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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Math as Well as Skill. It was not the first time that Rule No. 38 caused a golfer grief: Hawaii's Jackie Pung actually won the 1957 Women's Open, but was disqualified because her card showed a lower score for one hole than she had actually shot (although the total on the card was correct). Nor will last week's incident be the last-unless something is done about changing a rule that requires a golfer to test his math as well as his skill under the stress of competition, and penalizes mistakes without regard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Defeated by the Rule | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

...Viet Nam [Nov. 3]. The riff-raff have held center stage long enough and their performances grow more sickeningly disgusting with every added publicity stunt. It is heartening indeed that some of our forthright and knowledgeable leaders have taken the initiative in speaking for the vast majority. BEATRICE PUNG St. Johns, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 17, 1967 | 11/17/1967 | See Source »

...list -- P'eng Chen (Pung...

Author: By T. JAY Mathews, | Title: Mao's Last Purge | 10/22/1966 | See Source »

Expunging PUNG. There was reason to worry. In November, his Politburo announced details of an abortive coup d'état that aimed at the murder of Sékou and the overthrow of the regime. Chief local plotter: Mamadou (Petit) Touré, a distant cousin of the President who was fired last year from the directorship of a national textile firm for embezzlement. Last week Little Touré was rumored to be under sentence of death, along with two former government ministers, an army battalion commander and a slew of petty traders - all members, apparently, of an outfit known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guinea: A Reason to Worry | 1/7/1966 | See Source »

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