporting skills and whimsical self-consciousness: "I had not been in Texas long before I started having millions of insights about the difference between Texas and the rest of America. I was going to write these insights down, but then I thought -- Nahhh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: In the Frazier Museum | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

Despite all the media coverage and national hype, there is a sense that AIDS is something remote, relevant only to small percentages of the population. "HIV and AIDS has forced us to face things that we liked to have behind closed doors," says Linda Frazier, a health educator at University Health Services. "It brings to the forefront all of our differences and hang ups about what the realities of our lives are. We want to believe that it's US versus THEM, the morally right. versus those who just don't act right. We're not willing to address...

Author: By Hallie Z. Levine, | Title: AIDS In the Ivory Tower | 3/1/1994 | See Source »

...merger of all the hospitals would definitelymake them more efficient and cut costs," says Dr.Daveed Frazier of Beth Israel. "Right now, Bostonhas one of the biggest concentrations of topdoctors in the country and a merger might causethe loss of top talent. From an academic and acare-provided point of view, the result of amerger won't be as good...

Author: By Leondra R. Kruger, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Hospital Merger Raises Questions | 12/10/1993 | See Source »

...Bowe's corner is master trainer Eddie Futch. Now 83, Futch once sparred with Joe Louis. Over the past 55 years, he has trained 18 champions, six of them heavyweights, including Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes. But Bowe, Futch declares, "has the potential to be the best I've ever had." Before he can take his place in the history books, however, a great champion needs a great opponent. Louis had Schmeling. LaMotta had Robinson. Ali had Frazier. "Greatness in fighting is gained by rubbing against other great boxers," says Bert Sugar, editor-publisher of Boxing Illustrated. Right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like...Ali: RIDDICK BOWE | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...into trouble with the law. Riddick never did. A seventh-grade English teacher helped set him on a different path. When she brought in a video about Ali, Bowe was so impressed that he got into a fight with another boy in the class who liked Joe Frazier better. After breaking them up, the teacher told Bowe he was pretty good with his hands and should consider boxing himself. Within four years, he had won his first Golden Gloves title. He would go on to win that amateur title three more times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like...Ali: RIDDICK BOWE | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

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