Word: morrises
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Flash is what affluent rockers want, insists Decorator Phyllis Morris. Rock stars love trendy Phyllis because her furnishings-zebra rugs, Borsalino mirrors, St. Regis candelabra and Corsican coffee tables-are loud, lacquered and overpriced. "Rock people are just like the movie stars of the '40s," says la dame du...
The most interesting personality in the history of Harvard golf is probably James A.Tyng. Tyng was something of a sporting pioneer, who took up golf in 1895 well after graduating Harvard in the 1870's. The first man to break 80 at the Morris County club, Tyng was an extremely...
During a tournament at Morris County his opponent, Foxhall Keene, purposely kept him waiting at the tee for over an hour for the express purpose of throwing his game out of sync. The strategy had the desired effect, which prompted a new ruling that any player who arrives late to...
Pyne became enraptured with the game while at St. Paul's School after his uncle sent him a set of clubs from France. Foresaking prep school competition, Percy brashly entered the U.S. Amateur at Morris County. During the first day's play, he scored a hole-in-one on the...
Pyne once played in a tournament at Morris County and was agog to find his opponent wearing red suspenders on the course. The fellow turned out to be a prominent haberdsher who tried to sell Percy the clothes off his back during the entire round.