Word: sustainers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Indeed, the elimination of jockeys would do little to undermine those glorious traditions which sustain the sport of thoroughbred racing. Bold Reasoning, the father of Seattle Slew, was a handsome specimen and a credible racer in his own right; it is possible that Seattle Slew could have gotten into the Kentucky Derby on his father's name, even if he had not won a lot of previous races. But who is the father of Seattle Slew's jockey? It is quite possible that the elder Cruguef has never been to the flats, even for the purpose of placing a friendly...
...wanders in his own order through the annals of intellectual and social history, picking out topics as they take him, (not as they occurred) and pointing out unnoticed tidbits and reminiscing, Galbraith subjects friends and foes alike to a thoughtful examination, one that only an old pro could sustain...
...pared to just over 4%. Growth alone, said Schultze, would allow Carter to balance the budget, but federal spending could not be permitted to increase much more than 1% a year beyond the cost of inflation. Said Schultze: "We're betting very heavily on business investment" to sustain growth...
...Gilliam finds it impossible to sustain, let alone develop anything like a consistent comic tone. In the end, the director is mostly making dour social commentary on the society he invented. He is never able to connect it either with our own or with the historical period that apparently inspired...
Textures and Details. Gilliam has issued a statement urging people not to compare his movie with the Pythons' work, gibbering on about "textures" and "details," calling Bruegel and Bosch to his side as witnesses to the truth of his vision. But Jabberwocky is not a grand enough failure to sustain such comparisons. It really is marked-down Pythonism, which proves that in enterprises of this sort, several heads are better than one. Richard Schickel