Entering the Zurich arena, Ali held up his index finger to the crowd, predicting a first-round victory. However, Blin was quick to attack and shocked the crowd by punching his opponent in the face in the first three rounds. But Ali rallied and sent Blin to the canvas with a strong far-right in the seventh …
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When my current husband and I announced we were getting married, my uncle called to offer congratulations and wisdom. “Remember,” he said, “marriage is a union of families, not just two people.” At the time, I didn’t find the concept terribly romantic. I was looking for more of a Pablo Neruda vibe (“without me or …
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When my current husband and I announced we were getting married, my uncle called to offer congratulations and wisdom. “Remember,” he said, “marriage is a union of families, not just two people.” At the time, I didn’t find the concept terribly romantic. I was looking for more of a Pablo Neruda vibe (“without me or …
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PIECE PIECE, by Ali Smith In an epidemic-ravaged and post-Brexit Britain, gray, character-less, our narrator Sandy Gray receives an unexpected call from someone, although she may well feel that she is in a current state of personal and political despair. Martina Pelf, formerly Martina Inglis, is an officer she recently knew of a university who …
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Ahmad, who was born in London and teaches creative writing at San Jose State University, does not put Western-friendly scarecrows around the edges of his story. In this way, the novel has a “confident” structure.We Are Young”by Preti Taneja. There is no clear explanation as to what time of day the morning prayer is held …
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BERLIN – Hippies dance with the Beatles while the downstairs neighbor tries to get them to mute the music using their broom. A few circles up, a boy with bad teeth is waiting for the dentist. As the kids take over the elevator, the postman has to climb the stairs. A married couple has just …
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Biographer Eig has made numerous contacts with the filmmakers, and they began their first interview a week later, in 2016. Ali died. Dozens of writers, friends and boxing ambassadors attended: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Holmes, Jesse Jackson, novelist Walter Mosley, ESPN writer Howard Bryant, boxing promoter Don King. Over the next few years, the makers uncovered …
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Nico Ali Walsh did not start boxing, although his grandfather, Muhammad Ali, was a three-time heavyweight champion and one of the greatest fighters in history. And 21-year-old Ali Walsh says that although people on both sides of his family have deep ties to the sport, none of his relatives forced him to box professionally. Aunt, …
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Ali Wong lamented the plight of men in the noisy first performance of his new show at the Beacon Theater on Tuesday, comparing oral sex to a pepper grinder and advising women to do something while talking dirty. “The lies,” he says, alluding to a preacher’s voice, “will set you free.” Critics often focus on …
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