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Once they arrived, they strolled through the narrow alleys lined with staring children. Bill, in a black fleece pullover and khaki pants, stuck his hands in his pockets and squinted into the sunlight, not unlike a man walking down the fairway at Augusta. Several times they stopped to talk with families. In unit No. 774, they found Sushila and Suraj Naik, who live in the windowless space with their daughter Puja, 3, and a tiny new baby called Liza. The Naiks welcomed them, offering them the only seat in the unit--on the double bed that took up almost...
...Shanghai, as in many Asian cities, people don't play golf as a break from business. Golf is business, with many a deal or joint venture sealed on the fairway. That being the case, executive visitors to China's finance capital will welcome the launch of Slice, the first English-language magazine devoted to Shanghai's extensive golfing scene...
...flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder In Shanghai, as in many Asian cities, people don't play golf as a break from business. Golf is business, with many a deal or joint venture sealed on the fairway. That being the case, executive visitors to China's finance capital will welcome the launch of Slice, the first English-language magazine devoted to Shanghai's extensive golfing scene. The free magazine - distributed through high-end hotels and in restaurants popular with expatriates - promises to profile five courses...
...Manhattan back in the '30s, the standup octogenarian has played on nearly 2,000 golf courses around the world. With an amalgam of Friars roast hostilities and fund-raiser geniality, Bob Hope says thanks for the memories to the pros and putters who have helped the game. Along the fairway he observes the links style of most Presidents since Eisenhower. When Ike met Hope in wartime Algiers, the general's first words were "How's your golf?" The athletic J.F.K. was too "restless" to play well, and Richard Nixon displayed a strange combination of obsession and guilelessness. Gerald Ford...
...heading for the 19th hole. After shooting a 5-under-par 67 in the first round of the Players championship, the world's top-ranked golfer ambles over to the driving range, pulls an iron out of his bag and, like a windmill, whacks 10 balls straight down the fairway. He switches irons and hits 40 more. Autograph seekers would be advised to go elsewhere. "I'm not going to stop," he tells his caddie. After 80 more shots, sunlight has dropped into the cup. "That's what I do," Singh, 42, told TIME after his workout. "I go through...