Word: takings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Only one thing disconcerts Ethel, and that is flying. Airplanes have brought nothing but tragedy into her life. In 1955, her father asked her mother to fly with him on a business trip to Los Angeles in his company-owned plane. Mrs. Skakel usually preferred to take the train, but this time she made an exception. Near Tulsa, Okla., the plane exploded in midair, killing all aboard. Ethel's sister Ann phoned her the news. Ethel was silent for a few seconds, then said: "It's all right. It's all right." Softly, she added: "Goodbye." Ann was momentarily appalled...
Late in the final round of the Mas ters tournament in Augusta, Ga., last week, spectators following George Archer began shouting, "Charge! Charge!" Recalls Archer: "I said to myself, 'I left my credit card at home. I'll take the cash...
...Take the cash he did, winning the $20,000 first prize with putting that was better than his punning. He did not charge. He just ambled along, playing the kind of steady, conservative golf that wins few fans - but lots of tournaments. Indeed, though he was the fourth-highest-ranking pro golfer last year, with winnings of $150,972, the 29-year-old Californian is one of the least-known top players on the tour. It's not that people don't notice him; at 6 ft. 6 in. and 185 lbs., he sticks out on the greens...
...just try to concentrate on my golf," he says, "and I have enough trouble doing that without worrying about my image." Once, when an onlooker cried "Nice shot, honey!" he muttered, "Thanks, lady," totally unaware that it was his wife Donna. "Maybe," he said, "I should take acting lessons...
...shortages and mental illness. Another is seeking to discover whether REM sleep and dreams activate the forces that unleash creativity or select what people forget. The experts are beginning to suspect that man's future knowledge of dreams will be generated by scientists who have the sense to take their research home and sleep...