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" On a table lining a wall were more flower displays with sympathy cards instead of the usual get-well cards.With the first five races of his career , Barbaro had become a phenomenon in the sport of horse racing , but after he won the Kentucky Derby last year by 6 1/2 lengths , the widest margin of victory since 1946 , he became a national star . His effort was always sincere and supreme , and when he won the Kentucky Derby by 6 1/2 lengths , the largest margin in the race since 1946 , it was less of a surprise than an affirmation to the people who had reared him . Despite that mandate and his initial popularity , Koizumi had difficulty passing more than superficial economic reforms , as powerful and entrenched bureaucratic and LDP interests resisted change . Korea limited its foreign contacts during this period and later resisted , longer than China or Japan , trade with the West , which led to its being called the Hermit Kingdom . He left the house alone and is ready to log a few more hours on a volunteer mission : striving to rid Herndon of all undocumented workers and to " do our part to help discourage illegal aliens from crossing the Mexican border and creating problems for towns like ours .