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...DIED. Preston Morris Burch, 93, Thoroughbred racing trainer who worked magic with unspectacular mounts and literally wrote the book on his trade, Training Thoroughbred Horses; in Dunn Loring, Va. Son of a successful trainer and the father of another, Elliott Burch, he saddled the winners of 1,236 races (George Smith, White Clover II, Bold) during a career that stretched from 1920 to 1957, and his horses earned more than $6.2 million...
...ethics course that is offered, "Ethical Aspects of Corporation Policy," was begun this year, in response to student interest in business ethics seminars offered by Preston N. Williams, Houghton Professor of Theology and Contemporary Change, over the past several years...
Emphasizing the different experiences of the black community, Preston N. Williams, Houghton Professor of Theology and Social Change, said black religion will continue to be rooted in the history of slavery and the working people despite the rise of the black middle class...
Annie Rock 'n Roll met Billy Preston after he fell offstage and onto her during a concert five years ago. He later introduced her to Mick Jagger, and she following the Rolling Stones tour all the way to Memphis, Tennessee, hitchhiking. "By the time I came home, a month later, I had to go into the hospital because I hadn't eaten, because I didn't have any money. But I still lived, still followed them. That's the type of thing...
...supporting cast is fine, considering what they had to work with. Robert Preston as Big Ed Bookman is a blustering, stupendously stupid man; as played, the millionaire owner of a pro football team probably couldn't pass a driver's test. He has his moments--asking God in the Super Bowl if since he's a sinner, God is going to fuck him. Clint Murchison of the Cowboys has probably done that, albeit silently. It would be nice if owners were that dumb; the throwback owner of the Giants, Wellington Mara, probably is but not the Murchisons, Hunts, and Robbies...