Word: posted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cracked the wife of New York Post Home News Columnist Leonard Lyons: "Crow will be selling wholesale today...
...Pimlico Special was Citation's last race of 1948, and he was the only horse in it. As he paraded to the post last week, convoyed by three lead ponies, the track announcer added a little excitement to the occasion by sepulchrally reciting the list of Citation's triumphs. But more convincing evidence was right there before the eyes of 11,618 race fans in Baltimore: owners of the 20 rival horses that were invited to run in the race had given up trying to beat...
...jockey could be told "where to do what" far in advance. Townley bet his money strategically, in driblets spread among more than 80 bookmakers. He got some money on at 50 to 1, some more al 40. Then the price eased off to 33. Sterope went to the post at 25 to 1. Altogether Townley bet about $16,000 on him to win -and Sterope won by a slim half-length While Townley waited, the stewards reviewed the claim of foul. They not only disallowed it, but fined Jockey Charlie Smirke $100 for making a "frivolous objection." After collecting...
There are train, bus, airplane, car, and the University Travel Service. By any of these systems, a trip consists of two distinct steps: (1) the pre-New York or "New England" stage, and (2) the post New York or "Middle Atlantic" stage. Sometimes there is a third, the New York or "whiskey" stage...
...Bureau put informational brochures in the Agassiz mailboxes of all students graduating this year. On the pamphlet, the Bureau urged all Seniors to make appointments for discussion of post-college job plans...