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...Savon isn't merely a good boxer; he's a heavyweight, which in Cuba makes him the defender of a legacy. When the big men fight for Olympic gold, you can expect to see a Cuban in the ring. The legendary Teofilo Stevenson won three straight Olympic golds (1972, '76 and '80), and Savon is determined to join him in that exclusive corner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Felix Savon | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...sleek Cuban boxing machine, Teofilo Stevenson, 29, won his third straight heavyweight boxing championship-although for the first time in his Olympic career, two opponents actually lasted the full three rounds. In the finals Pyotr Zayev, a stocky (5 ft. 10 in., 191 Ibs.) Soviet, even had the audacity to hit the towering (6 ft. 4 in., 220 Ibs.) Stevenson a few times before the inevitable loss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: A Warsaw Pact Picnic | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

...France, where smuggling was somewhat less effective, cigarets (worth $15 U.S. a carton) were an international language. One Salazar Teofilo, a young Spaniard, was arrested last week while doing a land-office cigaret business in the semidarkness of the Strasbourg-St. Denis méetro station. Police soon discovered that Teofilo did not speak one word of French. Through an interpreter they learned that he had entered France clandestinely from Spain five months ago, had grossed 60,000 francs ($500) a week on the magic of the only three words he knew outside his native Spanish: "Camels, Luckies, Chesterfields...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: The Age of the Cigaret | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

General Medicine: Buenos Aires, Dr. Pedro Escudero; Rio de Janeiro, Dr. Aloysio de Castro; Caracas, Dr. J. M. Risquez; Mexico City, Drs. Fernando Ocaranza, Teofilo Ortiz Ramirez. Francisco de P. Miranda; Havana, Dr. Luis Ortiega...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Pan-American Doctors | 4/3/1933 | See Source »

...Martini, Sola & Co. The enterprising Rossis entered the firm in the '60s; the last of the original Martinis withdrew from the company nearly 40 years ago. President of the company is white-haired Count Ernesto Rossi. His nephew, a director of the company, is sleek young Count Teofilo Rossi who was sliding down hills at Lake Placid last week as captain of the Italian Olympic bobsled team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Martini Triumph | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

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