Word: wiring
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...Ahmed bin Salman, an American-educated, Saudi Arabian stable owner who had charged Baffert with finding him a Derby runner, and the two hoped their hunch would pay off. Did it ever. War Emblem won the Derby in style, going off as a 20-to-1 shot and leading wire to wire. Two weeks later, in the Preakness, the "speed" horses were supposed to drain War Emblem like a cheap battery. He won going away. "Baffert and the Prince were able to see that they could move [War Emblem] up in class," says Tom Hammond, a racing expert...
...exciting down-to-the-wire finish in the Ivy League this year, the Harvard men’s basketball team was again on the outside looking in. On the other hand, the Crimson (14-12, 7-7 Ivy) was in the race longer than anyone had expected...
Stanford admissions officer Christina M. Wire says Stanford also benefits from a reputation that it is both intensely academic and highly competitive in sports...
Though nearly half of this year’s admitted class still hails from California, Wire says more high school seniors from the East Coast are also applying to Stanford because of a “self-perpetuating phenomenon...
...much of a decision between two or three places is based on the fit,” says Wire, the Stanford admissions officer. “They know they are going to get a fabulous education at any of them. It’s more of a question of where they will feel comfortable...