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...August 1977, had arrived in Israel. The Israeli Air Force had the innovative notion of making a bomber out of a fighter designed for jet-age dogfights. Tests showed that the F-16s, equipped with special bomb racks and additional fuel tanks, could just make the 1,300-mile round trip to Baghdad without aerial refueling if they were not attacked and made only one bombing run on the target...
...risky to invest in when it needed funds a few months ago. So the Prince of Wales and his bride-to-be are not the only British couple who have reason to smile these days. Catch Lloyd Webber or Nunn off-guard, and you are likely to see a mile-wide Cheshire-cat grin. -By Richard Corliss
...governorship or perhaps the Senate next year. So far, he has said nothing about his aspirations beyond those he has for his city. Cuts in federal aid to cities under the Reagan Administration will, he fears, jeopardize his plans to reduce crime, continue building and improve transportation-an eight-mile subway system will open next year. Baltimore's recent successes may even work against it. Says Schaefer: "Now, unless you scream about going down the drain, Washington assumes you're doing fine. We're doing fine, but we still need a lot of federal help...
...exercise rider set him down on the rail, and Summing began to run. Railbirds could not believe their eyes, and the track's dockers stared at their watches in amazement. The bay colt pounded through the mist at a sizzling pace, and when he flashed past the mile pole Summing had set a new training track record, 1 min. 374/5 sec. Four days later, Summing proved that his startling workout was no fluke. He won the Belmont Stakes in convincing style to crush the Triple Crown hopes of Kentucky Derby and Preakness Winner Pleasant Colony, who finished third. Instead...
Though no one doubted Summing's speed, the colt benefited most from an unusually slow pace during the early stages of the race. Jockeys, fearful of spending their horses too early over the grueling 1½ mile distance ambled through the first three-quarters of a mile in a somnolent 1 min. 141/5 sec. By that time, Jockey George Martens, 22, had Summing snugged into the rail, running easily on the lead under a tight rein. Martens, content to rock along, peered over his shoulder repeatedly, looking for a challenge from Pleasant Colony. Finally, as the horses headed into...