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...that year, Chalmers returned to his home in Alberta. He continued to play some hockey until he injured his retina while working on an oil rig in western Canada...
When former Welterweight Champion Sugar Ray Leonard, 27, began training for a comeback match with Kevin Howard in Worcester, Mass., boxing fans were both ecstatic and uneasy. Leonard had been forced into retirement in 1982 because of a detached left retina. Fearing that he might damage his sight during the fight, scheduled for Feb. 25, the Massachusetts Boxing Commission barred Sugar Ray from entering the ring until he had been okayed by an ophthalmologist. Acting on the results of that new eye examination, Leonard last week underwent a preventive procedure to protect his right retina. This started a fresh round...
...romp, an astute adviser warned Thatcher that victory would not bring five years of smooth ruling. He was right. Thatcher's reshuffled Cabinet performed poorly in Parliament. An operation for a detached retina slowed her down over the summer. Scandal struck when it was revealed that Trade Minister and Tory Party Chairman Cecil Parkinson had fathered a child by his secretary. The wayward colleague eventually resigned, but Thatcher's waffling over whether he should quit did her no good. Labor rose from its electoral ashes to choose bright, eloquent Welshman Neil Kinnock, 41, as its new leader. From...
Leonard's retirement last year was prompted by a detached retina he suffered in training, but dread of Hagler was thought to be at least a secondary consideration. A Hagler sampler: "Don't play with them, bust them up." No one could blame Hagler for the shortage of competition leading up to and during his three championship years, but the fact remained that Duran, such as he was, represented Hagler's first eminent opponent and premium payday (possibly $10 million apiece). For a change, people feared for Duran's safety. Recalling "No más," even...
RECOVERING. Margaret Thatcher, 57, Britain's Iron Lady; from surgery on a partly detached retina in her right eye; in Windsor, England. The Prime Minister entered Princess Christian Hospital after unsuccessful laser treatment, left three days later pronouncing herself...