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This week the 130th British Open will be staged from Thursday through Sunday, as the great event returns to the well-bunkered links of Royal Lytham & St. Annes. Some American pros who have qualified for the tournament will give it a miss, preferring to rest at home and not spend travel money on a mere chance at history. Maybe, if so inspired, they?ll take a shot at the pot in the PGA Tour event in Endicott, N.Y. The B.C. Open suffers the annual misfortune of being held simultaneous with the British Open, which means it will never have Tiger...
...prepared for these achievements in her hometown of Jackson, Miss., where she was born in 1955 and began singing at age five. Her local experience was varied, but she didn't settle on jazz singing until her early 20s. When she arrived in New York in 1982, Wilson worked in Harlem clubs with names like the Red Rooster and Small's Paradise...
...their design, but they work because they are funny, their plot tensions taut, their characters persuasive. The heady promise of Pixar's Monsters, Inc. (due in November) is the creation of character comedy that moves faster than the speed of live action. Don't blink, or you'll miss a great...
...Haas. "He would like to have a family, but on the other hand he feels good about being free so he can do what he wants. It's tough: when you're on the tour for as long as he was, as successful as he was, as committed, you miss out on some things. Now he's really got nothing...
...That Sunday afternoon: you're in the Wimbledon final, it's the third set, and you're about to win," Becker says. "Those 20 minutes and then that night and the next couple weeks are just heaven. This is something I miss. Because even with a great business deal, it's not the same sensation. Tennis is an art form. I feel as if I'm performing on a stage in front of millions of people, and I was sometimes able to fascinate them for two weeks. This culminates with a Sunday final, match point, and then all the celebrations...