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...with Bagger Vance--the angelic black caddy in the eponymous film who uses supernatural powers to help a white golf pro get over the yips and straighten out his love life. Or perhaps they have confused the world's best golfer with the hulking black convict in The Green Mile, played so powerfully by Michael Clarke Duncan, who never gets a chance to use his supernatural powers to cure another black person, only white people. Both characters are examples of a recurring Hollywood fantasy that might be called the Magic Negro--strange black beings who come to earth with powers...
...more miles when necessary. The holy grail of frequent-flyer rewards is the free ticket for accumulating 25,000 points, or miles. But it's tough to book one with only two to 20 seats on each flight available for rewards. By contrast, for travelers willing to use 40,000 miles, all seats on each flight are available. Many people balk at using so many miles, but it's not a bad deal. Consider this: the accepted value of a single airline mile is about 2¢ (figured on the basis of a 25,000 miles per $500 coach ticket...
...convert hotel points to airline miles. An average three-night stay at a full-service Hilton or Marriott will run you about $450. If you paid for it with hotel points, you would use 75,000, which you could also exchange for 15,000 miles. Using the 2¢-a-mile accepted value, those 15,000 miles are worth just...
...DeGroff 7.94 200: none 400: 3. Piper 59.52 Mile: none 800: none 3000: none 60 hurdles: 1. Serdakowski 8.95, 3. Thompson 9.26 4x400 relay: 1. Harvard 3:59.53 High Jump: none Pole Vault: none Long Jump: none Triple Jump: 1. Cutwright-Smith 11.36 Shot Put: 1. Gibson 13.24 Weight Throw: 1. Doyle 15.55, 2. Gibson...
...Hughes 7.27 200: none 400: none Mile: none 800: none 3000: 1. Banks 8:52.60 5000: none 60 hurdles: 3. Hughes 8.69 4x400 relay: none High Jump: 2. Wolf 1.90, 3. Buckley 1.90 Pole Vault: none Long Jump: 3. Ford 6.31 Triple Jump: 2. Laine 14.33, 3. Hughes 13.68 Shot Put: 2. Gelardi 14.45, 3. Hinson...