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...PALE RIDER...
...jockey to win the fabled Epsom Derby in 65 years. Before a crowd of near ly 300,000 that included his father and Queen Elizabeth II, Cauthen led from start to finish over the mile-and-a-half course on three-year-old Slip Anchor, thereby becoming the sole rider to win both the Epsom and the Kentucky derbies. Ahead by 15 lengths at the final turn, "I couldn't believe my eyes," the 118-lb., 5-ft. 5-in. Cauthen recalled later. "I couldn't see the others, but Slip Anchor wasn't going flat out. From then...
...ally. In 1981 the Reagan Administration offered President Zia a six-year, $3.2 billion military and economic assistance program. The U.S. also agreed to sell 40 advanced F-16 fighter-bombers, which, like most high-performance military aircraft, could carry nuclear weapons. In approving the assistance, Congress attached a rider that the aid would be cut off if Pakistan exploded an atomic device or came into possession of one. That rider expires, along with the aid package, in 1987. Says the Carnegie Endowment's Spector: "Both the Carter and Reagan Administrations had to make trade-offs with other foreign policy...
...Rider vs. St. John...
...incidents of crime. The current transit police force, which has 3,800 officers, is the largest ever for New York and the biggest in the country. Meanwhile, with subway workers threatening another strike, passengers are just hoping the trains will keep running. "The subway system?" said one young rider. "It's New York...