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...Nicklaus was not the first to discover that nobody loves a fat man, but he made characteristic use of the information. Nicklaus slimmed himself into a model for a line of clothes and a mold for a line of golfers: towheads shaped like one-irons. The definition of an avid golf fan now is anyone who can tell Johnny Miller from John Mahaffey from Ben Crenshaw from Bill Rogers from Jerry Pate...
Richmond, a math whiz, happily noted that she has "known since eighth grade" that she wanted to attend Harvard, but Toulmin--an avid bellringer--simply said that she liked Cambridge better than New Haven, which she described as a "pit," and Brown, which she felt was "too Californian...
...what of Eugene, Ore., a college town known more for its rain than anything else? Few but the most avid track fans probably know the city's accolade: "running capital of the world...
...stations. A moderate Republican, he was named Ambassador to the Court of St. James's by President Eisenhower in 1956, and while still a diplomat, he purchased the ailing New York Herald Tribune, which he was unable to save, though it was his most treasured business project. An avid sportsman, Thoroughbred horse breeder and art collector, Whitney was an active philanthropist who gave away about $1 million a year. A man who savored the amenities and comforts his achievements easily afforded him, he never flaunted his wealth ($200 million at his death). Demanding in 1946 that his name...
...roster of 20th century Presidents who have sampled the delights of fly fishing is impressive: Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower and, of course, Jimmy Carter. In "Spruce Creek Diary," a 4,000-word article that appears in the current issue of Fly Fisherman, Carter, perhaps the most avid presidential devotee of the sport, recalls with affection his fishing vacation last May in Pennsylvania. In the piece, Carter laments the loss of two prized handcrafted fly rods, which were stolen during his move from Washington to Plains, Ga. "These rods, not the election campaign," he writes, "seemed...