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...Lamar Hunt, the soft-spoken Texas mogul behind the pros' World Championship Tennis, feels that McEnroe's rudeness on court is really his way of goading himself on, a theory that the subject confirms. But the technique sometimes works against him. After beating Nastase last week, McEnroe faced Peter Fleming, who is ranked only 27th. And although Fleming is his best friend on the circuit, McEnroe nearly picked a fight during the match, lost his concentration and was whipped in three sets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: His Own Worst Enemy | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...Lamar College pairing of Bill Israelson and Mike Michalka, who fired rounds of 67 and 66, won the tournament. The Harvard duo finished in utter oblivion...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Swingin' in the South | 12/14/1978 | See Source »

Democrats also lost two hotly contested gubernatorial races. Carter stumped for wheeler-dealer Banker Jake in Tennessee, but he was upset by Republican Lamar Alexander, who walked 1,000 miles across the state to conquer his reputation for aloofness. Texas activist Attorney General John Hill, who had toppled Governor Dolph Briscoe in Democratic primary, eschewed Carters help. But he too was upset, by Oilman William Clements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Money, Money, Money | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...Call Oklahoma George Nigh (D) David L. Boren (D) Oregon Victor Atiyeh (R) Mark O. Hatfield (R) Pennsylvania Richard Thornburgh (R) Rhode Island J. Joseph Garrahy (D) Claiborne Pell (D) South Carolina Richard W. Riley (D) Strom Thurmond (R) South Dakota William J. Janklow (R) Larry Pressler (R) Tennessee Lamar Alexander (R) Howard H. Baker Jr. (R) Texas Too Close to Call Too Close to Call Utah Vermont Richard A. Snelling (R) Virginia Too Close to Call Washington West Virginia Jennings Randolph (D) Wisconsin Lee Sherman Dreyfus (R) Wyoming Ed Herschler (D) Not Yet Reported

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Races in Brief | 11/8/1978 | See Source »

...doubts that Butcher, 42, can put money into motion. He spent more than $2.5 million to win the primary, and will probably spend at least that much this fall to defeat his Republican rival, former Nixon Aide Lamar Alexander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Jake Butcher: Another Lance? | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

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