Word: till
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their first fight in Miami, Clay whacked a presumably injured Liston for six rounds and scarcely staggered those 215 pounds of lead. He called the winning blow last night his "phantom punch," and it was aptly named. You could scrutinize the video tapes of the fight from now till doomsday without finding a remote facsimile of "toonder 'n' lightning...
...that grows on the earth till they were dry-And drank the marrow of the bone...
...races start with trial heats at 8:45 a.m., but wait till a more reasonable 4 p.m. The six finals have been scheduled at fifteen minute intervals, with the varsity heavies rowing to victory...
...GLAGOLITIC MASS (Deutsche Grammophon). The late Czech composer wrote his only mass at 72, insisting, however, that he was "no believer?till I see for myself." The work is wildly dramatic, the bold musical motives deriving partly from the sounds of the ancient Church Slavonic language ("Glagolitic" is the name given to its written form). From the first brassy fanfare, Czech Conductor Rafael Kubelik leads the Bavarian Radio Orchestra and Chorus in a rousing performance, with brilliant singing by Soprano Evelyn Lear and Tenor Ernst Haefliger...
...Head. From dawn till dusk, Red China's 38-player squad hammered away at the ball, pausing for tea and calisthenics every half-hour or so. "These Chinese," marveled Japan's former World Champion Ichiro Ogimura, "play basketball and volleyball and do special exercises. They practice gymnastics to develop agility, lift weights to build up certain muscles." They also keyed themselves to fever pitch emotionally. China's Hsu Yin-sheng explained that his forehand was so powerful because he looked on a Ping-Pong ball "as though it were the head of Chiang Kai-shek...