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...grounds for nervous indigestion. After all, Tweedy's three-year-old colt Secretariat was heavily favored to win the Wood as a prelude to collecting the roses at the Kentucky Derby this week. But Secretariat faltered inexplicably and finished a mediocre third behind Angle Light and Sham. Suddenly this Saturday's contest at Churchill Downs shapes up as more of a horse race than the smart money had previously predicted...
...good as Secretariat may be, he still has to prove his worth to Sham and his trainer, Frank ("Pancho") Martin. Before the Wood, Martin brazenly and unsuccessfully offered any takers the opportunity to bet $5,000 against his horse in a head-to-head contest with Secretariat. A Cuban who trains Sham for New York Contractor Sigmund Sommer, Martin is banking on the fact that no son of Bold Ruler has ever won a Derby, or any Triple Crown race for that matter. The Derby distance of 1¼ miles is too great, some believe, for Bold Ruler...
...concerned members of the Harvard community, we must raise our objections to the proposed Pusey Library, for the project, like the Emperor's new clothes, is a sham...
THIS FILM bases its claim to our attention on pure and unabashed charisma. It works its magic so long as we are willing to suspend disbelief. But charisma, on the screen and off, must eventually perform in order to justify its hold; otherwise, it is a sham and an affront. Cesar and Rosalie doesn't perform; it really doesn't even attempt...
...Moss, attorney for the Treadway Motor Inn, also on Mt. Auburn St., opposed granting the zoning changes, terming them "illegal." He said after the hearing "Calling the Holiday Inn property transitional is a sham." He noted that Cambridge is currently negotiating with another developer concerning the commercial development of land on the "residential [west] side" of the Holiday Inn site...