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SPORT: How to bet on horses; a bizarre, high-tech golf club...
PHONE IT IN If you want to place a legitimate bet, the easiest way for a novice player to write a Belmont ticket is to start a New York Racing Authority (NYRA) account via telephone. Call 1-800-THE-NYRA; you no longer need to deposit a $100 minimum to bet the Stakes, since NYRA has changed the required balance to a buck. You can phone in bets a minute before post time, but leave at least a week to set up the account because you must mail a check to New York. NYRA accepts wagers from residents...
...good bet. Even for the musically skeptical, there's something mesmerizing about the band's graceful stage presence, their technical virtuosity-and most of all, their euphoric expressions as they play their instruments. "At the academy, I felt I was playing music from the past," says Zhang, who left home at age 11 to study at Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music. "But now I'm finally getting to express myself." To continue doing that, all she has to do is pluck that pipa-and keep smiling...
...Honda, Nissan and Toyota to swoop in and grab market share. If it happens again, the pain will be shared by Japanese manufacturers. Toyota is planning to ramp up production of its full-size pickup, the Tundra, with a plant under construction in San Antonio, Texas. And Nissan just bet on a line of full-size SUVs and pickups being built at a new factory in Canton, Miss...
...bet that the apology he issued wasn’t his own idea. It was the public relations department of the Timberwolves, his agent, maybe even his own family. They understood how crass his comments were, how he managed to offend some of his fans while the others glided over what he said without batting an eyelash. As a public figure with a huge influence over kids, he should have realized that his comments were wholly inappropriate...