Word: 46th
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this small Southern Illinois town (pop. 6,691), harness racing fans could even forget the aura of scandal that periodically haunts the sport-such as last June's scandal at Yonkers Raceway, which involved an amazingly low Exacta payoff, indicating a betting coup. But here, at the 46th running of the Hambletonian, no betting was allowed or ever had been by long tradition. The U.S.'s most prestigious race for standardbreds, and the middle leg of the Triple Crown for three-year-old male trotters,*the Hambo was a reminder of the luster that once belonged...
Situated way up in the green, thickly jungled highlands 30 miles west of Chu Lai, Fire Base Mary Ann had long been a secure oasis for its defenders, the 1st Battalion of the Americal Division's 46th Regiment. Last week, after the base was ravaged by a handful of enemy sappers, TIME'S Saigon Bureau Chief Jonathan Larsen visited the blackened bunkers and cabled this account of the savage night...
...House, Michigan Republican Gerald Ford and Oklahoma Democrat Carl Albert discreetly withdrew to an outer room as colleagues placed their names in nomination to become the 46th Speaker of the House, the nation's third highest office. Neither was the least bit surprised when the vote was announced as 250 for Albert, 176 for Ford. Graciously, the defeated Ford escorted Albert, whose elfin face crinkled into a massive grin, through the cheering chamber. At the rostrum, Ford observed that "we are the representatives not of political parties but of the people." He praised Albert warmly and noted with mock solemnity...
...date and I were searching on 46th St. for some restaurant billing a black power operetta scheduled for 8:30 or so, Elvin Jones to follow. I had floated through the Modern, the Guggenheim, and the Met that day, tasting the colors in quick glances. I tipped my cowboy hat at Mrs. Hester van Primm as she walked out of the Hotel Plaza with 20 poodles on a leash, Yes, I was in a pleasant trance the whole day, and, as is my wont in that mood. I traveled down the streets turning circles, looking up at the clouds, balconies...