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DiNicola made the squad and found himself among a fraternity of seasoned amateur fighters, one of whom was Leon Spinks. Spinks won a gold medal as a light heavyweight at the Montreal Olympics and has since become a professional heavyweight...
...knew Leon Spinks about as well as it's possible to know Leon Spinks." DiNicola quipped. "It's funny because I always told him he was going to be a heavyweight when he turned pro and Spinks always told...
Like all boxers, Ronnie is a seagoer--he's had his share of ups and down. At 21, though, he can still look forward to the biggest crest in his career. When his Marine teammate Leon Spinks fought in the Olympics, he was called. "The Wild Bull of Camp LeJeune." If Ronnie DiNicola were ever to make the Olympic boxing team, he might be known as "The Italian Stallion of Camp Harvard...
...sure, after Park's indictment was unsealed, the White House revealed that President Carter had already asked South Korea's President Park Chung Hee to deliver the elusive wheeler-dealer to the U.S. for questioning before the House Ethics Committee by Special Counsel Leon Jaworski. But the Korean leader has turned aside repeated inquiries by U.S. diplomats about Park, often citing an unwillingness to abridge his "human rights." Rejecting the latest entreaties from Washington, Seoul's Foreign Minister Park Tong Jin observed curtly that "as a fully sovereign and law-governed nation, Korea finds no reason...
Becalmed for much of the summer, the Koreagate investigation suddenly lurched forward last week. Former Watergate Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, 71, who was appointed counsel to the House ethics committee in July, held his first meeting with the panel and declared bluntly, "I advise those who may believe that the investigation will blow over or prove fruitless to take a closer look." Then, threatening a contempt citation, he got close-mouthed Girl-About-Town Suzi...