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...attacked by an angry bee. Despite the distractions, Palmer played almost flawless golf. He birdied the 2nd, 5th, 13th and 14th, and ran up an unbroken string of 16 threes and fours. Then came the Road Hole. A booming drive left Palmer with an easy iron approach to the pin. Turning to his caddy, Palmer asked: "What should I use now?" The caddy suggested a five iron. The shot fell short, and Palmer found his ball nestled in a grassy dip on the front edge of the green. Muttering to himself, Palmer three-putted, fumed to a bogey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Fateful 17th | 7/18/1960 | See Source »

...first nine holes, Arnold Palmer summoned his strength for a last-ditch effort. He birdied the 13th, gained a stroke. As Nagle faltered, Palmer came to the Road Hole-and overshot the green with his second stroke. But he pitched back to within 4 ft. of the pin, calmly canned his putt for-at long last-a birdie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Fateful 17th | 7/18/1960 | See Source »

...should come from the State Department." Back came Wisconsin's Alexander Wiley, ranking Republican on Fulbright's committee, to defend the U-2 for a "record uniquely successful in history," and to characterize Fulbright's attack as "second only to Moscow" in its effort "to pin blame on U.S. policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Campaign Ahead | 7/11/1960 | See Source »

...away. He putted for a birdie. On the second, he pulled off another astonishing shot: a 30-ft. chip into the cup for a birdie. "I really felt then I was on my way." he said later. On the third, his second shot stopped a yard from the pin to set up another birdie. On the fourth, he canned a twisting 20-ft. putt-for his fourth straight birdie. He parred the fifth, then sank a 25-ft. putt on the sixth and a 6-footer on the seventh for birdies, finished the first nine in five under par. Around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Comeback at Cherry Hills | 6/27/1960 | See Source »

...Russians were claiming that the ship then fluttered in for a not-too-damaging crash landing on its own. Whether it did, or whether Powers flew his plane all the way down, this version neatly demolished Khrushchev's story that Powers had been afraid to pull the pin on his ejection seat for fear that it had been rigged to kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Tracked Toward Trouble | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

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