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the last bit of a strong Ali
week: a bokszoló (Muhammad Ali) hitvallása – be tudod fejezni? a
fordítás meg sima ügy – bár egy hibát szinte biztosan elkövetsz...
Arguably boxing's most celebrated
athlete, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali was also known for his
public stance against the Vietnam War and his longtime battle with
Parkinson's disease...
...Born Cassius Clay in Louisville,
Kentucky, in 1942, Muhammad Ali became an Olympic gold medalist in
1960 and the world heavyweight boxing champion in 1964. Following his
suspension for refusing military service, Ali reclaimed the
heavyweight title two more times during the 1970s, winning famed
bouts against Joe Frazier and George Foreman along the way. Diagnosed
with Parkinson's disease in 1984, Ali devoted much of his time to
philanthropy, earning the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. He
died on June 3, 2016, in Phoenix, Arizona...
...In his retirement, Ali devoted much
of his time to philanthropy. He announced that he had Parkinson's
disease in 1984, a degenerative neurological condition, and was
involved in raising funds for the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center in
Phoenix, Arizona. Over the years, Ali also supported the Special
Olympics and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, among other organizations.
In 1996, he lit the Olympic cauldron at the Summer Olympic Games in
Atlanta, an emotional moment in sports history...
...Ali traveled to numerous countries,
including Mexico and Morocco, to help out those in need. In 1998, he
was chosen to be a United Nations Messenger of Peace because of his
work in developing nations.
nem fogod kitalálni, hogyan
vágott vissza poénosan a légikisasszony a viccesen nagyképű
Alinak! a fordításban csak a felszólítást és „sem”-et kell
jól csinálnod, ráadásul itt végre tök laza lehetsz, például
kétszer is duplán tagadhatsz :)
Wikipedia:
...Vietnam War and resistance to the draft
Ali registered for conscription
in the United States military on his 18th birthday and was listed as
1-A in 1962. In 1964, he was reclassified as Class 1-Y (fit for
service only in times of national emergency) after two mental tests
found his IQ was 78 (16th percentile), well below the armed force's
30th-percentile threshold. (He was quoted as saying, "I said I
was the greatest, not the smartest!") By early 1966, the army
lowered its standards to permit soldiers above the 15th percentile
and Ali was again classified as 1-A. This classification meant he was
now eligible for the draft and induction into the United States Army
during a time when the U.S. was involved in the Vietnam War.
When notified of this status,
Ali declared that he would refuse to serve in the army and publicly
considered himself a conscientious objector. Ali stated: "War is
against the teachings of the Qur'an. I'm not trying to dodge the
draft. We are not supposed to take part in no wars unless declared by
Allah or The Messenger. We don't take part in Christian wars or wars
of any unbelievers." He famously stated: "Man, I ain't got
no quarrel with them Viet Cong." Ali elaborated: "Why
should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from
home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while
so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied
simple human rights?"
Appearing
for his scheduled induction into the U.S. Armed Forces on April 28,
1967, in Houston, Ali refused three times to step forward at the call
of his name. An officer warned him he was committing a felony
punishable by five years in prison and a fine of $10,000. Once more,
Ali refused to budge when his name was called. As a result, he was
arrested. On the same day the New York State Athletic Commission
suspended his boxing license and stripped him of his title. Other
boxing commissions followed suit. Ali would not be able to obtain a
license to box in any state for over three years.
At
the trial on June 20, 1967, after only 21 minutes of deliberation,
the jury found Ali guilty. After a Court of Appeals upheld the
conviction, the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In
the years between the Appellate Court decision and the Supreme Court
verdict, Ali remained free. As public opinion began turning against
the war and the Civil Rights Movement continued to gather momentum,
Ali became a popular speaker at colleges and universities across the
country, rare if not unprecedented for a boxer. At Howard University,
for example, he gave his popular "Black Is Best" speech to
4,000 cheering students and community intellectuals, after he was
invited to speak by sociology professor Nathan Hare on behalf of the
Black Power Committee, a student protest group.
On
June 28, 1971, the Supreme Court of the United States in Clay v.
United States overturned Ali's conviction by a unanimous 8–0
decision (Justice Thurgood Marshall recused himself, as he had been
the U.S. Solicitor General at the time of Ali's conviction). The
decision was not based on, nor did it address, the merits of Ali's
claims per se; rather, the Court held that since the Appeal Board
gave no reason for the denial of a conscientious objector exemption
to Ali, and that it was therefore impossible to determine which of
the three basic tests for conscientious objector status offered in
the Justice Department's brief that the Appeals Board relied on,
Ali's conviction must be reversed.
szerény
képzelőerőddel is ki fogod találni, melyik szó hiányzik (adok
dőlt betűs segítséget). a fordításban viszont szinte biztosan
elkövetsz egy hibát, még ha haladósnak is érzed magad...
Muhammad
Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously
proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and then spent a lifetime
living up to the billing, is dead.
Ali
died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past
few days being treated for respiratory complications, a family
spokesman confirmed to NBC News. He was 74.
"After
a 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease, Muhammad Ali has passed
away at the age of 74. The three-time World Heavyweight Champion
boxer died this evening," Bob Gunnell, a family spokesman, told
NBC News...
...In
recent years, Ali's health began to suffer dramatically. There was a
death scare in 2013, and last year he was rushed to the hospital
after being found unresponsive. He recovered and returned to his new
home in Arizona.
In
his final years, Ali was barely able to speak. Asked to share his
personal philosophy with NPR in 2009, Ali let his wife read his
essay: "I never thought of the possibility of failing, only of
the fame and glory I was going to get when I won," Ali wrote. "I
could see it. I could almost feel it. When I proclaimed that I was
the greatest of all time, I believed in myself, and I still do."
