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...wild talent. His early dedication extended to playing late after dark, an advantage at Augusta this year when a day and a half of rain kept the golfers out past dusk on Saturday, trying to complete the second round in hopes of cramming the last 36 holes into a marathon Sunday. To Arnold Palmer's relief, they did not quite make it, and the tournament was prolonged...
...have of the land of tinsel. Goldman's new book, the autobiography/gossip/self-help Adventures in the Screen Trade comes at a strange point in his career. Although he's had a hand in some of the silver screen's finest fun-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The Hot Rock, Marathon Man, for instance-his last critical and commercial hit. All the President's Men appeared seven years ago. Thus much of this insider's view sounds like crybaby bitching from someone who feels like last year's model...
Your coverage of the Boston Marathon results Tuesday disturbed me. Shattering the women's world marathon record by nearly three minutes is no small feat--surely Joan Benoit deserved more than a sub-headline and just two paragraphs buried in the middle of your story. A few personal quotes or some biographical details about her, as you had for Greg Meyer, the men's winner, would have made your article more complete. I hope in the future your sports department will be more professionally objective in coverage of women's athletics. Sara G. Shields...
...shocked if you bump into someone running laps around the Yard this weekend. The jogger is not a straggler from this week's Boston Marathon, but a participant in a 347-mile relay which is sponsored by a student meditation group...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Sri Chinmoy Meditation Group will run the marathon relay in order to "salute Harvard's spirit of excellence in its pursuit of verities," said group organizer Adam Fishman '84 yesterday. He added that the 347 laps signify the number of years Harvard has pursued the goal of truth...