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Somebody Up There Likes Me. The punk-to-puncher saga of ex-Con, ex-Middleweight Champion Rocky Graziano; with Paul Newman and Pier Angeli (TIME, July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Jul. 30, 1956 | 7/30/1956 | See Source »

Another machine Skinner has conceived would have a card-puncher and keyboard, possibly containing all the letters of the alphabet and all the numbers, which could be used to teach spelling, arithmetic, and, perhaps, other subjects. But its design would have to be left to engineers. Skinner will not attempt it himself...

Author: By Paul H. Plotz, | Title: Skinner Machines Make Classroom Like Kitchen | 4/18/1956 | See Source »

...considered the evils of society. Now a hatchet-faced 39, Levine has simmered down some. "Don't call me angry," he says, with a thin smile. More important, Levine has steadily improved both as a painter and as an ovserver. In his words, he "used to be a puncher" and is now "a boxer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: BUCKING THE TREND | 10/18/1954 | See Source »

Davey, a southpaw powderpuff puncher with fancy-Dan footwork, stayed on even terms with Gavilan for the first two rounds. In Round 3, Gavilan opened up with one of his famed flurries, pummeling with lefts, rights and his own uppercutting bolo punch. Davey, bewildered by the barrage, was dumped to the canvas for a nine count, the first time he had ever been knocked down. From then on it was just a matter of time, and Gavilan took his time. In Rounds 5 and 6, Gavilan switched styles and fought southpaw too, "just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fallen Idol | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

...fight of the century," and barred radio and television from ringside, but the fans were not fooled. Only 31,188 customers turned up in Yankee Stadium to see Heavyweight Harry ("Kid") Matthews, a pretty boxer who can't punch, square off against "Rocky" Marciano, a rugged puncher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boxer v. Puncher | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

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