Word: madding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lest these seem too parochial, he is not too shy to suggest he even possesses the power to part oceans. If he is not omnipotent, Ali is at least inexhaustible. Within hours of his arrival he waltzed through a workout and presided over a press conference. "What is Frazier mad at me for?" he asked. "I have made him the second most famous athlete...
Moslem Ties. Whatever it amounts to, Ali's purse may eventually prove to be mere mad money. Before he broke camp in Pennsylvania, he was visited by Mandungu Bula Nyati, Foreign Minister of Zaïre. Bula helped promote Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle" against Foreman. He now wants to establish Ali as the middleman in all business deals between Zaïre and U.S. firms. Ali's share could reach $100 million a year...
...sidestepping and dancing, pacing myself," says Ali. "When he takes two steps forward, I'll take three back." He also plans to unveil a new weapon, "the acupunch." Not that he thinks he needs it. "Frazier's so easy to hit," he says, "he gets mad when you miss...
Eleven Crimson harriers, "all tried and true and mad as hell at the NCAA" according to their coach, Bill McCurdy, will open their season this afternoon with a dual meet against the powerful Northeastern Huskies...
...Clothes Line Saga" is an interesting idea that doesn't work very well. A typical day at a rural residence frames a report by a neighbor that "the vice-president's gone mad." Vice president of what we never find out, which is the point. No one shows real interest in the news. Mama sighs "I guess there's nothing we can do about it," and resumes doing her laundry. The song ends nicely with the narrator saying, "and I shut all the doors" but it goes on too long and becomes boring instead of conveying the boredom of rural...