Word: snyder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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VIRGINIA E. SNYDER San Diego...
...point spread is a fine, intuitive art practiced by an elite group of Las Vegas odds makers. Though Martin, 54, has officially retired from the Churchill Downs Sports Book, he remains the chief prophet of the establishment known as "the Church." More-publicized experts, such as Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, have been known to check their picks against Martin's. "There's nothing mysterious about setting the line," Martin insists. During the regular season, when spreads are selected for the 13 games each weekend, Martin watches games on TV, consults the U.P.I, sports wire at Churchill Downs...
...been the world's busiest solo organist. He gives some 80 concerts a year, carrying his Bach crusade from Westminster Abbey to high school auditoriums in towns like Altoona, Pa. About half his performances conform to a strictly classical format, and half, given in conjunction with David Snyder's Revelation Lights, are informal lecture-concerts, for which he gets from $6,000 to $8,000 per appearance. "This music is pure uninhibited rhythmic soaring," he tells his listeners. "If you get in the stream, you are off! Get ready!" Four of Fox's LPs taped at such...
ROBERT O. SNYDER...
Other teachers report a resurgence of interest in American government. "Watergate has created a new enthusiasm among the kids," says Vivian Snyder, who teaches high school history in Atlanta. "Far more than before, they want to take the initiative and do something about it all." On a class assignment, one 13-year-old hit the Manhattan streets to take his own poll of adults (of 75 New Yorkers he questioned, 77% favored impeachment). At Chicago's suburban New Trier West High School, Janice Berman displayed two symbols to her civics classes. To the one, a picture of Nixon, they...