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...national buzz word connoting both otherworldliness and governmental perfidy. "Some people come up to me and say, 'Gosh, I don't like this. I don't want to be known as the kook capital,'" says Bill Pope, interim CEO of the Roswell Chamber of Commerce, speaking with the easygoing charm and booster's earnestness one expects in a Southwestern city father. He is referring to next month's three-day gala marking the golden anniversary of the alleged crash in 1947 of a flying saucer near Roswell. It is a civic distinction that was long ignored by most Roswellians--Moore...
...soon to tell how much difference the sound bites and charm campaigns are making. With the barbecue came a promise from Helms not to block the Senate from voting on a treaty banning chemical weapons. Albright persuaded Primakov to drop an objection on NATO-troops levels, which opened the way for Russia's signing an agreement with NATO last month on the alliance's expansion into Eastern Europe...
What he did was ship Silver Charm to Pimlico for the Preakness and cross his fingers. Because of its shorter distance and tighter turns, the Preakness is the race he thought Silver Charm might not win. Indeed, bettors made him the third choice, behind Captain Bodgit and Free House. In the home stretch, Baffert thought, Free House would hold off Silver Charm. But along came Captain Bodgit, and Silver Charm responded to this new threat, catching Free House at the wire by the bob of his nose. "Free House is a buddy of his from California," Baffert says. "Captain Bodgit...
Unfortunately, Captain Bodgit injured a tendon in the Preakness and had to be retired. So on Saturday Silver Charm will try to beat Free House and six other challengers. A victory for Silver Charm would also be a victory for the industry, which seems on the verge of recovery after years of declining interest. "It's nice being the last jockey to do it," Affirmed's rider Steve Cauthen said the other day at Churchill Downs. "But I'll be rooting for Silver Charm in the Belmont. It'll be great for racing if that little horse does...
Maybe they'll get to go with Mom and Dad and Silver Charm into the winner's circle. If that happens, does Baffert have anything special planned, along the lines of his Derby dance and Preakness pose? "Actually," he says, "I've been rehearsing with my daughter Savannah, who's the same age as Silver Charm. When the camera is on her, I've instructed her to smile and then scream, "Show me the money...