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...battled into the back stretch. With one-half mile to go, Vasquez made his move, gave the filly her head, and she swooped into the lead just as she reached the start of the home stretch. Running freely, fluidly, the big, lovely chestnut required just three taps of the whip to hold off Rumbo's late charge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Roses for a Fast Female | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

Well, Don Pompan, Greg Kirsch, and four freshman managed to get out of the Union and down to Providence in plenty of time to whip the Bruins 8-1, boosting the Crimson's league record to a perfect 6-0, with an overall mark...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Netmen Devastate Bruins, 8-1, Maintain Perfect 6-0 Record | 4/30/1980 | See Source »

...point was the supremacy of the Harvard squad ever really in doubt. First singles Don Pompan made convincing amends for his loss on Friday, playing an excellent match to whip Jeff Pappell...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Crimson Blasts Columbia, Ups League Record to 3-0 | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

...signs. Then, just as the television and press get their cameras going, and with McGovern standing there, helpless, every dirty hippie there is gonna whip it out and take a leak, right there in front of everybody. They'll never be able to get the stink out of the carpet so he'll have to move, and no way they'll be able to keep quiet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Watergate's Sphinx Speaks | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

...closeups of the washing of your dirty linen in the public square; you teach us how to "whip someone's ass"; million-dollar Hollywood stars fall over each other to entertain us; we get the intimate life story of all your candidates, etc. Just imagine how boring it would be if you did the whole thing in less than three weeks. May it never happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 14, 1980 | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

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