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...shrewdest duffer in Buckinghamshire sized up the competition and decided: don't get licked-join him. So Britain's Prime Minister Harold Wilson, 50, who plays golf with a handicap of 18, arranged for Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, 42, to be on his side against two of 'Arold's customary golfing partners, a pair of businessmen. That was a neat stroke, since Lee, in England on an eight-day visit, handles the clubs better than almost any Prime Minister in the world. But after a half-hour's play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 6, 1966 | 5/6/1966 | See Source »

...lucky enough to start with a name very well known in England. In your country, it is somewhat of a handicap to have a great father; few of your great men have had great sons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazines: Advice to the World | 4/22/1966 | See Source »

...time was really only a warmup: later, in his three-week exhibition tour of the U.S., he will play 15 games simultaneously in Boston. It hardly mattered that he eventually lost two games while winning five and drawing two; he had conceded each of his honorable opponents a generous handicap, without which it would have been a rout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Games: From the Orient with Guile | 4/22/1966 | See Source »

McGuinn, a two handicap junior, played number one for several matches last year. Seniors Wayne Thornbrough and John Hawkins round out the returning lettermen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weiland Looking to New Arrivals To Bring 1966 Golfers up to Par | 3/26/1966 | See Source »

...horse was George Royal; he had won only one race this year. The name of the "boy" on his back was Johnny Longden, and that was enough to lower the odds on him to 6-1 as he left the gate in last week's San Juan Capistrano Handicap at Santa Anita...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horse Racing: The Pumper's Last Purse | 3/18/1966 | See Source »

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