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Familiar Nemesis. As it turned out, just about everybody could have used a little quick energy last week. Akron's monstrous (7,180 yds.) Firestone course is a familiar nemesis to the touring pros: it has been the site of eleven tournaments in six years, and only five players have ever broken par for 72 holes on its narrow fairways...
...spread rapidly from court to commons, and continued unabated until Sun Yat-sen's revolution of 1911. After that, it disappeared so rapidly that no Western sociologist investigated a practice that exemplified a sadomasochistic cast of character and civilization and illustrated more drastically than the Ubangi lip what monstrous things a woman will do to make herself attractive...
...Defense Secretary McNamara [July 8] is a monstrous man, catalyst for the fusion of U.S. industrial and military might into an instrument designed for world hegemony and destined for moral and material perdition. Can't a voice be raised in support of the ideals on which this nation was founded and nurtured for almost two centuries...
...response to Ulbricht's own requests-by the West German Parliament two weeks ago in order to permit Communist speakers to attend the second debate in West Germany without fear of arrest. Ulbricht's theme was amplified by his chief propagandist, Albert Norden. Norden demanded that the "monstrous" safe-conduct be repealed, that the Social Democrats break with the Christian Democrats on all policy relating to Ulbricht's regime and unilaterally recognize East Germany. Then, said Norden, the debates might take place...
...sentimental Duke is clothed in rich blue and green brocade, and the garments of his companions are equally handsome, Olivia, in mourning for her brother, wears brown and black, and carries a conical parasol. Her conniving uncle Sir Today, a toper, is a monstrous barrel of rose wine come to life, with a wide sash just barely able to function as a hoop to keep the barrel from bursting. The foolish Sir Andrew is dothed in an orange and claret that are subtly incompatible...