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Over & Around. Not last week. Two days of rain washed out most of the practice rounds, but on opening day, the Georgia dogwood glistened in a warm spring sun, and the pros responded by giving the tough old Augusta course the worst first-day flogging in its history. In all, 15 players broke par (72), and at day's end five were deadlocked for the lead with 69s. One of them, of course, was Palmer. "Uninteresting," he called his round. Another was South Africa's Gary Player, despite an attack of tonsillitis that left him croaking like...
...Development Commission, which brought 90,000 new jobs to the state during his eight-year tenure, and two weeks ago announced his candidacy for Governor. His opponent is almost sure to be Orval Faubus, who is after an unprecedented sixth term. Faubus is probably unbeatable, but Democratic and Republican pros agree that Winthrop could defeat almost anyone else...
Farthest-out are the "show cars " Jilt by pros and toured as an inspiration to the amateur hobbyists These include "Car Craft Dream Rod," with a Volkswagen front end, a Ford engine Pontiac door and fender panels, a Studebaker top, and other parts from various foreign sports cars-all assembled in the latest custom wrinkle, called asymmetrical styling (both headlights, for instance are on the left side...
...Lodge is popular with the people-in New Hampshire and elsewhere-he is less so with professional Republicans, many of whom complain about his seemingly haughty airs. The main cause of the G.O.P. defeat in 1960 was, of course, Nixon's performance in the debates; but many pros assign Lodge some of the blame too. Particularly irritating to them was his habit of napping each afternoon, regardless of the press of his schedule. Said Goldwater, in a slightly snide aside during last week's primary-night postmortem: "We can't beat the Democrats with...
When a man is broke, he takes Tap City-a handout from the other players in the game. It is living-expense money to get restarted on, all of which must be paid back before the loser can sit down with his fellow pros again...