Word: handicap
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...handicap a horse race simply by picking a jockey, regardless of his mount, the trainer or the opposition, is usually considered a form of gambling insanity. Not so last week at New York's Aqueduct race track. There, a $2 win bet on the same jockey in each of eight races on the same afternoon would have paid off $56. The jockey was Angel Cordero Jr., who has been almost unbeatable since the opening of Aqueduct's spring meeting last month. In 15 days of racing at the "Big A," Cordero has ridden 48 winners and finished...
Since Mobutu decreed his African "authenticity" campaign three years ago, Zaïre's Christians have suffered increasingly harsh restrictions. The government not only banned all religious youth organizations but even church periodicals and radio programs-a severe handicap in a nation with the travel and communications problems of far-flung Zaïre. The government plans to shut down the three important seminaries at the national university in Kinshasa at the end of the school year. It has also seized control of elementary and secondary schools-most of which are church-run-and prohibited them from teaching religion...
...trouble with this tongue-tied autobiographical speculation is that contrary to the words of his song, Neil Young stays resolutely on top-on the surface, in fact. An esteemed singer-songwriter and sometimes part of the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, he is working under a handicap in his first movie. Young conceived the film himself, directed it and cut it, all with the same impenetrable seriousness that characterizes much of his music. It is easier to get away with recording your dreams and your fantasies on vinyl than on film. Songs are shorter, and a good melody can often...
Mayer said he recognizes that the current two-digit inflation rate in the U.S. presented a real handicap to moves to extend U.S. assistance abroad...
Radcliffe was at a handicap early in the meet when one of its star swimmers, tri-capt. Nancy Sato, was late because she was playing in the Radcliffe-Yale field hockey game. As a result, the Crimson did not do as well in the medley relay without Sato as it had done the week before, when Radcliffe established an IAB pool record...