Word: grout
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...novel. Into just 214 pages Clark crams, along with Margo's story, the restlessness, trials, past deeds and dreams of a score of other characters. There are Hannah Palz, a motherly musician-in-residence; Jim Pace, an unscrupulous real estate dealer; Brit Horton, a grizzled farmer; Mercy Grout, the local adventuress. There are also touches of Southern gothic in the Northern woods: a sex maniac murders and mutilates two hikers, and a motorcycle gang leaves one dead and another paralyzed...
...grim duties: the baronet must commit a crime every day, or die in torment at the hands of his ancestors. This curse makes life troublesome for ladies who love Murgatroyds. Dame Hannah, played by Jeannette Worthen, was forced to renounce Robin's uncle, and Mad Margaret, depicted by Rosemarie Grout, quite lost her wits over Robin's brother, Despard, the current baronet. The arrival of Richard Dauntless (William Monnen), dashing sailor and lady-killer, precipitates a crisis. Dispatched to plead Robin's suit, he falls in love with Rose himself. Richard and Despard reveal Robin's identity just...
Nicklaus's stunning two-iron was certainly no flash-in-the-pan as Jack began grooving his swing when he turned ten under the tutelage of Jack Grout, the well-known professional then at the Scioto Country Club in Ohio. Grout in turn had been an assistant to Henry Picard, who is regarded as the finest striker of a two-iron who ever lived. The newspapers loved to refer to Picard as "the chocolate soldier" because he was the pro at the Hershey, Pennsylvania golf club...