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Overlooked in the emotional duel between Genuine Risk and Codex was a typical Belmont field: a collection of dangerous colts that had been lightly raced through the spring, lying in wait for the favorites to falter. Among them was Temperence Hill. The Kentucky-bred bay colt had won the Arkansas Derby, then faltered in his final Triple Crown prep races and been returned to his home stable on the Belmont backstretch to recoup. Trainer Joe Cantey decided to test his horse in the Withers Stakes, one week after the Kentucky Derby, but the colt finished second and Temperence Hill...
...Judy," 40, says: "What got to me was that I found I was not getting results." A Bryn Mawr graduate who always wanted to be a teacher in a big city, she successfully taught English for eleven years in a Manhattan high school. Her enthusiasm began to falter three years ago when each of her five high school classes crept above the union maximum of 34 students. Says she: "No English teacher should have five classes. If you're trying to teach kids how to read and write, you simply can't do it-that...
Kissinger himself sent private word that Muskie must establish and hold a very special relationship with the President or the Secretary would falter as an architect of U.S. foreign policy. That relationship, Kissinger suggested, might demand such a simple thing as making sure that Muskie saw the President every morning before Brzezinski was allowed into the office. The Secretary of State, not the NSC aide, should set the direction and tone of the day's doings in the world. "That means Muskie had better arrange an appointment at 5:32 a.m. when Carter is in his shower," suggested...
Refusing to falter for more than a second, the Crimson recovered to launch a five-goal rally of its own. Co-captain Peter Predun led the drive with a hat trick, while Meagher and attackman Norm Forbush each added...
...they falter, coach Alex Nahigian can call on just about all of his staff to pitch. Bill Larson would be the only questionmark, as he pitched five innings on Wednesday, but the righthander says hurling this weekend would be "no problem...