Word: parred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...attitude toward Burns. The same White House source also claimed that Burns was seeking a $20,000 raise in his present $42,500 salary. Actually, other Administration officials had proposed raises for Burns' post and a few other high-level positions to put them more nearly on a par with the Cabinet...
...include more of the swift, dangerous U.S.-built Phantoms, the backbone of the air force. Israel has so far received approximately 85 Phantoms and lost nine in sorties over Sinai or in accidents. Last year it requested another 40 or so to keep its military power on a par with that of the Arabs...
...time to fight some more. After lofting his 6-iron shot onto the fringe of the 18th green, he putted to within 18 in. of the cup and holed out a birdie four to win with four consecutive sub-par rounds: 69, 70, 69 and 70. In the short span of one month, Lee Buck Trevino?Mexican-American, grade-school dropout, ex-Marine sergeant and all-round hustler?had become the first golfer in history to win the British, Canadian and U.S. Opens in the same year. "Now," he cried, "maybe they'll consider me a good international player...
Trevino's no-sweat image belies his devotion to the game. On his first day at the 1968 Masters, he played 36 practice holes, followed that with nine holes on a pitch-and-putt course and then, after a shower, ended at midnight on a par-three course, going another nine holes in sports coat and alligator shoes. Prior to last year's British Open, he spent eight full days hitting 600 to 700 practice shots a day learning how to hook the smaller English ball. "I play every day," he says. "Even if I'm taking some time...
...Clyde," so that he could enter a pro-am tournament in Fort Worth. On the first hole, he bounced in an eagle, then birdied the second, third, fourth, fifth, eighth and ninth holes to turn the first nine in 29. He finished with an incredible 61, eleven strokes under par. Recalls Claudia: "That was the first time I'd ever seen anybody play golf. You know, I thought that was the way you were supposed to play." So she felt consolations were in order. "Don't worry, honey," she said, "one day you'll birdie all 18 holes...