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Union Pacific supplied the cars. And AT&T held a $500-a-person golf tournament/fund raiser to honor Montana Senator Conrad Burns, chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Communications Subcommittee, which happens to oversee AT&T. Even some companies that banned soft-money contributions to either party made "in-kind" contributions. General Motors provided 400 vehicles to ferry people around. Time Warner and several other big media companies sponsored a glittery tribute to House members at a dance club...
...accounting of the traits and experiences that have shaped Tiger Woods must start with his physical gifts, his exceptional parents and his early start in golf under a series of devoted coaches. He has become, over time, eerily calm under pressure and an obsessive student of the game who reviews videotapes of old tournaments for clues about how to play each hole. He works hard at building his strength and honing his shots. But what is most remarkable about Woods is his restless drive for what the Japanese call kaizen, or continuous improvement. Toyota engineers will push a perfectly good...
...would have to pump more iron to get stronger, especially in his forearms; that it would take months to groove the new swing; that his tournament performance would get worse before it got better. Both men were aware of how such an apparent slump would be depicted by some golf commentators and fellow pros jealous of Woods' early success and fame. The Masters was a fluke, they would say; Woods was a flash in the pan. But Woods didn't hesitate. He and Harmon went to work in a kaizen sequence of 1) pounding hundreds of practice balls, 2) reviewing...
PRESCOTT BUSH JR. Born: 1922 A businessman with expertise on China, was named by his brother to the U.S.-Hong Kong business committee. He developed a golf course in Shanghai...
GEORGE HERBERT WALKER 1875-1953 Started a brokerage firm in his 20s that Merrill Lynch bought in 1974. A president of the U.S. Golf Association, he established the prestigious Walker...