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...into the Masters, South Africa's short, swarthy Gary Player, 25, was the hottest golfer on the 1961 tournament circuit. Representing the Langhorne, Pa. Country Club, a place he has never seen, Player had entered twelve tournaments, placed in the money in all, and won two-including a taut, one-stroke victory over Palmer in the pre-Masters Sunshine Open. He began the Masters riding a streak of nine consecutive sub-70 rounds, and his confidence seemed unshakable. "I hate to tell you how well I've been playing," Player said as he finished his last practice round...
Janis' playing, as a result, tends to be taut and full of nervous energy. In the coolly classic moods of a composer like Mozart, his performances can be erratic, but few pianists have Janis' flair for the big bravura pieces of Tchaikovsky or Liszt. Last week's concert, studded with thunderous chords and octaves, Zipperlike runs and occasionally a singing, tenoresque line, proved to be a wrist-breaking tour de force. When he came out to take a bow, looking as frail as Liszt himself, Pianist Janis seemed the least exhausted man in the house...
Mechanical failure was partially responsible for the devastating foil loss. Wires running up through the foilmen's clothing and passing to the tip of the weapon are kept taut by a spring-loaded reel which broke during the first round. The wires, which connect to flashing lights registering contact between the foil and the target, had to be hand-wound and interfered with the action...
With rare exceptions the goalies of the world-whatever their sport-are men of taut nerves and queasy stomachs who must live with the knowledge that their every mistake means an enemy score. A special place in this international fraternity of frustration is reserved for the men who guard the goals of a game that is Europe's winter substitute for soccer. The Europeans call it "indoor handball," though to American eyes it is a particularly violent combination of basketball, soccer and hockey...
...statement itself was hardly news, but its sponsorship was. Half reluctantly, the American Heart Association finally gave its blessing to the anti-cholesterol crusade. In one taut paragraph, it cautiously sanctioned the painstaking work of researchers such as New York's Dr. Norman Jolliffe and Minneapolis' Dr. Ancel Keys. Their research indicates, in essence, that saturated fats stimulate the body's production of cholesterol, which joins other substances to line and narrow the arteries, make them susceptible to blockages that can starve the heart or brain and cause death. A major part of the evidence comes from...