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...Divot Campen was Harvard's only other loser; he shot a disappointing 76, and was clobbered when his M.I.T. foe recorded a par-busting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Batmen to Face Brownies, Look for 4th League Win | 5/4/1965 | See Source »

...square inch. When the drying plastic is pulled away, the nubs stick, and stretch into "blades" of grass. Then the squares are laid on an asphalt court, just as a homeowner might lay tile on a kitchen floor. The result is a durable and resilient surface, which is divot-proof, affords better footing and less leg fatigue and keeps both balls and players free from grass stains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recreation: Tent Tennis | 1/31/1964 | See Source »

...coming, with energy and perfect timing. He says he'll never quit: "If I retired, I'd be surrounded by about nine psychiatrists. I'm not retiring until they carry me away, and I'll have a few routines on the way to the big divot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood: Fish Don't Applaud | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

...director of a Miami Beach hotel, and delay means nothing to her. To the audience, however, it means a chance to see Her Grace, swaddled in a frock that may well be a 19th century golf bag and surmounted by a flat green hat that looks like a Sussex divot, fight free of a tenacious seat belt, roll down the ramp and stagger to the airport bar, where the headwaiter respectfully bellows: "A LARGE BRANDY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Night at the Airport | 10/4/1963 | See Source »

...Matter of WHO. British Comic Terry-Thomas wears his upper teeth parted in the middle. His mustache looks like a displaced divot. His eyes seem to give him trouble; the irises spin about like berserk marbles. His brow crinkles and uncrinkles like an accordion. Terry-Thomas, born Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens, is one of nature's funnymen, and a good part of the pleasure of his movie company consists in watching him juggle his face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Facial Farceur | 8/10/1962 | See Source »

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