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...debut ("Tomorrow's another day, kid, and you're going to be playing centerfield tomorrow"). Barrera said the decision not to let Cauthen ride Affirmed in the $200,000 Strub Stakes was "one of my hardest." But he earlier confessed, "You know what race-track people do fastest? Bury others." Still, it was Barrera who put Cauthen on Father Duffy, and gave The Kid the chance to break his losing streak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Steve's Slump | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

Something about the Ivy Championships stirred the Women's swim team out of its seasonal slumber yesterday at Yale, because nearly every racer swam her fastest and four women qualified for the AIAW Nationals next month...

Author: By Cecily Deegan, | Title: Aquawomen Shatter Records; Ivies Bring Out Their Best | 2/10/1979 | See Source »

...Parise scored the fastest overtime goal ever (11 seconds). Whose record did he break...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Watch Out: One More (Stanley Cup) Final to Go | 1/24/1979 | See Source »

...scored the fastest goal in an NHL playoff game? Name the teams involved, the final score of the game, and the time of the goal. For a bonus, name the circumstances surrounding the second fastest playoff tally ever, which came less than two weeks later. Hint: both goals were scored...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Watch Out: One More (Stanley Cup) Final to Go | 1/24/1979 | See Source »

Haig was one of the fastest rising officers in the Army during the Nixon Administration, going from lieutenant colonel to four-star general in a little over five years, largely because of his performance as top aide to Henry Kissinger on the National Security Council. Then, in the spring of 1973, Haig succeeded H.R. Haldeman as White House Chief of Staff. When Nixon became increasingly preoccupied with Watergate, Haig served at times as a sort of surrogate President and was one of the few high-level Nixon aides to survive the crisis without damaging his career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Quit and Run | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

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