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...mornings he tried a few unsuccessful casts for bass in "Ike's pond," an artificial lake built at his suggestion on a visit in 1949. But Ike spent most of his time out on the golf course, dressed in flannel slacks, sport shirt and the Kelly green Augusta club jacket (its emblem: an outline of the U.S. with a red golf flag marking the location of Augusta). On two days when it rained, he played the course carrying an umbrella. His game was improving steadily as his nerves relaxed. One day he broke 90 for the first time since...
...Flowering of New England gives him the opportunity to denounce what he considers a cardinal sin--concentration by the critic on a writer's life rather than on his work. ("The book Walden in mentioned specifically, in four passing sentences though there is repeated reference to it as a pond.") Similarly, in a review of Bernard DeVoto's Mark Twain at Work, he ends with the thought that "DeVoto seems determined to prove through his tub-thumping exaggerations that he possesses every temper but the critical temper...
...John L. Pratt '53 climbed into a police car parked in front of Eliot House at 6:15 p.m. Saturday. Officer William Storey told them he was waiting for a fellow officer who was serving a summons. The pair did not leave, so Storey drove them to Fresh Pond and told them to get out. When they asked him to take them back to the College, he called the paddie wagon which took them to the Cambridge police station. They were detained by the police for four hours...
...never met until that evening. Said Marion: "I wanted to have some fun before I die, and this seemed like a good excuse to do it." The party was set mainly in a canopied patio where tables groaned with quartered chickens, beef tenderloins, caviar and champagne. The fish pond was lined with rosebushes hung with gardenias. The bar, long enough to accommodate 150 people, was manned by seven bartenders; 17 violinists, with the help of two regular-size orchestras, supplied the music. Among the all-star list of well-behaved, moderate-drinking guests: the Jack Bennys, the Gary Coopers...
...shop, stocked it with guns ranging from $75 to more than $2,000. Other items: shooting gloves, alpaca-lined pants and red underwear. Next year, with an eye on the 650,000 hunting and fishing licenses issued in & around the Chicago area, Hunter hopes to add a pond to the farm, sell fishing practice and equipment as well...