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Dave Hill, who was leading after three rounds at a spectacular eight under par, seemed to be running away with the tournament. Two shots back, tied for second, were two men who epitomize the drab, jockish, predictable touring pro: Tom Weiskopf, the close-cropped, 6 ft. 3 in. Mr. All-American Boy who walks around as if there were a one-iron shoved up his ass; and Jim Weichers, a 6 ft. 2 in., 220 lb. midriff-bulging country bumpkin type, who lets his tongue hang out when he swings a golf club. Hill had to win out over those...

Author: By Harry HURT Iii, | Title: The Real Victor Was a Cool Ole Killer | 8/20/1974 | See Source »

Stanley Kramer came to Brandeis looking craggy and forceful in a jockish outfit. He is a medium-sized, bulky fellow, with a weather-worn face and an unselfconscious lope in his walk. Flanked by three natty Columbia pictures representatives, and ensconced in a withering basement office, he was there to answer questions posed by five film students, two theater profs, and two Crimson editors for "film people", as the youngest, denim-suited rep called...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: Guess Who's Coming to Brandeis? | 11/12/1971 | See Source »

...another Harvard dealer, who has become inactive this year, has a different theory. He said overall drug use at Harvard has declined not because freshmen and sophomores are so worldly but because they are "in general much straighter than the classes before them... so calm, jockish, and wonkish...

Author: By Samuel Z. Goldhaber, | Title: Harvard Drug Use Apparently Declines | 2/24/1971 | See Source »

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