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In one of his first cost-cutting moves, Jimmy Carter put the kibosh on all those Government-financed portraits that hang in the halls of Washington. They just weren't the sort of thing taxpayers should spend money on, said Jimmy. Last week the Commerce Department unveiled its answer...
The turning point in the Lions' fortunes this year came when they beat Princeton 38-36, in the Tigers' Jadwin Gym. Gene Bentz, whose nose would provide a suitable canvas for a Mount Rushmore miniature, hit a desperation jumper for the win. "When you beat Princeton at their own game...
DIED. Abraham Rattner, 82, fiery Jewish artist best known for his brilliantly colored paintings with religious themes; of heart disease; in Manhattan. Born in the U.S. to parents who had fled from the Russian pogroms, Rattner after World War I settled in France, where his work was influenced by both...
Dundee tells how he had barnstormed the country with the young Clay and finally brought him into Madison Square Garden in 1962 to fight Sonny Banks. "Banks hit Ali with the finest left hook I've ever seen. It would have floored King Kong. Ali's eyes glazed like he...
Not since Pete Rademacher stepped into a ring with Floyd Patterson in 1957 has a heavyweight fought for the title with as little experience as Leon Spinks. Rademacher commuted to the canvas seven times that night, then left in search of an ice pack. Spinks left with the heavyweight crown...