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...stroke Doug Woodsaid yesterday. "Theywere a very good crew. We have no excuses. They were just faster." He went on to admit, however, "We had not had enough practice at high cadence. We had done some work at 36, but it takes a while to get your wind accustomed to that...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Heavies Place 4th In Coast Classic | 4/4/1978 | See Source »

...carload was thoroughly infected by tournament fever. Laura and Shrinivas Rajagopalan are both offspring of Duke professors and Doug Richards lives in Kentucky, which won the Mid-East regionals. Richards actually wore a Wildcats' shirt and hat into the Holiday Inn where all the Duke fans were celebrating. Doug was ribbed by numerous Duke fans, but at least the North Carolina residents were not averse to drinking Kentucky whiskey as they toasted the Blue Devil stars...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg and Laura E. Schanberg, S | Title: The Spirit of St. Louis | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

...Doug, the guitar-picker in the photograph below, got a late start compared to the precocious babes. After attending high school in Cambridge, he landed a job on a cattle ranch outside of Casper. Throwing a lasso came easily to him; Doug also tried his hand at riding some of the ranch's unbroken horses. Now enrolled in the pre-veterinarian program at the University of Wyoming, Doug rides the college rodeo circuit...

Author: By Matthew Strominger, | Title: 'Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys...' | 3/15/1978 | See Source »

...East) is his special event. Possibly America's craziest--if not most dangerous--sport, bull riding tests the gut-level courage of the contestants as they climb onto the back of three-quarters of a ton of enraged beefsteak and try to hang on for an eight second count. Doug has managed a couple of times to go the full count, and that's no small accomplishment...

Author: By Matthew Strominger, | Title: 'Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys...' | 3/15/1978 | See Source »

Ambulance Driver Doug Lister and his partner, Marty Shipman, were the first rescuers to reach the twisted wreckage. Said Shipman: "Suddenly I couldn't breathe. I started screaming at Doug to get the hell out of there." Added Lister: "I was spitting up blood. I felt like I was breathing flames. I thought I was going to die." Lister managed to put the ambulance into reverse and rush away. Others were not so lucky: eight people died and 50 were injured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Playing Railroad Roulette | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

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