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...order to love others one must first learn to love oneself. This formulation -- love thyself, then thy neighbor -- is a license for unremitting self-indulgence, because the quest for self-love is endless. By the time you have finally learned to love yourself, you'll find yourself playing golf at Leisure World...
Overnight, Ashe, the professional athlete, became, as he put it, "a professional patient." Physicians replaced coaches. He learned to handle 30 pills a day and gently swing a golf club. Even though the former tennis star was a top-10 patient, his coronary artery disease worsened. Feeling especially low after a second bypass operation in 1983, he asked his doctor about clinical options. " 'You can wait it out, Arthur, and you'll feel better after a while,' he said. 'Or we can give you a couple of units of blood. That would be no problem...
...finally had one. Momentous occasions, however, can be the most difficult times in which to secure interviews, especially from two such important individuals. After much negotiation, De Klerk agreed to talk at his office in Pretoria. During the actual interview, he was outwardly relaxed, chain-smoking and joking about golf. For his part, Mandela consented to an even less formal face-to-face at his home in suburban Johannesburg. Dressed in a casual Harvard sweatshirt, Mandela graciously met TIME's interviewers in his driveway, and later took orders for tea and coffee...
...week, people were talking about Jordan's late-night visit to an Atlantic City casino and his gambling habits as much as about his effortless scoring of 54 points in a single game. A new book written by a self-described compulsive gambler claims that Jordan made wagers on golf games that resulted in debts as high as $1.25 million, an amount the star says is "preposterous." As a result of such publicity, Jordan is a man who is guarded everywhere except on court. He has to shop in stores when they are closed, to stay away from streets...
...status quo is a public relations nightmare. The department has taken a beating from athletes, coaches and The Crimson's editorial page. Minor changes may help the public perception, but the promotion of women's golf to varsity status--the department's strongest Title IX-related initiative of the year--can't be sold as an increased commitment to Harvard's women athletes...