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Korda, Michael. Horse People: Scenes from the Riding Life.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Nov. 2003. 384p. illus. HarperCollins, $25.95 (0-06-621252-9). 798.2.
One mark of a good writer is to engage readers on a topic in which they have no inherent interest This is what Korda, editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster and author of several popular memoirs, does here with horses and horse riding. For, although the publicity copy that accompanies the book earnestly gives numbers on how many people ride, the fact remains that the horse world, primarily of New York, is not on most readers' radar screens. So Korda draws us in slowly with stories about the persnickety folks who populate that world and what it feels like to be astride so powerful an animal and what it feels like to fall off. That one of the ...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Fleischman, Bill September 2, 1997 700+ words
NEW YORK _ When Pete Sampras commits...night as 15th-seeded Petr Korda rocked the top-seeded Sampras...final set, compared to 11 for Korda. The Czech's match total...tiebreakers is a distressing 9-12 (Korda is 18-13). Admitting he...
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Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK -- The new stadium will have...National Tennis Center. Petr Korda on Monday made sure he didn...seat Arthur Ashe Stadium. Korda, the 15th seed, pulled off...tough,'' Sampras said of Korda, remembering a tough five...
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- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) February 14, 2002 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) September 2, 1997 700+ words
...Steve Wilstein Associated Press NEW YORK -- In subtle signs and obvious...interrupted loss against Petr Korda that took more than five hours...cord and sit up perfectly for Korda to put away for a 3-1 lead...the tape, and backhands by Korda that landed in the corners...
