Word: finished
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Venturi are subject to long sieges of putting miseries. Casper tends to scatter his long shots and has a predilection for one bad round in too many tournaments; at Chicago, he carded a horrible 80 in the first round, came back with two 64s and a 67 to finish a respectable seventh. But overall, these three are far more consistent than the hot-and-cold young pros who make up the bulk of the touring company...
Play to Win. Venturi, who has won $60,000 in just 21 months as a professional, is the best bet of all for the future. A gritty perfectionist of the Hogan stripe, he practices endless hours to correct his flaws. The first time that he finished out of the money, Ken went back to his hotel, practice-putted in his room for four hours, came back with twelve straight rounds under 69, won two tournaments. "There are basically two kinds of players," he says, "those who play to win and those who play to finish in the money...
...often write a fan letter, but I'd like to congratulate whoever wrote the story in the July 21 issue of TIME on The Music Man. It was brilliantly done from start to finish, and the cover made me roar with laughter. The article was just as great Americana as is the play...
Entering U.C.L.A. in 1954, Johnson worked hard for Track Coach "Ducky" Drake, and improved quickly. "Johnson picks up things faster and better than most athletes," says Drake. "You tell him what to do and he can do it immediately." Rafe made the Olympic team in 1956, managed to finish second to Indiana...
...Republicans agreed, but California's Bill Knowland and New Hampshire's Styles Bridges noted wryly that the U.S. would probably not be in this predicament had it let Britain, France and Israel finish off Nasser at the time of Suez. Montana's Mike Mansfield, acting Senate Democratic leader, and Arkansas' Bill Fulbright wanted the U.S. to act through the U.N. in some sort of joint effort. Finally, House Speaker Sam Rayburn spoke up: "Mr. President, what I want to know is, do you realize the implications of the step you are taking? I want...