Word: riders
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...much of his athletic longevity to a nutritional diet that includes lots of fruits, fresh vegetables and nutritional supplements. But the real reason Bostick defeated favored competitors 15 years his junior to make the Olympic team had nothing to do with sustenance. "Kent might not have been the fastest rider, but he was the one who wanted it the most," says Frank Scioscia, director of Bostick's riding team, Shaklee--named for its health-food-company sponsor. "In athletics, desire is often the deciding factor...
...biggest story might turn out to be neither a horse nor a rider but a tick-transmitted equine blood disease called piroplasmosis. Despite objections from Georgia officials, more than a dozen foreign horses that have tested positive for the disease will enter the U.S. for the Games. Americans to watch: husband and wife David and Karen O'Connor in the three-day event, Michael Matz in jumping and Michelle Gibson in dressage...
Russell lacks the sartorial splendor and ethnic heritage of Reeves, her predecessor. But she had no problem driving a two-year-old youngster through Rindge Park on a rider lawnmower on that afternoon...
...eased somewhat, but the stigma has not gone away. Witness the meanspirited provision Congress passed last week requiring armed-services personnel with HIV to be discharged from the military, even if they are otherwise in perfect health. President Clinton is expected to sign the defense authorization bill despite this rider, but has made it clear he finds it offensive. As a Pentagon spokesman put it last week, "We've all seen recently, in watching Magic Johnson's decision to return to basketball, that people who have tested HIV-positive are fully capable of carrying on near normal lives...
Meanwhile, Princeton rallied over Rider (64-56), crushed Columbia (65-31) and edged Cornell...