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...purpose of the conference is not to try to whip up support," Comstock said. "It is an educational forum on the Peace Corps. We want constructive disagreement, and a conservative voice can be very helpful in pointing out weaknesses in the proposals," he added...
Distance running is for ascetics. By tradition, the sport is dominated by men with little natural speed who love to lope and to win. Such men are willing to undertake years of thankless training to whip their bodies into lean and tireless machines. They must discipline their will to the self-torture of laboring lap after lap, mile after mile. Most of the top distance runners are well into their 20s, and often beyond. But this year the perennial stars are being run into the boards by a Canadian high school senior: 17-year-old Bruce Kidd, the neighborhood newsboy...
Horses win for whip-swinging jockeys like Bill Hartack because they are afraid of them. The experts like to say that horses win for a handful of riders because they enjoy running for them. Shoemaker is one of these select few and so, this year, is Johnny Sellers...
...flashy tricks behind his success. "I like to help a horse come out of the gate and settle on his own stride," says Sellers. "He's bred for that. Of course there comes a time when we have to get up and run." Instead of going to the whip, Sellers can usually get his horse running by clucking gently in his ear and by pumping his arms and legs in rhythm with the animal's stride...
...that she really fits the description. Not beautiful but with almost translucent brown skin, high cheekbones, and compelling eyes set in charcoal shadows, she has a memorable face; her figure-broad-hipped yet lithe, strong yet feminine, medium tall yet commanding-animates any costume she wears, and she can whip a train or thrust a sleeve with regal authority...