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Going into the stretch, Jockey Brooks drew his whip again, gave Citation a businesslike whack. "I wanted him to keep his mind on the race," said Brooks. Citation did. He ran down Bolero in the stretch, got home three-quarters of a length ahead. The tote board flashed the time: Citation had run the mile in 1:33 3/5, two-fifths of a second better than the world record set by his stablemate Coaltown at Washington Park last year. A moment later, the announcer verified what everybody at Golden Gate already knew: Big Cy had also beaten Stymie...
...deities of the voodoo pantheon, to put in an appearance at a voodoo session. Chinese bankers have taken to serving it instead of tea, and Italian aristocrats offer it to their guests instead of champagne. Graceful gondolas carry it along the narrow canals of Venice, and sturdy, resigned burros tote it into the dusty Mexican hills. Bright red signs proclaim its worth in the shadow of the Matterhorn and beneath the blank, unastonished eyes of the great Sphinx. The gentle burps which it evokes from the drinker are heard amid the bustle of Parisian sidewalk cafes and amid the tinkling...
Harris also claimed that, faced with this loss in endowment earning power, "the colleges must turn tote government for aid if they hope to maintain their standards...
...cornerstone of Stanford life is the honor code. This is similar tote Radcliffe plan, with no proctors at exams. The freshmen receive a very strong indoctrination into the spirit of the code, which is pictured to them as an essential part of Stanford life. The code is enforced by a student court, which has often expelled students for cheating. One attitude expressed is, "Usually I'd try to see what I can get away with, but they pull this honor business on you and you're stuck." Coupled with the Honor Code is the Fundamental Standard, which says, "Students...
...minute, they saw what they were waiting for: a substantial-looking citizen approached and murmured a few words to Baldy. The bookie's eyes flicked to the tote board, caught the changing odds on the day's featured race-the $25,000 Fall Highweight Handicap. Then Baldy winked. No money had changed hands, but the substantial citizen had just made a substantial-and illegal...