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...this college dropout with the six-figure salary and the BMW, "Is this the American Dream?" She wrinkles her nose. "It reminds me of white picket fences," she says. Instead, she offers, "I believe in positivity." That attitude is everywhere as Mohajer rushes around her cluttered Beverly Hills, Calif., offices in 3-in. platform shoes, testing eyeliner samples; approving display designs; ordering in pizza; playing A Tribe Called Quest on the sound system ("It's so chill"); promising Liz, her trademark attorney, who drops by, that, yes, she would join her kick-boxing class; and celebrity name-dropping (Alicia Silverstone...
With that, Baffert wiped at his watery eyes and blew his nose. Sentimental? No, actually he's allergic to hay and horses; always has been. That's just one of the anomalies on Baffert's past-performance chart. He grew up on the family ranch in Nogales, Ariz., rode quarter horses without much success, became something of a party animal while majoring in animal science at the University of Arizona, tried substitute teaching for a while, worked in a Tucson feed store for another while, then gravitated back to quarter horses as a trainer. He found his calling...
...once he decided to run with the big boys. His first major success came with Thirty Slews, who won the Breeders' Cup Sprint in 1992. By 1995 he was the leading trainer at Santa Anita. At last year's Kentucky Derby, he saddled Cavonnier, who lost by a nose to Grindstone--trained by Lukas. "I actually thought we had the race won," says Baffert, "so when they posted the results, it felt like a death in the family. I kept it inside, but I really thought I would never get a chance like that again." Indeed, in any given year...
...some ways Baffert is a reward for horse-racing writers. They loved it when he told them the week before this year's Derby, "This time I brought a horse with a longer nose." They loved it when he filled out a questionnaire at a local hair salon and, under occupation, wrote down "porn star." They loved it when he helped Stevens up onto Silver Charm just before the Derby and told him, "May the horse be with you." Most of all, they loved it when his horse won a sensational stretch drive with favorite Captain Bodgit. In the winner...
...distinguishes Dr. Weil from the snake-oil charlatans is the credibility he has earned by using the best that both traditional and alternative medicine have to offer. As a pediatrician trained more traditionally, I find extreme behavior on both sides--from the scientifically trained M.D. who treats every runny nose with an antibiotic to the naturopathically trained chiropractor who battles against immunization, the best preventive medicine that science has given us. The quality of health care will improve as more middle-ground physicians are trained and enter practice. RONALD S. GRANT, M.D. Tucson, Ariz...