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...week ago Saturday, the Governor could be found with Dad at the Ryder Cup golf tournament, having skipped the tedium of the California Republican Party's convention. To spur the American team on to its jingoistic, fist-pumping victory, Bush gave a pep talk in which he compared the brave golfers fighting to win a noisome corporate-infested sporting event to the brave men who fought to save the Alamo--the use of the profound in service of the mundane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain and Bush: In the Name of Their Fathers | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...Former First Lady Barbara Bush joined the wives and girlfriends of Ryder Cup players in rowing with the women's crew team on the Charles for 0 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Minutes | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

What's so special about the Ryder...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: A Shot in the Arm for Harvard Sports | 9/29/1999 | See Source »

...many of the players on the American team have expressed, its one thing to lose a tournament and miss that paycheck. But it's quite another to see the Ryder Cup--a 27-inch gold chalice with a tradition that dates back to the famous 1927 match between the "Yanks" and the "Brits"--leave for foreign soil...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: A Shot in the Arm for Harvard Sports | 9/29/1999 | See Source »

...just like the Ryder Cup, the Crimson Cup tournament would be an elitist event. We'd invite only our Ivy League rivals, making snobbery towards our foes not just tolerated but enthusiastically encouraged. Jeering and heckling would be mainstays in the Crimson Cup peanut gallery...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: A Shot in the Arm for Harvard Sports | 9/29/1999 | See Source »

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