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...seven-furlong $57,000 Vosburgh Handicap, the highest weight ever as signed by the track's handicapper in a regular stakes race. All the other horses carried 12 to 34 Ibs. less, but the Doc still turned the race into a scene from National Velvet. He broke swiftly out of the starting gate under Jockey Braulio Baeza, opened up a three-length lead in the stretch, then turned it on and charged home a full six lengths ahead of the place horse, Kissin' George...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horse Racing: The Doctor Is the Best | 11/15/1968 | See Source »

...when the music at Monaco's Red Cross Gala started, the Doc one-upped His Highness, had the first dance with the hostess. After the ball, Barnard, who had earlier conferred in Rome about his autobiography, continued globe-trotting for medical meetings in Australia, Thailand and The Netherlands before returning home to Cape Town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 23, 1968 | 8/23/1968 | See Source »

...Actually, several copies of the diary have been around for the stealing or buying. At least one copy each had been photographed for Bolivian President Rene Barrientos, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and several Bolivian military brass. In addition, two U.S. journalists were allowed to transcribe many of the doc- uments found on Che, which included, besides the diary, correspondence and military records. Other copies of the diary could certainly have been made by Castro sympathizers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: Che's Diary | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

...Doc, I goota dose of id diff, take a whiff, whacha gonna do, put me in the zoo?" Prescription: "Two years at the front will make a man of you, give you a sense of direction, purpose, and leadership skills." (The New York Times is helpful here and notes that an overwhelming majority of those who have been under fire say that they have benefitted from the experience and are more confident because of it. Note, that there is no mention that the poll was administered only to those who survived...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: 1968 Descends Upon My Head | 7/1/1968 | See Source »

...Doc, I gotta dose of id diff, take a whiff, whacha gonna do, put me in the zoo?" Prescription: "Two years at the front will make a man of you, give you a sense of direction, purpose, and leadership skills." (The New York Times is helpful here and notes that an overwhelming majority of those who have been under fire say that they have benefitted from the experience and are more confident because of it. Note, that there is no mention that the poll was administered only to those who survived...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: 1968 Descends Upon My Head | 6/12/1968 | See Source »

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