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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There are three logical contenders. Dike ran down on his heels in the Derby. He is a one-run horse bred for distance who skipped the Preakness to heal and rest. He and/or his stablemate Jay Ray (third in the Preakness) have a shot at winning. 30 per cent chance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prince Wins Despite Foul Claim, But Shys Away From Belmont Race | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

...Florida Derby like a sore horse, and has run that way. In the Belmont, should he be entered, he might regain his Florida form. Running in front unhampered by challenging early speed he could hold off the late runners. This is the only way he could win. 10 per cent chance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prince Wins Despite Foul Claim, But Shys Away From Belmont Race | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

...system of grandiose superlatives. First conceived in 1957, BART is primarily funded by a $792 million bond issue passed in 1962 by San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties. When inflated costs and design improvements necessitated an additional $150 million this year, the California legislature imposed a special half-cent hike in the three counties' state sales tax. This makes BART the largest locally financed public works project in U.S. history. It will also be the world's first fully automated rapid transit system and have the longest (800 ft.) subway station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE CITY: A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRIP | 5/16/1969 | See Source »

...wilderness and told to work long hours and risk their lives to save a few trees that no one will probably see for decades to come, except from the air. They also argue that since most of the isolated fires they combat are started by lightning (75 per cent actually are) why not let them burn, as fires have for centuries? Many biologists are now asking the same question...

Author: By Mark W. Oberle, | Title: Why Not Let the Forests Burn? | 5/16/1969 | See Source »

Harvard students from their own personal earnings, not their parents' resources, pay the following portion of their Harvard education costs: ( ) 75 per cent; ( ) 50 per cent; ( ) 25 per cent; ( ) 10 per cent; ( ) zero. (Choose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PEREGRINATION | 5/14/1969 | See Source »

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