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Still, a colt like Pleasant Colony is a once-in-a-lifetime creature, a rare congruence of speed, stamina and heart. The racing world was surprised when the relatively unknown son of His Majesty took the Derby (1¼ miles). Horsemen conceded him the shorter Preakness (1 3/16 miles) but are now murmuring that he will fade in a race as long as the Belmont (1½ miles). Not Johnny Campo. He has no doubt that Pleasant Colony will become history's twelfth Triple Crown winner. The rapid-fire, near-shout Noo Yawk accent softens only when he speaks...
...striking a balance between producing income for the present and the future. So far, HMC has been doing that fairly well, producing a hefty yearly income from investments--slightly more than $100 million in fiscal 1980--while at the same time maintaining steady growth for the endowment. "Although good shorter-term performance is heartwarming, the real measure of success can only be taken over a long-term period of time." HMC said in its annual report for 1980. Between 1974 and now, the endowment has increased by about $400 million...
...RUMOUR ARE inextricably linked with Rockpile: They even cover a Lowe song on their new album. Both bands are from the "pub rock" scene family tree of the early seventies, where band and audience got drunk and danced together. The movement was shorter lived than the hula hoop, and left these two groups without a musical home. The Rumour formed as a studio band for gas-station-attendant-turned-songwriter Graham Parker, and have had trouble appearing from behind his shadow. Their problem is not musical ability; they play everything from Motown to reggae to Abba, all with their...
This description jibes perfectly with Grass's own fictional methods, particularly in The Tin Drum, a sprawling, picaresque vision of a later war. The Meeting at Telgte is considerably shorter and less ambitious than its famous predecessor, much more an elegy than an encyclopedia. But for all its brevity, the novel fleshes out serious old questions about the place of literature in the lives of nations. Grass allows his imaginary meeting to end on a note of ineffectuality. The inn burns down, and with it a peace proposal that the poets composed: "And so, what would in any case...
...Cadillac Cimarron. For years the Cadillac name has equated luxury with size, and buyers have spent $20,000 or more for opulent, lengthy Fleetwoods and Eldorados. The Cimarron represents a bold attempt to transfer that 78-year-old image to a car that is 4 ft. shorter than the now standard Cadillac and nearly the same size as a Toyota Celica. The mini-Caddie will carry the expected gewgaws and gimcracks, including electric remote-controlled side-view mirrors, an array of interior lamps and leather upholstery. But it will also have some unusual features for a Cadillac, like a tachometer...