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...golf tour has evolved from a parade of stars of great magnitude" to what he describes as "a highly competitive experience," one that Irwin himself epitomizes. While he projects less personality or flamboyance than Palmer or Nicklaus and evokes less passion from the gallery, he is an intense perfectionist who still competes in regular PGA Tour events and this season stands a good chance of being the senior tour's leading money winner for the third consecutive year. To critics of his lack of pizazz, Irwin responds, "Playing great golf ought to be enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Professional Sports: Those Rich Old Pros | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...expectations for future earnings and future formal education went up, dating was more important. It seems like Harvard students just want the best of everything. It's in their perfectionist nature," Guerette says...

Author: By William P. Bohlen and Mary C. Cardinale, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Pupils or Primates? | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...proportions and to actively conform to an ideal body type is a tremendous concern for both men and women on campus. According to Shauna L. Shames '01, who organized the eat-in, Harvard students are especially prone to eating disorders and obsession with dieting and exercise because of their perfectionist proclivities. Indeed, the eat-in, where hundreds of type-A control freaks treated themselves to an unrestrained feeding frenzy, was certainly a sight to behold...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beyond Domestic Violence: Taking Back Night and Day | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...endowed proportions and to actively conform to an ideal body type is a tremendous concern for both men and women on campus. According to Shauna L. Shames '01, who organized the eatin, Harvard students are especially prone to eating disorders and obsession with dieting and exercise because of their perfectionist proclivities. Indeed, the eat-in, where hundreds of type-A control freaks treated themselves to an unrestrained feeding frenzy, was certainly a sight to behold...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: More Than a Week-Long Project: Taking Back Night and Day | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

This time around, she handles the role of Josie Geller, a 20-something grammatical perfectionist annoyingly perfect for her copy editing job at the Chicago Sun-Times. It comes as no surprise that she was a social outcast in high school and subsequently built a psychological cave for herself that has relegated her to being a social outcast for life. As a result, she has, as the movie title proclaims, never been kissed. Yet from her soliloquy at the outset of the film pondering the fantasy of one day discovering the Right Man, we know exactly what will come true...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Back to School | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

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