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...most popular beat-the-favorite theory being kicked around this week is the old chesnut known as the "front-end speed duel." Not being known for their ability to hold back and conserve some stretch running energy, both Honest Pleasure and Bold Forbes are likely to end up in front, racing each other until death do them part. Theoretically, the rest of the field benefits from this, and mops up the two tiring frontrunners in the stretch. Sounds plausible, but things don't always work out that...
Chances are that the two favorites are simply faster than the rest of the field and, tired or not, one of them is likely to hit the wire before the others even get into gear. But should the speed-duel theorists be right, there are some qualified candidates waiting to pick up the pieces and a few roses as well...
Both men grunted and both ergs clanked and screeched as oarsmen collected around them in silence. The grunts, the clanks and the muttered curses increased as, in that room, the duel between 1975 and 1976 was played...
...wiles and powers of vituperation. Opposite him, in the witness chair, sat the prosecution's man, a tall, imperious figure with a shaved head, who gave every bit as good as he got. In its seventh week the trial of Patty Hearst turned into a sarcastic duel between F. Lee Bailey and Dr. Joel Fort, the quirky, combative witness for the prosecution. Doggedly, almost desperately, Bailey strove to discredit Fort, and for good reason. With the jurors out of the room, Bailey acknowledged that if the seven women and five men accepted what Fort had to say about Patty...
Kirkland took top honors in the match. In a crucial final duel, sophomores Brian McCarren and Bruce Gordon battled to a 4-4 tie, but McCarren wielded the winning foil and took the match, 5-4. Gordon finished second in the competition...