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Philadelphia has taken a lot of knocks in its time. W.C. Fields, Sonny Liston and Derek Sanderson, have all taken verbal jabs at the Quaker City. Philly has come to be known as the urban armpit of the East Coast. With this background, the suggestion of a trip to Philadelphia should logically elicit groans, right? Wrong...
...time which seems to foster a broadening of perspectives for many Niemans works advantageously both for those who go into newspaper management as well as those who continue as reporters. Carol Liston, formerly a weekly columnist for The Boston Globe and now assistant to Globe Editor Tom Winship, says that her year as a Nieman ('71-'72), "dramatically changed the way I looked at journalism." As a columnist, Liston said she focused primarily on issues of governmental reform. She has not written a column since Harvard and says that she is now much more concerned with the direction...
Philadelphia has long been the butt of a lot of jokes in the world of sports. As nearly everyone knows, exheavyweight champ Sonny Liston once quipped that he'd rather be a lamp post in Denver than mayor of Philly. More recently Derek Sanderson said that coming back to Boston after a brief sojourn in Philadelphia was "like coming back from Vietnam...
Even when he was still known as Cassius Clay the world beyond the buttons had taken a fashion to the fast-handed fighter who stunned Sonny Liston with contemptuous authority. But, when after falling under the spell of Malcolm X, the religion of Islam, and the disciplined dignity of Elijah Muhammad's followers. Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali and Muhammad Ali attracted the wrath of white American bureaucratic brontosaurs like the WBA, the Selective Service, and the American Legion, the world beyond the buttons developed a clinging passion to the man who had become their champion. In Africa, Asia, Latin...
...present situation and accomplishments. It took me a moment to see and regret my stupidity, and the last few miles of pur ride together went by in an uneasy silence. All I could do was say goodbye to Jackie Robinson and thank him for the ride. LISTON POPE...