Word: chestnuts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...noble chestnut and white steeds, the Green Meanies approached the fateful Bridge of Sir Anderson. In all the kingdom, this bridge was known as a great obstacle, the final gateway into King Joseph's Court. An evil mixture of tar and stone, the bridge spanned the ferocious waters of King Charles' Rivers, Violent eddies and gurgling whirlpools waited below...
...Triple Crown of American Thoroughbred racing in 1919, eight horses have captured the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, only to have their hopes founder over the grueling 1½-mile distance of the Belmont Stakes. So it happened in 1969, when Majestic Prince, a handsome and bighearted chestnut, was unable to stave off the wearying effects of his hard campaign for the Crown and was beaten by Arts and Letters. Majestic Prince never raced again. But last Saturday his son Coastal came to the Belmont and avenged his father's defeat, dashing Spectacular Bid's Triple Crown...
...Harvard men's lacrosse team cruised to an 8-1 first quarter lead behind good defense and excellent teamwork and sailed on to defeat Boston College last night. 22-8 at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill...
Later in the flight, the Pope dined on lobster, ham, veal in wine, cheese, chestnut tart, fresh fruit and selected Italian wines, the same menu that the other travelers enjoyed. Conferring with him over lunch were Giuseppe Caprio, the No. 2 man in the Vatican Secretariat of State; Agostino Casaroli, the so-called Vatican foreign minister; and Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio, the main Vatican liaison to the bishops' meeting...
DIED. Julia Rush Biddle Henry, 92, diminutive grande dame of Philadelphia society, whose daily jogs throughout her 80s helped keep her weight at 88 Ibs. and her name on the world's best-dressed lists; in Chestnut Hill...