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Word: tees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tee It Up: Kicker Alan Hall's longest field goals, a pair of 47-yarders against Boston University, were five yards shorter than his longest punt (52 yards). His longest field goals were only four yards short of the school record of 51 yards by Tom Wynne...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Gridders Are Optimistic Despite Dismal Season | 11/23/1988 | See Source »

...that his J.F.K. line was spontaneous, it had been germinating for days. The weekend before the debate, the Bentsen camp descended on Austin for practice sessions. In a vacant basement bar adjacent to the Four Seasons Hotel, they set up a mock debate stage. Congressman Dennis Eckart, a golf tee stuck jauntily behind one ear, played Quayle. But Bentsen was nervous; he was not having fun. (They did not realize it at the time, but Bentsen aides mistakenly positioned him at the wrong lectern.) Then at one point Eckart, playing Quayle, compared himself to Kennedy. Bentsen became irritated. According...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ninety Long Minutes in Omaha | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

...especially without caddies. This is the original Open course, drafted for the first twelve championships, not re-elected since 1872. But for occasionally happening on a green, one would never suspect Prestwick was a golf course. It looks like the Ponderosa. A par-four hole is overdriven from the tee, while a par-three one is unreachable from anywhere. Most of the holes are par fives. The sole compensation for being lost and confused all day is a blind 3-iron shot at the 201-yd. fifth hole, aimed high over a scrubby embankment but pushed comically to the right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Misty Birthplace of Golf | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

Groome also had a tendency to lift the ball into the air like a tee-shot in golf. Opposing players did all they could to avoid stepping in front of Leelee when she wound...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Don't Call Her Evelyn... | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...golf. So Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, a demon golfer, was invited to hit the maiden ball with a gold-inlaid golf club. After Zia managed a 240-yd. drive on his first swing, his hosts allowed him to keep the club and tossed in a solid gold tee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Talk About Sand Traps | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

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