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Word: heavyweights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...earlier heavyweight races on the Charles, the Harvard second varsity won by almost three boat lengths over Princeton's second boat, and "placed the curvature of the earth" between itself and MIT, winning by more than six boat lengths...

Author: By Peter G. Wilcox, | Title: Heavies Keep Compton Cup; Lights Lose to Navy | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

...Louis, World Heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, was perhaps the greatest boxer in history. He defended his title a record 25 times. Of 71 professional fights he lost only three, recording 54 knockouts. Yet he once observed: "If you dance, you gotta pay the piper. Believe me, I danced and I paid, and I left him a big fat tip." His dance was a flat-footed shuffle and a blur of powerful arms, and payment was eventual poverty and emotional problems. In the ring, the Brown Bomber was an impassive menace who revealed neither hatred nor benevolence. But from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Requiem for a Heavyweight | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

DIED. Joe Louis, 66, the legendary "Brown Bomber" who held the World Heavyweight boxing championship for nearly twelve years; of a heart attack; in Las Vegas (see SPORT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 27, 1981 | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

...heavyweight crew at MIT, Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 4/25/1981 | See Source »

...Women's heavyweight crew vs. Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 4/25/1981 | See Source »

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