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Instead, they're calling tomorrow night's Muhammad Ali-Larry Holmes fight "The Last Hurrah", the culmination of two careers, as one fighter seeks to confirm his greatness, and the other tries to assert his.

Author: By Lucy M. Schulte, | Title: The Last Hurrah | 10/1/1980 | See Source »

Larry Holmes, the favorite, is up against his idol, or as Ali says, his "master." As Ali grows older, his student may have surpassed him in skill and practices (as Rocky Marciano passed Joe Louis). But Holmes will never surpass Ali in one thing: drive.

Author: By Lucy M. Schulte, | Title: The Last Hurrah | 10/1/1980 | See Source »

Ward 7, Precinct 1--Residents of graduate dorms Ames Hall, Child Hall, Dane Hall, Holmes Hall, Perkins Hall, Richard Hall, Shaw Hall, Story Hall and Wyeth Hall vote at the corner of Sacramento and Oxford Streets.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polling Places | 9/16/1980 | See Source »

Idle, bored and facing indefinite confinement, some of the refugees have turned Fort McCoy into a place of terror. Barely a week goes by without a stabbing incident; there are repeated reports of homosexual and heterosexual rape. Fear of revenge keeps most of the victims from complaining to camp authorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Camp of Fear in Wisconsin | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

Once, after spending only a moment with a new patient, the famed 19th century Edinburgh surgeon Joseph Bell correctly identified him as a noncommissioned officer who had just been discharged from a Highland regiment in Barbados. Bell, the real-life model for Sherlock Holmes, quickly noted the symptoms of elephantiasis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Heeding Those Subtle | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

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