Word: muhammad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There will always be debate as to whether Muhammad Ali [Feb. 27] is the best boxer ever, but there can be no, doubt that this boxer, poet and philosopher truly is, as he claims, "the Greatest...
Haven't we all heard enough about Muhammad Ali over the years? Your cover should have displayed the. toothless, thrill-of-victory grin of Leon Spinks, not the tired expression...
...Muhammad Ali was my hero, and as he thrived, so did I. His defiance of and accomplishments in white America were exceptional. He exemplified that rare man who seems to be able to control his fate, who calls all the shots. The defeat of this champion scares and depresses...
...Denver figure, is president of both. Many people, including City Councilwoman Cathy Donahue, are afraid that eventually Denver will be left with much of the bill: "It's simply too expensive." Mayor William McNichols admits that there is strain: "We've had sessions that would match whatever Muhammad Ali did at his best -hard and vicious." But, he adds, "if it weren't for Bonfils and Seawell, we would still be arguing about the merits of the center...
...Muhammad Ali has caused inflammations of metaphysical prose in a number of writers; perhaps the urge ought to be resisted. But sport and play can lend themselves to extravagant speculations, and Ali is one of the most abundantly complicated figures in the history of games. His career in boxing has of course been totally entangled with his celebrity-Ali may be the most famous man in the world. Since he took the heavyweight title from Sonny Listen in Miami Beach 14 years ago, "the Greatest" has been the protagonist of a vast popular psychodrama in which sport was only...