Word: rico
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Listening to this, a thought springs to mind: Is the old slugger punch- drunk? This, after all, is the same George Foreman who found religion in a San Juan, Puerto Rico, dressing room in 1977, proclaimed boxing an affront to God and announced he was quitting forever. This is the same Foreman who ballooned to 320 lbs. from a fighting trim of 217, and even today at 255 is far beefier than anyone who wants to hold the title should be. As for the recent wins, all were against unknowns or retreads who will probably never get within spitting distance...
...strives for what he think is right," says Isabel Ocasio, in Puerto Rico. Wendell's mother, Isabel may not be his sternest judge, but she says that, after 20 years, his willingness to confront tough issues unflinchingly has earned respect from his friends and peers...
Ocasio's emergence as a fiery spokesperson marks a far cry from the young man who grew up in Puerto Rico learning English as a second language, he says...
...were at the age they could have been attending Harvard: a Jewish store clerk, an Irish bar bouncer, a Texas construction worker, a New York Italian cop, a Black post office worker, a Connecticut farmer, a Texas reverend, a Jewish actuary, an Italian cleaner, a Black teacher, a Puerto Rico businessman and pool hall owner, a senator in Taiwan and a Naval doctor in China. The majority did not attend college...
...guns capable of propelling shells weighing as much as 2,700 lbs. a distance of 23 miles. Three six-story turrets holding the guns were encased in armor up to 17 1/2 in. thick. When last week's explosion occurred during training exercises about 330 miles off Puerto Rico, that protective armor turned the turret into a tightly sealed pressure cooker...