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...campaigning for them, attending fund raisers, even leading their families on private tours of the White House. He recently addressed a fund raiser for Senator Alfonse D'Amato, for example, only to have the New York Republican blast him days later for spending too much time on the golf course. Says Thomas ("Lud") Ashley, a close Bush friend since both men were at Yale: "George is normally a very even-tempered guy, but he's also a very loyal guy. And when he doesn't get loyalty in return, that does tick...
When the tournament ended, with the Americans barely breaking a sweat except on the golf course, where they seemed to spend most of their time, everyone was ready to concede the gold medal in Barcelona to the assemblage now and forever more to be known simply as the Dream Team. Nevada bookmakers, who never miss an opportunity to make a dollar, have fastidiously refused to post odds or take a bet. The only surer wager than the Dream Team may be that George Foreman will not try to make it next as a featherweight...
...capture the "world's greatest athlete" laurels in Barcelona, last week met on a rain-soaked track at Azusa Pacific University outside Los Angeles to film a hastily rewritten Reebok shoe ad. As they waited for the cameras to roll, their conversation remained on emotionally safe subjects like new golf clubs. There was no discussion of O'Brien's memorable miss in the pole vault at the U.S. Olympic trials a fortnight earlier, which had unexpectedly eliminated him from the Barcelona competition, or of Johnson's record-setting performance, which had dramatically turned him into the odds-on favorite...
Leverett Towers are topped with rows of white triangular shapes, which some call kites and others insist are golf tees. No one seems to know their purpose--one Leverett House custodian recently suggested they were only for decoration...
...elixir is exercise. "It is euphoric; it releases me," he claims. "I run two miles three times a week at about 9 1/2 minutes a mile. I play tennis, golf and horseshoes. Keeps you human, keeps you going. Take fishing. It is not competitive, but it is totally relaxing. I concentrate on where the cast is going. I can get my mind free of other things...