Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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JERRY HEARD, 24, is sponsored by ten members of his country club in Visalia, Calif., who go by the name of the Heard Corp. A strapping 6 ft., 195-pounder with driving strength and putting finesse, he quit Fresno State College after three years to join the tour in 1969, has so far returned $113,280 on his sponsors' initial investment of $ 15,600. "I used to think winning $1,000 was a big deal," he says. "Now that I realize I can win much more than that, I'm not overwhelmed...
...This season he belted his way to a second-place finish in the Masters and third in the Jacksonville Open; currently, he is among the top 20 money winners, with 1971 earnings, so far, of $55,849. An elder in the Mormon Church, he attended Brigham Young University but quit before graduating to join the tour in 1969. "A college degree," he explains, "is not going to help you sink those two-footers...
...kept coming back, trusting the owner. Since I did the part, I've been feeling so much tension, such pressure." She drew a deep breath. "It's a definite signal. I'll work through the year because I've got commitments. Then I'll quit show business. At least for a year, maybe forever...
...stomping to the music of an imaginary combo and shaking it up like the great little putter-outer she has always been. "Ta-daaaaa!" she yelled as she reached the Durante closer, her arms opened wide and her green eyes glittering happily through her long soft strawberry locks. Quit show business? Come off it! Just watch her face light up when somebody discusses her recent appearance at the Teamsters' convention or asks if she's been offered the Marilyn Monroe role in Arthur Miller's After the Fall. "I know I'm vulnerable," she said, still...
...nudism was still considered risqué. In their search for an outdoor health spa, Hocker and his wife Ann stumbled on nudism. "We were the talk of Long Beach for a long time," recalls Ann (equally nude), her eyes gleaming with a certain mischievous pride. After four years Hocker quit his job as a cost analyst with the Ford Motor Co., bought Oakdale, an established nudist club just outside San Bernardino, and made nudism a full-time way of life. "You can't beat it," says Hocker. "It's so - natural. It just seems right not to wear...