Word: surfed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pictures. Arriving a day ahead of the hurriedly assembled Vietnamese delegation, Johnson grumbled a bit about the weather being unfit for swimming-though McNamara braved the surf anyway. Instead, the President held a protracted council of war with General Westmoreland, whom he had met only once before and was anxious to size up further. Johnson's approving verdict: "He's got a military mind and a social worker's heart...
...their clubs at home, get their kicks instead by watching the world's top pros make fools of themselves in the $100,000 Bing Crosby championship. Most of the spectators cluster around the 17th and 18th holes, where for 752 yds. there is nothing on the left but surf, sand, rocks and Hawaii-a 2,410-mile wood shot away. The smart ones bring gunny sacks and hang out in a cove, where balls hit into the sea are washed up by the tide...
...teed off at No. 18 in the final round. The 18th doglegs slightly to the left, and for a long hitter like Nicklaus the temptation is strong to try reaching the green in two-by cutting the corner across the sea. Nicklaus' first drive splashed into the surf. So did his second. That set off a fruitless ten-minute hunt for the lost balls-during which one tournament official fell into the ocean accidentally and another dived in deliberately to search the bottom. Finally, Jack hit still another drive and settled for a double-double-bogey nine, a total...
...last weekend alone. Jamaica's bookings were up 25% from last year. The sun-seekers poured in with their presents already bought, and were prepared to sing Silent Night on Christmas Eve in the hotel lounge. But Yuletide was actually just something between high and low tide. The surf and sun were what mattered most...
...other was drying. After all, a girl simply cannot be seen in the same old thing through ten straight days on the beach. And then if there is a cocktail party on the terrace alongside the pool (all ocean resorts these days come equipped with a pool, where the surf is never a problem and the water can be kept reliably warm), she needs something more glamorous than a black tank suit. "Women no longer should feel undressed in a bathing suit," says Margit Fellegi, designer for Cole. "After all, more and more social functions are centered around swimming pools...