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Mike Leslie, 30, clad in Hawaiian shirt and emerald wraparound shades, hums a Metallica tune as he climbs to a makeshift tee and swings his 3-iron. His ball sails across a steep slope before settling into a patch of daisies. "When I look at these mountains," he says, "I think of only one thing: golf course...
Playing on parched ski slopes and limited to just four clubs, the golfers are supposed to hit balls in the fewest possible strokes into 10 target zones marked around flags. The course layout zigzags wildly across the steep mountain. The terrain requires special rules, such as: "Any ball that comes to rest on...boulders...may be moved to the nearest point of relief no closer to the goal than two club lengths...
ROMER: Here in L.A. I've got a pretty steep mountain to climb in terms of space limitations, leaving little flexibility for summer...
...house hunting, carrying a lot of debt or underwater with recent stock-market losses, this is a painful shot of economic medicine. It means mortgage rates will be going higher, as will the rate on virtually all other new loans. Credit-card rates, already steep, will increase, and the floating-rate debt you already have will become more costly. These conditions are telling you to pay for more things with cash, pay down debt and--this really hurts--lower your expectations for investment returns...
...these boys in tuxes and starched white shirts, and I want to take them aside for some fatherly advice. Boys, the first drink is a boon, the second is a gamble, the third is poor judgment, and then the rate of descent gets steep. And another thing: don't get all fluttery, high minded and patronizing just because people look different--that was your parents, that's not you. People are people. And still another thing: don't get yourself in hock to attend a college that isn't much good. It's an education just to leave home...