Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gulfstream Park Handicap and a purse that would push his total earnings past Citation's alltime record of $1,085,760. Brookmeade Stable's pace-setting Sailor had more than enough to hold off Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Markus' Mielleux in the stretch drive. Third: Alfred G. Vanderbilt's Find. Nashua, under top weight of 129 Ibs. was never in contention, finished fifth...
...girls have to nibble at par by polishing their approach shots. Their chip shots are deadly, and a delight to watch.) Evenings, for all the gin rummy games or the inevitable cocktail parties, the real pros still find it hard to relax. Given an open stretch of carpet, they are likely to grab a club and practice putting or swing at an imaginary ball...
...Electric is training 28,000 employees for automation's better jobs, expects the company's average pay to rise 50% to $8,000 in ten years. Though automation will displace some workers, in the long run the U.S. economic problem will not be unemployment but how to stretch the U.S. labor force enough to keep up with a population growth of 3% yearly and a standard of living that grows much faster. With every new production climb will come new demands for shorter hours, more leisure time. Once automation hits its full stride, the 30-hour week...
JEOPARDY, by Manfred Conte (278 pp.; Sloane; $3.50), contains enough interesting research on the hazards of counterfeiting and passing bogus $100 bills to discourage any hopeful amateur. The hero is a sensationally successful engraver whose counterfeiting has baffled the U.S. Treasury for months. Unfortunately, he runs into a stretch of overwritten bad luck with thieving, deceitful or suspicious-acting ladies. His professional life is a lot more entertaining than his love life...
...Finishing fast in the stretch, Rex Ellsworth's brown colt, Terrang, half-brother to 1955 Kentucky Derby Winner Swaps, caught Llangollen Farm's Social Climber, won the $158,800 Santa Anita Derby by more than a length, and probably earned a chance to carry Ellsworth's colors in this year's Kentucky Derby...