Word: triumph
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Supreme Court, which ruled 8 to 0 that the draft board had improperly denied Ali's claim for exemption on grounds that he was a conscientious objector. Ali returned to the frustrating trail of a contender: a broken jaw at the hands of Ken Norton, a rematch triumph over Frazier, newly dethroned by George Foreman...
...inspiration provided by that triumph was quickly erased by the greeting the visitors received from Harvard's all-star Medley Relay team of Duncan Pyle, Tuomo Kerola, Malcolm Cooper, and Bobby Hackett. This fearsome foursome left their meek opponents in their wake by almost 15 full seconds in a race highlighted by the tremendously versatile Cooper's split of 50.9 for 100-yd. butterfly and the invincible Hackett's freestyle split...
...Monty was no longer up to challenges of any kind. Sometime during the early '50s, at the very moment of his triumph, he became addicted to drink and drugs. After a catastrophic Hollywood car crash in 1956, which left his face an awkward mask, his decline became a slide. Bosworth seems to pin much of the problem on guilt over his homosexuality - or bisexuality, as she maintains it was - but the evidence is totally unpersuasive. Good as her book is, it offers no real reason for Monty's down fall, which was as mysterious as his talent...
DiNicola views "Spinko's" triumph as a little bit of a victory for himself as well. For ten months they trained together, roomed next door to each other, and fought in all the same tournaments--the North Carolina Golden Gloves, the Marine championships, the inner-service championships, the AAU, the Nationals...
...Running on Empty, his fifth and latest release, Browne presents his most extensive look yet at The Road; the album was recorded live on tour last summer, and the material deals exclusively with the traveling life of the pop star. As a concept album, it's a real triumph; as a Jackson Browne album, however, it's a dismal flop...