Word: racing
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...convention campaign. Of the 16 states' 745 convention votes, Humphrey will probably get more than 600 of 1,312 needed for nomination. His new-found favor with Southern Democrats, after years of being disliked and distrusted by them, has two major reasons. After Johnson withdrew from the race, Humphrey seemed the most trustworthy and stable of the possible candidates, particularly in comparison with Robert Kennedy, who was feared and hated in the South. Also, the Democratic leadership in most Southern states has grown more moderate, partly because of the increasing Negro vote and partly because the Republicans and George...
These figures suggest a vast overkill potential. Therefore, are such new weapons really necessary? A number of scientists and other experts doubt it, and consider MIRV as superfluous and dangerous as the proposed "thin" anti-ballistic missile system. The critics argue that both unnecessarily super-intensify an arms race that ought rather to be slowing down. On the other hand, some disarmament specialists agree with Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford, who maintains that developments like MIRV are necessary for the U.S. to "negotiate from strength, not weakness." The Soviets themselves are currently pushing ahead with an ABM system, their...
...Every Ibo man, woman and child believes today that he is fighting a last-ditch battle for his home and his dignity," he says. "What that means in practical terms to the nation is that the federal government is faced with a choice of wiping out the entire Ibo race or administering a nation that has built into its flesh a core of implacable hate. There will be no victory for anyone...
...most dyed-in-the-silks thoroughbred fans, quarter-horse racing is not horse racing at all. When it comes to purity of breeding, the quarter-horse wins no prizes; a chunky, bandy-legged brute, it looks almost grotesque next to the sleek, stately thoroughbred. Besides, what railbird wants to bother with a race that covers only 350 to 550 yds. and is over before he can focus his binoculars? The answer is the 2,000,000 quarter-horse devotees who showed up at 100 tracks in 26 states last year to watch the husky hybrids dash to photo finish after...
...gouged from the hard-baked Western soil in which the sport has its roots. A cross between the pioneer plow horse and the Mexican mustang, the quarter horse was bred for the short bursts of speed needed to herd cattle. To fill the lonesome hours, cowpokes began match-racing for payday stakes and, as one oldtimer put it, "if you couldn't whup the guy you beat, you didn't get your money." Before long, horsemen were organizing races at state and county fairs across the West. Whole herds of cattle were common stakes, and more than...