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...sound-and-light show by the victory tower-in the manner of tourist-friendly restorations that have taken place at sites elsewhere in the state. I try not to be too encouraging. This is one place where the clamor of imaginary armies, and the bright flash of chimerical steel, is the only spectacle required...
Torturous golf is ingrained in Oakmont's storied 104-year history. W.C. Fownes, son of club founder H.C. Fownes, a Pittsburgh industrialist who designed the course to offer a steeper challenge to Steel City players, once roared, "A shot poorly played should be a shot irrevocably lost." A course superintendent once called W.C. Fownes to inform him that golf legend Sam Snead had hit a tee shot past a bunker during a practice round. The next day, Snead struck a shot to the same spot--and found himself in a sand trap that had been installed overnight...
James Poniewozik questioned why there aren't more songs related to the world of white-collar workers, given that 60% of the workforce is employed in the white-collar sector [May 28]. But really, who sounds more interesting: John Henry, the steel-driving man, or John Henry, the quarterly-report-writing...
...stadium’s concrete seats began to fracture in the late 1920s and early 1930s, water began to seep through the cracks and make contact with the steel underneath. Fifty years of corrosion later, Harvard Stadium, a gift from the class of 1879, needed a makeover...
...cost was $10 million, and today it’d be about $35 million, and we got it done before there was major, major inflation,” he says. “We considered just ripping it down and having up-steel stands, but by this time, it was a national historic building, and I think our alumni generally frowned upon the thought of just throwing in steel stands...