Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...national economy. So it might be worthwhile to look at the state of business in the city that by many measures is closest, geographically and spiritually, to the middle of America: Wichita. Rising from the pool-table Kansas wheat fields, surrounded by aerospace plants and enormous grain elevators that ride the prairies like battleships, this community of 262,000 has a problem. There are not enough workers to meet its surging demand...
...Harvardman (in drag) on her left, a Harvardman (in drag) on her right, and a ride through Cambridge in a yellow Rolls-Royce. What more could a girl want? Whether she wanted it or not, Actress Candice Bergen (Oliver's Story) got a special perfume named "Eau de Billy Joe," a gold bean pot and an award as Woman of the Year, bestowed by Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals. Bergen, who was kicked out of the University of Pennsylvania, told the crowd: "Today, as I proudly cradle this pot, I can look back on several visits...
Rumors blamed Cauthen's woes on the distractions of fame and California women. But Cauthen's ex-agent Lenny Goodman dismissed the gossip and accused California trainers of sticking Stevie with slow horses: "I could not give him the horses I wanted him to ride. They gave me leftovers." The bettors agree: Cauthen rode only ten favorites during his winless streak. Explained Trainer Joseph Trovato: "Trainers have their own commitments. It's hard to break into that if you're an outsider." Frustrated, Goodman packed up and left for New York two weeks ago; Cauthen...
...York Giants, gave a weeping rookie named Willie Mays after he had gone 1 for 26 in his major league debut ("Tomorrow's another day, kid, and you're going to be playing centerfield tomorrow"). Barrera said the decision not to let Cauthen ride Affirmed in the $200,000 Strub Stakes was "one of my hardest." But he earlier confessed, "You know what race-track people do fastest? Bury others." Still, it was Barrera who put Cauthen on Father Duffy, and gave The Kid the chance to break his losing streak...
Until now the Administration has given the impression that the U.S. could ride out the loss of Iranian oil without mandatory cutbacks until late spring or summer. The 900,000 bbl.-a-day shortfall in crude supplies resulting from the Iranian shutdown has so far been made up by increasing imports from other countries and drawing down domestic reserves. But Schlesinger said that the Government would move more quickly than expected to cut consumption so that stockpiles for next winter can be replenished over the spring and summer...