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...somehow an illegal medication showed up in his pre-race tests, and Timely Writer had to scratch from the Jerome. He showed he needed the exercise at the Marlboro on Sept. 18, when he finished well behind upstart Lemhi Gold. But the fans could not resist backing Timely Writer in light of his past triumphs, and he went to the post the favorite...
...years ago Harvard was the class of the East and went as far as the finals in the nationals. In the contest California-Berkeley--the perennial champs--eked out a 6-3 overtime win, forcing the upstart Ivy Leaguers to settle for a second place national ranking...
...most studios, though, the financial news is so good that movie executives can dismiss the challenges from upstart competition for the American consumer's entertainment dollar. They argue that cable lures more viewers away from the networks than from the moviehouses, and that video games cannot compete with the movies' sophisticated special effects. They can also point to a recent Variety story showing that the average cost of making a Hollywood movie, which had doubled since 1977, actually declined this year (from $9.6 million to $9.4 million). Of the early summer hits, none...
...more than $20 million in capital of its own, it had managed to put together a $6.5 billion portfolio of U.S. Government bonds, bills and notes. More than $4 billion of that was borrowed. Said a top Wall Street bond trader of the bewilderingly complex financial structure of the upstart firm's activities: "It was the most astonishingly leveraged operation that I have ever seen...
...very special moment for me," Dukakis began his speech. "When I walked down the steps of the State House in January of 1979, I never thought I would be standing on this platform to accept your nomination today." Routed in the primary four years ago by the upstart King. Dukakis blamed his misfortune largely on complacency. He has taken nothing for granted in mapping out a thorough comeback strategy. Making the most of this Dukakis-dominated weekend, the former governor cloaked himself in the mantel of the state Democratic Party: "we put together a force that is too large...