Word: punching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then the Canadian revealed his punch by cleverly alternating hard and soft shots, retrieving innumerable backhands, and clambering back to give Nayar a loss, 16-18. In the fourth game the Crimson's top man failed to wear down his opponent, and missed a number of drop shots off volleys. But his relentless speed tamed the Canadian...
...CLASSIC CARTOONS edited by William Cole and Mike Thaler. 336 pages. World. $8.95. A collection that synthesizes the wit of the U.S., Britain and the Continent, though with a heavy reliance on The New Yorker and Punch. Just about all the old favorites are here, from Arno to Price to Rose, Dempsey, Cruikshank and Searle...
...pistol had ripped through his stomach, costing him a kidney. But at 6 ft. 2 in. and 210 Ibs., he was still a genuine tough guy - with a record of 51 knockouts and 65 victories in 71 pro fights. "Williams has the essential of a real champion - a punch," said ex-Champion Joe Louis, and the Cat's manager, Oilman Hugh Benbow, predicted: "We're going to knock Clay's brains...
...wonder was the punch. Cleveland Williams can't even remember what happened during the last 4 min. of the 7 min. 8 sec. that he was in the ring with Clay. And it's a good thing he can't. In the first round, Cassius contented himself with giving the Cat a dancing lesson and a nosebleed. Then, when the bell rang for Round 2, Trainer Dundee ordered: "Go after him. Use a chopping right." Clay's first chopping right dropped Williams for a count of two; his second caught the Cat flush on the mouth...
...with the same possibilities that the Ugly Duckling promised. But it is as unprovocative as it can be. If the good burghers of Bayeux ever see a copy, they may mutter a few "Sacre bleus," but who else could it provoke? Even the Lampoon's toothless progenitor, Punch, doesn't shy away from talking politics. Nor should the Lampoon, which never takes a stand, never catches you unawares, never makes you drop your jaw and the magazine at an outrageous line. In olden days, jesters felt obliged to insult monarchs. It is time that the Lampoon lived...