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Word: race (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Darling the stallion, who leaps and pirouettes with Baryshnikov's physical elegance. Strider loses his love and his potency when he receives harsh punishment from his masters for raping his girlfriend/mare. Then commence several years of gentility and peace with Prince Serpuhosky and the glory of winning a fantastic race against a fierce opponent. But Strider's fortunes collapse again and he returns finally to his original owners who put the worthless decrepit horse to death...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: At Loose Ends? Get Out | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

...horse or the rider?" asks a challenger to the Prince. It's an old question, the slave or the master? Through the hoofbeats pounds a message: the horse may win the race but to the rider go the laurels. Seattle Slew would not kick up his heels...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: At Loose Ends? Get Out | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

...lost a close race [in the 200 free] earlier in the meet and didn't want that to happen again so I broke out and tried to get away right after the 100," the Ramsey, N.J., native said yesterday...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Aquamen Conquer West Point | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

After Chuck Johnson won the hurdles (Aaron Dean taking third in his first varsity race), Jim Johnson and Ben Midlo placed first and second in the long jump. At the halfway mark in the meet, Harvard had yet to lose an event and owned a 49 1/3-20 2/3 lead...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Tracksters Outrun Eagles; Dixon Records Two Wins | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...that race, Forman set a grueling pace until the last 100 yards when Newnham kicked by her to cross the finish line first. Forman's second-place time of 2:11.3 also sliced a significant piece off the old school record...

Author: By Jack A. Laschever, | Title: Women Thinclads Whip Weak Wildcats | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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