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Raging Bull. Robert De Niro and Director Martin Scorsese reveal little of the psychology that drove Boxer Jake La Motta, but much about their own passion and intelligence for making movies. A technical knockout...
...First, they agree that the liberal leadership is feeble, if not deceased. Viguerie describes them as "totally out of synch with the people; you try raising money to give away another Panama Canal." He predicts it will take the Democrats four to seven years to regain consciousness after the knockout of 1980, and adds that by then, Republicans will have a collective headlock on the opposition, while the New Right continues to rabbit punch in close...
What happened in the eighth round was only technically a K.O. The real knockout at last week's fight between Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard in New Orleans: Cover Girl Christie Brinkley, who was simultaneously posing for a fashion article in France's Elle magazine and photographing the action for Fight Promoter Don King. The winner: her gold lame paper jumpsuit. "It was like being wrapped in a Baggie," she said. Yet the incendiary getup had more than a few fight fans burning for a match...
Sugar Ray Leonard won an eight-round technical knockout to regain his WBC crown from Roberto Duran in New Orleans' Superdome last night. Duran subsequently announced his retirement from boxing...
...millions of viewers who had settled in with snacks and drinks for a long night of watching election returns, it was like an eagerly awaited heavyweight championship that ends with a knockout eleven seconds into the first round. At 6 p.m. E.S.T., an hour before Election Night coverage got under way at the three networks, CBS News President Bill Leonard confidently collected a bet from a Carter backer, proclaiming, "It's gonna be an early night." At NBC, John Chancellor signed on at 7:00 with the prediction that "Ronald Reagan will win a very substantial victory tonight, very...