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SPORT P.G.A. champion John Daly hits it big. Mike Tyson hits the rough...
...insert a lecture during the break. Here, though, the big drama is whether soul survivor Wilson Pickett will show up at the band's big gig. The picture could be half an hour shorter or twice as long -- and that would be just fine, because The Commitments runs on rough charm and roadhouse melody. The film offers no message, no solutions, only a great time at the movies...
...Murphy predicts that "smaller will be better. Until a producer overpays a star for a film that turns into a monster hit." And the cycle will continue, as long as people are fascinated by the mystery of charisma and will pay to see it radiate through a rough or pretty face 30 ft. tall...
...During the final four holes, a stretch when even veteran players get the willies and lose major tournaments, Daly dealt with his mounting nervousness by playing harder. On the final hole of the tournament, he says, he took his biggest swing of the entire competition. It landed in the rough; Daly salvaged a par 4. "I came to the P.G.A. tournament with nothing to lose," he says, "and I think that had everything to do with winning it." Later, he improved on his spectacular triumph by promising $30,000 of the $230,000 prize to the children of a spectator...
...industry for lightweight strength. Average weight: 28 lbs., vs. 20 lbs. for a far more fragile touring bike. Perhaps most important, ATBs feature flat handlebars for upright seating and thick tires that take to sand and gravel as easily as to pavement. While these features have practical appeal for rough-riding wilderness cyclists, the changes also take the hassle out of bike riding for ordinary pedal pushers who never stray more than a mile or two from the nearest McDonald...