Word: muhammad
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...Malvin E. Ring, D.D.S. (Abrams; 320 pages; $75) ranges through time and twinges from the Maya Indians, who used tooth implants almost 1,400 years ago, to the latest microelectric techniques. What might have been a waiting-room time killer becomes instead a lively parade of names and incidents: Muhammad using an early version of the toothbrush; Henry VIII granting a charter for dental surgery to barbers; Paul Revere providing dental fillings before proceeding to larger items of silverware; Charles Lindbergh posing with his grandfather, the inventor of the porcelain jacket crown. Seldom has dentistry been so educational. Never...
...Pakistan, these countries include India, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, the Soviet Union, Kenya, Tanzania and more recently Britain, Canada and the United States. The Aga Khan and his ancestors base their claims to leadership of the Nizari Ismaili community on their direct genealogical descent from the Prophet of Islam, Prophet Muhammad...
...history to win the heavyweight title. Spinks' upset ended the seven-year reign of his opponent, who was just one fight away from matching Rocky Marciano's all-time heavyweight record of 49 wins without a loss. In 1978 Spinks' older brother Leon took the heavyweight championship from Muhammad Ali for seven months, and the Spinkses are the first brothers to be kings of the ring. (Max Baer held the heavyweight title, but Buddy lost his two title fights.) Michael presumably wants to wear the championship belt longer than Leon, though. Says he: "I know how to fight...
...Once an Angel," addressed to Young's wife of six years, Pegi, leads into "Misfits"--a bombastic, flatulent tale which should have joined the outtakes. Pretentious images of astronauts watching Muhammad Ali reruns and "see-through hookers" expiring of sneezing fits--images which succeeded so well within the folksy atmosphere of "Rust Never Sleeps"--here are unfortunately paired with an Indian Warpath beat and Doana Cooper's coyote howls...
...Muhammad Ali, 43, in China, on why some in the U.S. have been calling for a ban on boxing: Today "almost all the champions are black. When we had white champions, they never talked about stopping boxing...