Word: pion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Then Rocky would shake the punch off and take up his stiff-legged charge. Stubbornly, Charles refused to go down. When the bell rang at the finish of the 15th round, he was still swinging. But the bumbling, ham-handed strongman from Brockton, Mass, was still the heavyweight cham pion of the world - a world in which good heavyweights are rare...
...good gymnast "must work harder than a ballet dancer, though he must have the same natural gifts-a supple body, good balance and above all a sense of rytm [rhythm]." The hungry Swedes, full of rytm, won five of the six events. Star of the show: Swedish Cham pion Borje Stattin, 23, a typographer by trade...
...last three sets. Stomping off the court, Trabert snapped at Aussie newsmen: "I have noth ing to say. You can make up your own story." Next day it was Seixas' turn to make another story. Playing in a doubles match with Partner Trabert, Wimbledon Cham pion Seixas was aced to match point...