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...competitors down a bottle or two of Belgium's cherry-flavored beer in celebration? Probably not. Some of the opponents wanted the deal weakened, not killed. "I feel like a golfer who's just overshot the green," said an executive on the "winning" side. Had the deal gone through, GE's opponents would have been able to pick up some of the Honeywell businesses Welch was ready to divest. Now they can't. At least some on the GE side of the case felt that the competitors' appetite for GE's spare parts would trump their fear of a merger...
CASEY MARTIN Court okays golfer's use of cart in PGA events. Will help on green, but can he get through Woods...
...Tour, after reading the very careful majority opinion written by avid golfer Justice John Paul Stevens (presumably, at his age, a riding man), is with the 28-year-old in the cart: This is about Casey Martin, and only Casey Martin...
...Woods, not only the greatest golfer in the world but pretty much the sport's designated Moses, may have been more than just politically and diplomatically correct when he handed down his own opinion of his old roommate's off-the-course victory...
...right? It doesn?t really matter; a majority ruling from the Supreme Court tends to eliminate the need for philosophical debate. But it is an interesting question: What is the fundamental aspect of golf that makes it a sport? And can Casey Martin truly consider himself a "golfer" if he rides from fairway to fairway rather than trekking alongside his competition? If we answer "no," we need to be willing to carry our argument to its ultimate conclusion: If Martin is not physically capable of walking the course, and we agree he should not be permitted to compete with...