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When investigations of New York's brisk harness-racing industry developed evidence of payroll extortion and management payoffs to labor bosses and gambling racketeers, Sprague's name often popped up. He had owned a big slice of the Nassau Trotting Association, which operated Roosevelt Raceway. In 1946 he sold the stock for a tidy profit. Later, he bought 4,000 shares of stock (then worth $20 a share) in Westchester County's Yonkers Raceway, paying for them on the installment plan, mostly out of their own dividends...
...HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 20--Probably the most confident underdog in recent years, the Harvard varsity football team, with a chance to tic for its first Big Three title in 13 years, went through a brisk pre-Yale workout in the Yale Bowl here today...
Private Fall-Down. AEC's reasons for delay in taking this obvious step were more political than technical. Since the start of the cold war, atomic bombs of all types have been in brisk demand, but there was little public or congressional demand for atomic power. Said Commissioner Murray sadly: "When attention is called to the danger of falling behind in the nuclear power race, too many are apt to reply, 'So what...
...Greenleases came another note, enclosing Bobby's Maltese cross school pin as proof that the family was dealing with the real kidnapers. After that, Hall called the family by telephone. He sounded sober, speaking in a low but brisk tone, introducing himself each time as "M." From Kansas City pay stations, he sometimes talked for as long as ten minutes. To find out if her son was still alive, Mrs. Greenlease one night talked to him directly and requested Hall to ask Bobby two questions: What was the name of the Greenlease driver in Europe last summer? What...
...YORK, N. Y., October 16--Installed as six-point underdogs in what may prove the pivotal game of the 1953 season, the undefeated Crimson eleven staged a brisk, confident workout at Baker Field today in preparation for its Ivy opener with Columbia tomorrow...