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...shapely, black-veiled widow of a SPECTRE assassin. An oboe sighs mournfully. He goes to press her hand and bam! da-bam! bam!-a volley of brass suddenly screams bloody murder. Agent 007 knocks the widow head over high heels with a bone-jarring right cross to the jaw. Aha! Just as he thought: it was not the widow but the assassin himself. Accompanied by thumping kettledrums, 007 methodically works the villain over with karate punches and a well-placed kick, then strangles him to death. A clatter of cymbals brings on a gang of bodyguards as 007 bounds onto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Composers: Aboard the Bondwagon | 1/14/1966 | See Source »

Defense is the Boston stronghold, even with the loss of their star Tom Ross, who broke his jaw in a game over the holidays. Brian Gilmore and Pete McLaughlin will try to keep Ross's injury from being a big factor. These two defensemen have helped B.U. to the astounding record of 76 goals scored and only 28 goals allowed...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: Crimson Six Challenges Hard-Hitting B.U. Squad | 1/5/1966 | See Source »

...Bill Yearby, 21, Michigan, 6 ft. 3 in., 230 lbs., and Aaron Brown, 22, Minnesota, 6 ft. 4 in., 241 lbs. Yearby is "a vicious tackier, always on target, always gets his man-and not 5 yds. downfield, like most college kids." Brown, who played one game with his jaw broken and three more with it wired shut, is so good on both offense and defense that the pros are puzzled about where to play him. "If he gets his hands on the ball, he'll run over the other team. If he doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Pick of the Pros | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

...start of round six a lump appeared under Patterson's left eye. Towards the middle of the round, Clay landed a series of combinations to Patterson's jaw and then retreated as Floyd wobbled, sagged, and then slumped to one knee for a mandatory eight count...

Author: By James Toback, | Title: Ali Takes Twelve Rounds To TKO Outclassed Floyd | 11/23/1965 | See Source »

...other opponents have been subjected to frothing mouthfuls of abuse. Patterson got the same treatment at first: "He couldn't out-punch my ninety-year-old grandmother," Clay used to say about the former champion. "He is the only fighter I know with a one-hundred carat crystal jaw...

Author: By Philip Ardery, | Title: The Rabbit Will Fall in Two In Tonight's Ring Rendezvous | 11/22/1965 | See Source »

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