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Turning, we walked back in the direction of a North End in the time before hastily spray--painted Italian flags adorned cement walls. In the time when there was only one ethnic group in Boston--colonists...
...retells his favorite Muirfield tale of the day Watson both won the 1980 Open and was kicked off the course. With authentic old niblicks and featheries, he had gone back out after hours in the company of the historian Ben Crenshaw, only for a hole or two, to cement his memory. The club secretary, Paddy Hamner, dragged them off by the ears. "But, of course," the grandfather says, "you're on that same sort of mission, aren't you? You're on your way to St. Andrews...
...former Tennessee Governor is the newest hot prospect. Like Dukakis, he has a reputation as a competent state executive. He kept Tennessee's economy healthy during a downturn, and he is popular with black voters. He could cement Bush's base in the South and bring clout on the education issue. But Tennessee has only eleven electoral votes, and Alexander enjoys little national recognition...
Dukakis must cement his place as the nominee, the great hope of his party. And as he told reporters before he left for Atlanta, "there's no room for two quarterbacks." Dukakis has made his decision for the second spot, and now he must unite his party and attack the main prey--Vice President George Bush...
...Soviet officials travel back and forth, comparing wish lists, displaying wares and negotiating barter deals. Since both countries have nonconvertible currencies and neither wants to expend precious reserves of hard currency, no money changes hands. The Chinese supply vegetables, prefabricated plastic greenhouses and textiles; the Soviets send back cement, seafood, fertilizer, pharmaceuticals and electrical machinery...