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Stanley Dancer is without question "top man in U.S. harness racing" [Dec. 28] but hardly "in a stodgy sport dominated by older men."
The richest farmer around New Egypt, N.J., has not tilled a field since he was in his teens, and the only crops that grow on his 106 acres are grass, alfalfa and hay. But Stanley Dancer is no gentleman farmer. He is up at dawn, rain or shine, employs a...
In a stodgy sport dominated by older men, Dancer is still regarded as something of an upstart. But the $2 betters who jam the Eastern tracks admire Dancer's aggressive racing tactics ("I like to get out front fast and stay there"), crowd the paddock before each race pleading...
So did all India. Chief blame for the nation's unreadiness continued to be placed on Menon, who as Defense Minister since 1957 was reluctant to buy arms abroad and, in his socialist suspicion of free enterprise, would not let private firms bid on defense contracts. Military orders were...
The group was immediately faced with the problems that lay ahead. "Very tricky social and cultural dilemmas emerge," Leary said, "if your consciousness extends beyond the language you know and the culture in which you exist. The question has been: do you attempt to harness on-going cultural games to...