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He trains hard. Former light-heavyweight Archie Moore, the old mongoose, who fought his own last pro fight in 1965 at 52, helps inspire him to do it. Foreman straps himself into a harness and pulls a three-wheeled all-terrain vehicle around while a trainer steers. He jogs behind...
The intensity of the reaction surprised even Sokolof. Corporate executives, or lawyers representing them, called Omaha and threatened lawsuits. But as sales of some of the brands pictured in the ad plummeted, seven large companies announced in quick succession that they were removing tropical oils from their products.
Sokolof, born in Omaha in 1922, has always enjoyed center stage. Starting tap-dance lessons at age six, he soon won first prize at a children's talent show. He still recalls the drill. "Left, right, shuffle, shuffle, tap, tap," he says, his body swaying with the remembered rhythm. At...
And last year, the Crimson was able to secure dramatic wins over its Ivy opponents to win a share of the Ivy League title. Cornell, Princeton, Penn and lowly Dartmouth all fell in succession. But the highlight of the Crimson's season came in New Haven, as Harvard upset the...
He couldn't dance. He didn't sing. And he bungled jokes. His malaprops and mannerisms endlessly inspired comic impersonators. "Let's hear it for the Lord's Prayer," he once croaked, after a tenor had sung it. During a lavish encomium to the Supremes he forgot the trio's...