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...Dooley Professor of Political Science-to-be had acknowledged his son's talent, accepted his son's future lot, and not without a trace of envy. Jim McKay had made a luncheon arrangement to "get acquainted." Cliff Roberts, head of the Masters, had duly noted Bogart Jackson's name on a list of probables, feeling confident he would win a tournament soon and merit a berth in the most prestigious of TPA tournaments...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: From Tee to Green: A Christmas Tale | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

...then, 18-year-old Bogart Jackson met Her, and that afternoon he carded a 78. Cliff Roberts scratched his name off of the Masters list. Jim McKay broke the luncheon date. His father tried to convince him to enroll in college. But Bogart Jackson just cleaned his dirty irons, packed up his golf bag, and headed to Texas with...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: From Tee to Green: A Christmas Tale | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

...formula, after two endless evenings, is clear: two dreary, realistic plays followed by a crowd-pleasing cartoon. One might feel sympathy if these were unknown, generally unproduced playwrights, but few of them are. (In the next program we'll see plays by David Mamet and actor Cliff Robertson.) This smacks of cowardice: the APS might have attracted a devoted following if it had produced good or at least ambitious plays by unknown playwrights rather than the poor scraps of the well-known. If artistic director Tom Bloom knows how bad two-thirds of these plays are but decided he needed...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Cowardly Trilogy | 12/2/1981 | See Source »

...squad's success in the long distance events depends on senior Adam Dixon, who set an American record in the 1000 meter run last year, and the rest of the cross country runners. Freshmen harriers Peter Jelley and Cliff Sheehan should add the extra depth the team is looking...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Thinclads Open Campaign Against B.C.; Pre-Season Injuries Plague Dixon, Udo | 12/1/1981 | See Source »

...result, new housing starts have fallen off a cliff. The Commerce Department last week reported that construction on new homes in October dropped to an adjusted annual rate of 857,000, the lowest level in 15 years. Starts of single-family homes meanwhile hit the lowest rate since the end of World War II, an adjusted annual level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Squeeze Play at Home | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

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