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While such a heavy concentration of venerability on one court is unusual, 34 of the 102 Justices have continued past their 75th birthdays, including such luminaries as John Marshall, Roger Taney, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Louis < Brandeis. John Harlan, who retired in 1971 at the age of 72, became nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: An Illness Ties Up the Justices | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

Should Cooney pick up the pace of his curious career and decide he would like to improve on the 13 rounds they fought in 1982, Holmes would be pleased. "But I don't think he's coming back, do you? Deep down inside, Cooney really don't impress himself." By...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Undefeated and Underappreciated | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

People say he never fought anybody, but he never declined to fight anybody. He fought with broken hands, throbbing ligaments and twisted ankles. Against Ali in 1980, that sad and empty passage, Holmes actually started the fight with stitches in one eyelid expertly hidden. If several foes have slammed him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Undefeated and Underappreciated | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

The machine transports him back not just to the fight nights but beyond. "Champions aren't made. God born me champion," he says. "He gave me the strength, the power, not just to defeat people but to beat what they say: 'You don't have it, boy. Go back to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Undefeated and Underappreciated | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

He thanked all of his opponents ("Without anybody I fought, I couldn't have made any money") and tried to feint the skeptics. "If I retired and came back, I think I would have one of my biggest fights ever. That would be with my wife." Considering 47 bouts, Holmes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Undefeated and Underappreciated | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

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