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...plan has doubters too. "It's a stab in the dark," says Casey Alexander, a research analyst who covers the golf industry for Gilford Securities in New York City. "Even if the p.r. does reach a new audience, Play Golf America doesn't change any of the problems that crop up once you get to the golf course." These include matters of etiquette--How many practice swings can I take?--that can intimidate new players. Alexander says the course owners, not the golf pros, must run the reforms. Ron Drapeau, CEO of Callaway Golf, the $814 million Big Bertha manufacturer...
...Slavitt’s son Evan launched an unsuccessful bid for Massachusetts attorney general. The younger Slavitt was unable to attain the 10,000 signatures needed to earn a spot on the ballot, but he encouraged his father to take a stab at the political process...
Schuyler Mann blasted two home runs to cap a 9-for-15 weekend. Farkes knocked his second homer of the series to tie the single-season Harvard record with 10. Hale made two phenomenal catches in a two-inning stretch, saving a triple with the second, a diving stab at a sure gapper in front of the 370-foot sign in right-center...
...less a partisan ideologue than a partisan of the market. And though Fox News succors Republicans, its true significance is broader: it points to a future in which media are more targeted and more blatant about their biases. It's too early to know if Al Franken's stab at liberal radio will thrive or if Al Gore's liberal cable channel will ever get off the ground, but both are Murdoch ricochets, for better or for worse...
Best way for a girl/guy to get your attention: Find me at a bar and tell me all about her concentration, life in NYC, how she feels when she sings a capella and how she plans to tour Europe this summer. That, or stab...