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...someone on their game to score well.”When golfers imagine the sand hills of North Carolina, the fabled U.S. Open venue Pinehurst usually springs into their minds first. Yet, architect Donald Ross created another golfing gem in the 6515-yard Mid Pines Golf Club, whose relatively shorter length still demands players to hit a full complement of shots to get through eighteen holes at par.A tweaked back forced Shore to withdraw from the tournament before its start, but junior John Christensen, who originally intended to play as an individual, rounded out the usual five-man tournament roster...
...talk about his unit's new rotation schedule, and its extended tours in Iraq, and the room became perceptibly tenser. Speaking more quickly out of what seemed like nervous determination, Hemming said extra time on the battlefield allowed his unit to become more familiar with the terrain. But the shorter-than-usual spells Stateside were inadequate. "Our time back at home is very limited," he said, adding that this put great stress on Marines' families...
...average June-August period. According to French press reports, temperatures only reached seasonal averages around 10 times during those same three months, with highs frequently 10 to 20 degrees below normal. Little wonder the Seine-side version of a Potemkin beach - the annual Paris Plage - drew less people and shorter visits per person this year, or that its food, drinks, and ice cream vendors shut up shop reporting disappointing sales. And these weren't the only merchants affected by the weather...
Though the potential maximum prison term for the charges against Plotkin was 165 years, Little said that he expected the plea to result in a much shorter sentence and that Plotkin's legal team had been "able to negotiate a plea agreement with the government that was acceptable." In the agreement, Plotkin agreed not to appeal any sentence between 55 and 71 months, but Little said that the the decision is ultimately "in the hands of the judges" who will sentence Plotkin on November...
...while he conducted official business. And billionaire New York mayor Michael Bloomberg often waits for the subway with his fellow citizens, though he's first driven by motorcade past the stop nearest his house to a station 22 blocks away, where the wait, or at least the ride, is shorter...