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...Daddy, you got a boo-boo, huh?" He laughed at that. "She's so honest." So is he, brutally. "Tommy was very cocky, and I had something for him. This is what you call a sweet victory. I wanted to do it better than Leonard. Tommy predicted the third round: that was the prize. I done did what I had to do. I'm not a politician. I'm a fighter." The next morning, touching the stitch line above his nose, Hagler said, "I'm not scared of blood. Matter of fact, it turns me on sometimes. The monster comes...
...their second round, Hagler pressed the advantage of his deeper strength and resolve against Hearns' greater height and reach until Tommy teetered simply from lack of leverage. Trying to lean far enough away from Hagler to hook him, Hearns sent himself sprawling a couple of times. Hagler punched and pushed him to the ropes. During the final training, Hearns had displayed himself in a casino ballroom complete with aerobic girls, while Hagler locked the door at Johnny Tocco's downtown gym. "I wanted to be able to smell a gymnasium," he explained, "to get back to what got me where...
...when the Coca-Cola Co. announced the return of the old Coke, and the editors had ordered a crash cover on the business and social implications of the surprise move. This time, the Nation staffers thought, the crunch was on the Economy & Business section, which had mobilized quickly, worked round the clock and, as evening fell, was in the final throes of closing its Coke cover story. Some of the Nation staff had already begun to plan the following week's stories when Washington Bureau News Editor Ann Blackman phoned New York City with the word that a scheduled story...
...across the U.S. will be rolling out of bed and into the office half an hour earlier this fall. The New York Stock Exchange is extending its hours to accommodate record levels of investment from Europe and Asia. The move, announced last week, was described as a step toward round-the-clock international trading in American stocks...
...touch of pique over the Israeli veto of the list. Said a State Department spokesman: "Our decision will be taken in light of consultations with our friends in the area, but it will be our decision." Besides, maintained U.S. diplomats, any Palestinians who would take part in the first round of negotiations with the U.S. would not necessarily be the ones who would meet face to face with the Israelis later...