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...from horse racing; after sustaining bone bruises in all four shins during his only loss, an upset at the 2004 Belmont Stakes, where a win would have made him the second undefeated Triple Crown winner in history alongside Seattle Slew, who won in 1977; to a breeding farm in Midway, Kentucky. The injury was not career ending, but owners reined in the heroic Philadelphia-bred colt to avoid risk of further damage. "If anything else went wrong, it would break our heart," said owner Patricia Chapman...
...chance to lace into the current administration’s moral bankruptcy and pragmatic failures were reportedly told to lay off the Bush-bashing for fear of alienating those precious swingers. And so this week inhabited an odd political twilight zone: an opposition party seeking to rescue the nation midway through what seems the worst eight years of misgovernance in memory, the Dems forced themselves to put on a happy face...
...high-tech multinational battle fleet (led by the U.S.S. Hillary Clinton, a George Bush--class supercarrier) is cruising off the coast of Indonesia, when suddenly a nearby high-energy physics experiment has a whoopsie, and the year isn't 2021 anymore. It's 1942, shortly before the Battle of Midway. So much for history as we know it. Birmingham could have just left this story as one big battle scene--he describes military hardware with an exuberance and virtuosity that's positively Clancyesque--but he also shows a surprisingly tender touch with his characters, who react to their unexpected time...
...course’s midway point, the Crimson was behind by a full two and a half lengths, according to Webb...
...race drew near its midway point, the Crimson began to make a move...