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...time the betting windows closed for the All-American Futurity, a record $50,700 had been pumped into Ruidoso Downs' parimutuel machines, and the crowd's choices were a pair of California entries, Bunny's Bar Maid (2-5) and Golden Note (9-2). But when the ten-horse field broke from the gate for the breakneck straightaway dash to the wire, both favorites were left at the post, hopelessly beaten-for it is at the start, with jockeys flailing and horses driving hard, that quarterhorse races are won. Winner by a remarkable 1½ lengths...
...Duskin, 30, founder and chairman of the Board of Fellows (which he calls "a legal fiction for the benefit of the state"). Duskin looks and acts quite square. His face is scrubbed, his shoes polished, his tie neatly knotted. He has a wife, three children, a house with a maid. But if he is condescending toward "this beatnik thing," Duskin remains a freewheeling teacher...
Over it went. When Chief Rehfeld arrived at the Maid of the Mist landing, Boya said airily: "Talk to my attorney -I've just integrated the falls." As a matter of fact, there wasn't much anyone could do about it, though Canada may have a case if Boya crossed the international border illegally...
...firm respect for the company's 75-year traditions and the required zeal to conquer the world for Coke. Taking over from retiring Chairman William E. Robinson, Talley is the first man to hold both top posts at Coca-Cola, will probably continue Coke's diversification (Minute Maid orange juice, flavored soft drinks) and step up the war with Pepsi-Cola...
Lukewarm Linguistics. Mme. Vienot, the proprietress of the chateau, belongs to an aristocratic clan that has seen richer days, though the Rhodeses do not immediately know that. Their room is pleasant, though not quite as advertised-there is no hot water, and when Barbara complains, a maid appears at odd hours with lukewarm basins. The Rhodeses find the countryside charming, but the people seem unaccountably chilly. Mme. Vienot is brisk, cheerless and not above padding a bill. Her aged mother sits through most of dinner in a glazed reverie. A millionaire guest tells the Rhodeses how much he enjoyed eating...