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...could select any minority kid from the Detroit ghetto and, with the same opportunity, achieve the same results...
Saturday's Preakness victory on Affirmed is further proof, as much as any single race can be, of Cauthen's claim to be on the select list. At 1 3/16miles, the Preakness provides an honest test of the three-year-old Thoroughbred and an intense examination of the rider. The shorter course (1/16 of a mile less than the Derby and 5/16 of a mile less than the Belmont Stakes) demands the hot speed that is the first hallmark of the breed. A topflight field hurtling around Pimlico's tight turns leaves no margin for error by a jockey: fail...
...last week, pro-repeal groups in Eugene had not requested help from Anita Bryant. One such organization, known as VOICE, announced that it would stick to political arguments and not raise issues of God and motherhood in its repeal efforts. "We are against any select group having their conduct protected," said VOICE Campaign Worker Michelle Barton...
...problem "is not all the Dean's fault," Bloomfield said, because departments tend to select professors in areas that are "more immediately glamorous," and may attract more students. However, "the administration has not been thoughtful in making sure the needed appointments are made," he added...
...press run of 200,000 copies and claims that if all sell out, the company will make a profit of about $1 million. The book is priced at $19.95, and there are also special editions. One, at $50, includes Nixon's signature and a slipcase cover. For a select group of 2,500 Nixon loyalists, who have been solicited by mail, there is a $250 leather-bound autographed edition...