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...Cretans-went down to the sea by preference. For thousands of years their galleys and potbellied cargo ships plied the Mediterranean, generally sticking close to the shore, where they often sank in shallow water. The wrecks lie there still, while bright fish swim around their leaden anchors and mollusks drill holes in marble columns packed into their holds...
Belmont's Barn 20 is an equine Ritz-Carlton, decorated with bright splashes of Vanderbilt's cerise and white and run by a veteran drill sergeant of a foreman who has Vanderbilt's and Winfrey's mandate to buy whatever he needs to keep the race horses fit and happy. Stall 6 is the royal suite. The Dancer, afflicted with the typical thin skin of the grey, suffers from the heat and can't stand flies, so there are fans to keep the air moving through the stall and an automatic fly-spraying system for the entire barn...
...never stopped gambling. In 1940 he took over a 14,000-acre lease from the Texas Co. and agreed to drill 200 wells on it (at an average cost of $50,000 a well). Texaco's geologists doubted that he could even make interest on his $10 million investment. Instead, he netted $15 million. Following his gambler's instinct, he wanted to spread the risk of the oil business by going into other fields. He chose insurance companies first, since they are not taxed on part of their income. He bought Reserve Loan Life in Indiana, Atlantic Life...
...additional six weeks of camp, the cadet would learn map reading, the manual of arms, and practice foot drill, command, and manual subjects...
Bruce Munro, Admittedly worried about the game, has held practice in the mud for the past two days, but has not been able to get in full-scale scrimmages because of drill conflicts and bad playing conditions...