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Suddenly, it was Jack's, not Arnie's, private tournament. Everybody tried to take it away, including one distraught Palmer fan who ran into a pine forest to retrieve his hero's errant ball and throw it back onto the fairway. But Palmer was unable to master his short game, on the third day added a second straight 73 to his opening round 74 and grumpily conceded that he was out of the running. "My putting stinks," he said. "I'll be glad when this is over." So would a lot of other golfers. The weather...
Almost anywhere in the U.S., the prospect of a new $5,000,000 college would bring nothing but cheers. Not in Colorado Springs, Colo. Last week businessmen in the pine-covered foothills of the Rockies were bitterly divided over the proposed construction of an institution to be called Rampart College. The school, complained one director of the Chamber of Commerce, would be about as welcome in Colorado Springs as "a skunk at a family picnic...
...fact that the freshmen are politicians and not statesmen also produces a split in their conceptions of themselves. Many politicians simply love to run for office, and pine away between times; office has just as much utility to them as does the brass ring to the kid on a merry-go-round: you can (hopefully) get another ride around. Most of these Senators take genuine delight in running for office; only Nelson, who had campaigned for four straight years, admits he was tired of the whole business. Many actions are taken with a view to the eventual reckoning. "Though...
...garden of Sir Marmaduke's Elizabethan Mansion all manner of delights transpire. But though Sir Marmaduke, an elderly baronet, may rule the mansion, his neighbors reign over the garden. Everyone, who does not pine after anyone, pines after someone in particular...
Meanwhile, back in Manhattan, news of the exhibition began to spread and American entries poured in. The show adopted as its emblem the Pine Tree Flag of the American Revolution-a symbol of the "new spirit...