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  • When Ali defied the draft at the height of the Vietnam war, losing 3 1/2 years from the prime of his career, Dundee was there waiting for the heavyweight's return.

    Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee dies 2012

  • Microsoft Corp.'s board raised the software heavyweight's quarterly dividend by 25%, which the company credited to its strong financial results.

    Microsoft Raises Quarterly Dividend 25% Joan E. Solsman 2011

  • (Venice CA) For a columnist, the chance to visit an area where he lived for several decades seemed like a surrealistic opportunity to write a lighthearted bit of gonzo adventures, but the visit has become a reality check where it is obvious that he may be in way over his head with a story that needs someone with a heavyweight's credentials.

    A Blogger's Desperate Call for Backup 2009

  • Somehow, spouting Steyn as some kind of intellectual heavyweight's right up there with quoting Stockwell Day

    There's a reason I don't take wankers seriously. CC 2008

  • Mr. Martinez, a man with a heavyweight's build and a bone-crushing handshake, is the most serious contender Mr. Diaz-Balart has faced.

    Democrats Woo Cuban-American Voters 2008

  • And now, within a year of taking over, Mr. Brown is almost universally written off, revealed as a lightweight posing in a heavyweight's clothing.

    Labour's Loser Stephen Pollard 2008

  • Observers say if the industry heavyweight's request is approved, it will represent the first stock ETFs allowed to invest outside of preset benchmarks.

    ETF Managers Aiming to Get More Active 2007

  • Opposition parties were equally outraged by the former ANC heavyweight's alleged conduct.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • We've got the skinny on the heavyweight's latest and last fight.

    CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2005 2005

  • The folks in Citizens To Restore Fairness claim they have all this support from various religious leaders, but I wonder if they will be present to challenge this opposing heavyweight's views on Issue 3?

    Issue 3 Showdown In Bond Hill Nathaniel Livingston 2004

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