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Central to all systems, however, is the supposed answer to one basic question: how fast can a given horse go? And it is here that Beyer provides some superior insight into how a handicapper can judge past performances and arrive at reasonably accurate speed figures. the key is his explanation of why the speed rating track variant found in the Racing Form is based on faulty correlations and is therefore useless. Beyer circumvents the erroneous derivations of the Form by computing his own speed figures and exhorts the reader to do the same. The process, however, is far from...
...consul for a South American country. When the government of his native land was overthrown by a left-wing coup, Mr. D. was out of a job and started betting the horses full-times. The socio-political aspects of horseracing can be plainly seen in the gentleman's moved insight into the sports...
Ellen Burstyn glows with womanhood and the understanding of life that comes from having weathered life's storms. Her performance has an unstrained authority and is resonant with insight. She would make a marvelous Candida if some astute producer chose to revive the Shaw classic. Grodin is a kind of Dagwood uncharacteristically blessed with a heart and a mind. His manifest desire to do the right thing by both his absent wife and Doris contributes visibly to the felt compassion of the play. Rarely have a man and a woman on a stage mixed the honey of love...
...short, reading the column by The Crimson's president have given me an insight into The Crimson's reputation for journalism. Daniel Tinkelman Harvard Model U.N. Bookkeeper Member, IRC Board of Directors
King's piece almost looks good next to the article by Robert Coles. Coles's article on Mexican Americans in Texas is dominated by self-conscious anguish over the abused Chicanos, offering more insight into his own psyche than into Chicano life, which he reduces to a grim picture of economic and political oppression. The history of Mexican-Americans in Texas is a tragic, depressing story; discrimination and poverty still plague most Chicanos. Those conditions deserve considerable attention, especially from Texans, who find them easy to forget or ignore. But Coles fails to examine the complex roots of such conditions...