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  • They Were Champion Boxers Once, and Restauranteurs Too

    They Were Champion Boxers Once, and Restauranteurs Too

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    Jack Dempsey and Sugar Ray Robinson were champion boxers — Dempsey as a heavyweight and Robinson as a middleweight and welterweight. While they fought in different eras of “the sweet science,” their post-fighting paths led them to New York City and the restaurant business.

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Diane Lapis

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When the week began many of us did not know of Stanford White, and we had no idea that he was murdered. Time makes it easy to forget such events, even if you had ever heard his name. Today our contributor shows and tells the rest of the story.

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