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tunney

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: James Joseph “Gene” Tunney (1897-1978)! Heavyweight champion 1926-1928 (his retirement). He lost only one fight in each of his amateur (to future light-heavyweight champ Tommy Loughran) and pro careers (fighting as a light-heavyweight), to middleweight champ Harry … Continue reading

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when my ship comes in

The perceived incompetence of the ship’s captain.The image of the sinking ship always conjures up other traumatizing images of death by sea. Most notably by one of the pivotal paintings of romanticism,  the 1819  “Raft of the Medusa” by Theodore … Continue reading

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Endless Hangover: Everybody drink and go home

Just don’t go home mad.Booze has been marketed forever as a high impact spirit , designed to get you real inebriated, in fact quite drunk, and the faster the better.If people actually drank responsibly, the companies themselves would be seriously … Continue reading

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