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Days before that wrenching finish, Baffert received a videotape of a 2-year-old gray that was up for sale in Ocala, Fla. According to Baffert, "he had a beautiful long stride, absolutely effortless, and a quarter-mile time that was pretty damn good. But I hadn't seen him in person, so this was like buying on the Home Shopping Network." Baffert's offer of $85,000 was accepted, and Silver Charm was his. The horse had been overlooked for a number of reasons. He was literally an ugly yearling, hairless because of mange. His breeding wasn't very...
Still in its infant stage, the Harvard women's golf team took another stride toward maturity this season...
Talk about legs! After six years and counting, the marathon expansion of the U.S. economy is already the country's third longest on record, and many economists expect it to stride right into the 21st century. "This is truly the best business expansion in American history, and it's going to last at least until the end of the decade," predicts Allen Sinai, chief global economist for Primark Decision Economics. Such endurance would put the upturn ahead of both the 1960s and the 1980s on the pursuit-of-happiness scale...
...author, a Washington Post editor, gets a lot right about reporting, from Truell's woozy bravado to the knowledge that a new owner may stride into the newsroom any morning and start counting paper clips. The ethical dilemma he presents is real too, though a bit overstated. Truell learns that the missing French microbiologist is on loan to China, working unwillingly on a deadly project. He needs to be rescued, and so does the world. His CIA contacts ask if Truell, who's headed for China, will take on the derring...
Some of the most influential events in America's troubled history of racial and ethnic conflict have occurred in the arena of professional sports. The grand national tribute recently paid to Jackie Robinson's legacy underscores the fact that his stride across Major League Baseball's color line had significant political and social ramifications. To some degree, the extent of the national progress toward equality and racial harmony can be measured through the lens of pro sports. For example, the prevalence of black athletes in football, baseball and basketball--as well as the paucity of black coaches and executives...