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Made a name for himself--he was Cassius Clay then--in the amateurs. Won the light-heavy gold at the 1960 games in Rome. Won the world heavyweight championship in 1964 from the then invincible Sonny Liston. Made a name for himself as champ, now choosing to call himself Muhammad Ali, by successfully defending his crown against all comers with whirlwind hand and foot speed. And mouth speed...
...Hartley was stunned when his German military paintings were received with hostility by a public that was increasingly anti-German. His confidence seemed shattered. He sat out the war in Provincetown and Bermuda. In 1921 he returned to Europe, wandering from Paris to Berlin to Florence to Rome...
...believed that their heroic Christianity and the example of their lives and deaths are worthy of emulation, and because they are believed to be able to intercede with God to work miracles in response to prayer. Many saints were created during the centuries when Christians were persecuted by Rome, a time when all martyrs were considered saints-along with the Apostles and early church fathers like St. Augustine and St. Jerome. The often embroidered stories of their lives-and deaths-were marked by such extraordinary courage shown and cruelty suffered that books like Jacobus de Voragine's The Golden...
...world church still needs heroic examples of saintliness and the power of prayer, especially in countries outside Europe. It also needs saints chosen from the laity, to serve as role models in a time of doubt and secularism. Typically, though his cause has not yet been introduced in Rome, beatification proceedings are under way for Dr. Tom Dooley, the physician who operated a medical mission in Laos from 1956 until his death from cancer...
...Laughed, a film involving the sheltered wife of a European tycoon, who goes to New York City and has, yes, a brief romantic escapade. There were, of course, a number of differences the second time around. But Manhattan was a pleasant change, says Hepburn, who lives in Switzerland and Rome. "New Yorkers are very warm; they come right up and talk to you." There also were no Givenchy gowns for the high-style star to wear. In fact the actress wears jeans throughout. Still, she managed to plug her favorite designer by slipping on a Givenchy scarf in one scene...