Word: belmont
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...final examination in Chaucer was scheduled on the same day that Kauai King would be trying to win the Triple Crown at Belmont Park. I knew nothing about the Canterbury Tales but I did know something about Amberoid in the Belmont Stakes. So I went to the track...
...those who don't happen to remember, the 1966 Belmont ended in a tremendous upset with the beloved Kauai King reaching the finish line a beaten animal. The winner was none other than Amberoid who paid $13 and had the solid backing of at least one Harvard student who was in the crowd that day. So Andrew Beyer is either very lucky or a psychic. In any case, he made the right choice in leaving Harvard...
...sophomore-laden defense corps will be hard-pressed to make up for the graduation loss of All-American Charley Kittridge. As will be the strategy at the attack, four defensemen--Al Senior, Tom Scott, Mike Belmont, and Jeff Flanders--will rotate between the three positions...
...role in city politics, Stockwell says, "If I had been accepted to this office to bring back Cambridge that would be one thing. But Harvard Trust is bigger than it was [in the days of ex-President Robert Duncan]. I've got meetings later today in Arlington and Belmont. Pre-commitments occupy my time--I can't dedicate my future to the reconstruction of Cambridge. But we do pay our taxes...
...Jones, new to the job, already has encountered massive troubles. His biggest headache, he says, is that he doesn't live in Cambridge but in Belmont, a factor that considerably reduces his legitimacy in some Cantabrigian eyes. But Jones insists, "Just because I sleep 300 yards from Cambridge shouldn't mean anything. I spend most of my life here. My friends and job are here and the things I care about are here--so why should it matter...