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...They forgive his outbursts as part of his almost fanatical passion for winning, a feat that now takes as much heart as art. He has made concessions. He uses a lighter aluminum racket. He cuts the pockets out of his tennis shorts lest they get soggy with sweat and weigh him down. And he has taken to rigorous training, practicing three hours daily and jogging around his eight-acre Pancho Gonzalez Tennis Ranch in Malibu, Calif. As for court tactics, he likens himself to an aging boxer who can no longer rely on a quick knockout but must pick...
Henry's kid had done theatrical bits in prep school; he had even performed in his own satire, Stalag 17 ½. Now he worked the lights and learned, just like another kid did 30 years before. At 21, he won a part in a Broadway service comedy. Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole. Mr. Poole was no Mr. Roberts, but Peter was called another Henry, and it bugged him. "I can hear them in the front row," he griped. " 'It's your old man all over again.' " By the time Peter had made it on stage, his sister was swinging...
President watchers have an eye for detail all their own. In the Jan. 17 issue of the New Republic, John Osborne accuses Richard Nixon of dyeing his hair. The tip-off supposedly came when Nixon appeared on a steamy night in Gulfport, Miss.; sweat, said Osborne, washed away...
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