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Boros still wants people to believe that he would rather stay home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and fish for snook than play golf. At the very least, he says, "I get just as excited when I fish as I do when I'm playing golf." And how excited is that? Well, after he won the 1963 Open, Julius reportedly opened a beer, lit up a cigarette, and fell sound asleep while he was being interviewed by a nationally syndicated columnist. Oh no, insists Boros: he was only resting his eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Render unto Julius | 8/2/1968 | See Source »

...going to cock a snook at British law. The pirates are going to be dealt with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Pirating the Pirates | 9/15/1967 | See Source »

...Harold Wilson heartily concurred. And in Paris, where Charles de Gaulle was playing host to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, both France and Russia gave their consent. To all and sundry it seemed an ideal backdoor to negotiations over Viet Nam, and it was precisely that which bugged the Snook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cambodia: Snookie's Snub | 5/7/1965 | See Source »

Liver Shippers. From Puntarenas, on the Pacific Coast," saltwater fishermen set out to tackle big niarlin and sailfish, and each spring the river mouths along Costa Rica's Caribbean coast are choked with spawning snook and tarpon-so thick that thousands can sometimes be seen roiling the surface of the water. Where the school fish congregate, so do the predators-monster sawfish, and sharks, sharks, sharks. Using only hand lines, fishermen of the Caribbean village of Colorado last year caught 1,800 sharks in less than three months-and shipped the livers to Chinese medicine makers on Formosa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunting & Fishing: Budget Safari | 4/10/1964 | See Source »

Eagle Coach Snook Kelley indicated that two of his starters and a second line wing were ailing, but would probably play. High scoring center Bill Daley was weak after suffering an infected tooth, and Captain Joe Jangro said he would start at his right defense position in spite of a bruised arm. The other starters are goalie Jim Logue, who turned away 31 of 32 shots against Harvard in the opener, sophomore defenseman Tom Martin, and forwards Ron Walsh and Owen Hughes...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Hockey Weekend Includes Cornell, Russians, B.C. at Forum Tonight | 1/9/1959 | See Source »

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