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...racing luck remains important on the track, luck in the breeding shed is also still chancy. Every horsebreeder follows the maxim: "Breed the best to the best and hope for the best." One of the factors in the mix that has produced so many dominant horses is that, for reasons science cannot explain, Bold Ruler has proved to be unusually adept at what breeders call "stamping his get," i.e., passing on his strong points to his descendants. Bold Ruler is the sire of Secretariat, the grandsire of Spectacular Bid, the great grandsire of Seattle Slew...
Merrill's Maxim of Instant Status. In a democracy you can be respected though poor, but don't count on it.−Author Charles Merrill Smith...
...funds were drained in the mid-19th century by defaults among borrowers who took the money and ran (illustrating another Franklin maxim: "Opportunity is the great bawd"). Today the trusts hold less than $4 million: $3.2 million in Boston (now loaned to medical students at 2%), and $770,000 in Philadelphia (currently invested in mortgages). Boston Trustee Noel Morss figures that his city's sum will grow only to $5 million by 1991, when it is to be divided between Boston and the state of Massachusetts under the terms of Franklin's will. The suggestion has been made...
...Princeton came back in the Easterns to nab a 364-356 win. With All-American sprinter Julian Mack returning to the Harvard ranks after a half-season layoff, the strong lineup--including veterans Bobby Hackett, co-captains Malcolm Cooper and Eric Seder, and freshman stars Tim Maxim off and Lee Menichella--looks stronger every...
...part of its new public relations strategy, American Motors has revived an old maxim: "If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all." So last week AMC broke a 20-year industry tradition and stopped releasing ten-day sales figures; instead, it will give out monthly reports. After a fourth straight year of declining car sales, executives felt that bad news in twelve lumps is better than the same news meted out in 36 installments. American Motors also points out that its Jeep is not included in the car sales reports...