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...criss-cross among wiry gorse and whins, he played the next four holes in twelve shots. He finished the round in 68, tying the course record. He clicked off his next round in 72, forcing players with more than the respectable total of 155 out of play. ? His pluperfect form lapsed to mere perfection in a third round of par 73. He finished with another 72, six strokes ahead of two British professionals?Aubrey Boomer and Fred Robson?who had brilliantly equaled the previous tournament record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sure & Far | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

...while her children can. The central character of Stella is exceedingly well drawn, without obvious propagandizing or a straining for flashy effect. Stella is first of all a human being, not a type, and the same is almost as true of the other principal characters ? even the somewhat pluperfect and superaesthetic Mrs. Morrison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stella Dallas* | 5/28/1923 | See Source »

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