Word: runner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that "Front Runner" Edmund Muskie has fallen to the rear, much of the campaign's pre-primary political reportage reads in retrospect as if it were about some other election. Through midwinter, most print journalists and TV commentators declined to take Hubert Humphrey seriously, gave George McGovern relatively spare coverage and underestimated George Wallace's strength. The press consensus until New Hampshire strongly implied that Muskie already had it made...
Yale beat Dartmouth on Friday, 13-10, and the Crimson passed the fading Indians on Saturday by shutting off the suddenly potent Eli attack. Sandy Weissan: allowed only one runner to get to third in the first game, and he held to three hits to win his sixth game of the season...
Clayton, a runner who responds extremely well under pressure, took the Crimson's only other second in the half mile, with a 1:54.6 clocking, while Leone, showing signs of things to come, recorded a fine 48.9 quarter mile in the heats, but ran out of gas in the finals, placing sixth...
...tide quickly turned in the third inning when McGugan was ejected for fighting after a Big Red runner shredded his right stocking on a force play. The next batter hit a three-run homer, and after a single and a walk, Mike O'Malley came in to relieve Weissant. Before the side was out, Cornell had scored eight times...
...best horse to race Riva Ridge in Louisville may be No Le Hace (Spanish for "It makes no difference"), unbeaten this year in four races, including the Louisiana and Arkansas derbies. A sentimental choice may be the Arkansas Derby's runner-up, Hassi's Image, trained by Venezuelan Juan Arias. Last year Arias prepared Canonero II, surprise winner of both the Derby and Preakness. Canonero threatened to become the first horse in 25 years to take the Triple Crown, but he confounded the odds makers and finished fourth in the Belmont. Now it is Riva Ridge...