Word: sures
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...length victory in his last race, the Jim Dandy Stakes. 2. The presence in the saddle of the great race rider Braulio Baeza. 3. The solid reputation of trainer Eliot Burch. 4. The confidence of many New York bettors who love a favorite and positively adore a sure thing...
Think, Mr. Carswell (wherever you are) think, all of you: imagine the situation of your grader. (Unless, of double differential-CH3 C6 H2 (NO2) set. These people are mere cogs, automata; they simply feel to make sure you've punched the right holes. As they cannot thinks, they cannot be impressed; the are clods. The only way to beat their system is to cheat). In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember, there is a man (occasionally a woman), a humane type filling out your picture postcards. What does he want to read? How, in a word...
...page--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, titles of six poems in a row, even an interesting date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading; and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them insert them in outline form; make sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate;" Be Specific;" etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course needn't be singularly relevant, but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered through your blue-book...
...fact, all his revolutionary life he and the police played an elaborate and almost stylized game. Whatever country he was in, some police, secret or otherwise, were keeping a wary eye on him. They were sure he was up to no good, but their problem was to catch him at it. For his part, the prince treated the police alternately with indifference and insouciance. Fortunately for the prince, they were mostly inept, often irritating, but sometimes diverting. There was one glorious day when he conned one of the Czar's gumshoes into carrying his luggage. The rules...
...track is fast and the skies clear I am sure that I shall see him in the clubhouse at Saratoga waiting to bet on Arts and Letters in the Travers. It should prove to be a delightful and profitable afternoon...