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...shots to tie the leaders. Again, in this year's Masters he started the final day eleven shots off the pace. It was preposterous for Norman to think of winning, but Greg reasoned that if he lowered the course record by a couple of strokes he might spook the rest of the field. He shot a record-tying score of 30 on the front nine, and as late as the 15th hole was in sight of shooting an incredible 60 before he ended up with a near record round...
...mixture of indignation and forced humor, to exorcise a tag-team of ghosts haunting the Republican ticket. Did his family wealth and connections get him into the Guard while other young men went to war? Did he proposition Party Girl and Lobbyist Paula Parkinson? As Quayle swatted away one spook, another replaced it. When he declared an end to the discussion about his past and sought to go on the offense, he tripped over his exaggerated resume. The Cleveland Plain Dealer disclosed on Friday that Quayle spent just a few months, not two years as he claimed, as chief investigator...
Libra is, in fact, another conspiracy theory, although considerably more literate and entertaining than most. Imagine a small cadre within the CIA angered over the Kennedy Administration's bungling of the Bay of Pigs invasion and worried that J.F.K. is making some secret accommodation with Castro. One spook hatches an idea: "We need an electrifying event." Public outrage will be fueled by an attempt on the President's life, one that can be convincingly traced to Cuba. There is an added wrinkle: "But we don't hit Kennedy. We miss...
BEETLEJUICE. Spook spouses defend their home against the creeps who just moved in. Director Tim Burton's ectoplasmic comedy sails on a raft of witty special effects and old Harry Belafonte songs...
...wraith is walking down every American street, knocking on every American door, six months after Halloween, 13 years after Vietnam. Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega is putting a spook into every American home. Ronald Reagan is letting...