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Most of Turnberry's distinctive terrain was completely eradicated when the course was levelled and concrete airstrips laid down during World War II. The course was restored only as a result of the genius of the late Scotch golf course architect Mackenzie Ross and his associate Tom Simpson. Their partnership began when Ross, who had just won a tournament at which Simpson officiated, went over to admire the latter's Rolls Royce. Ross told Simpson that he could improve the car's appearance by moving the front numberplate below the cross bar. Simpson was so impressed by Ross's attention...
...have roamed the area since childhood. They have caught everyone who has escaped from prisons on the site since 1896 -hundreds of convicts, including those who darted away from work details outside the walls. No one could get away from the trackers, not in those mountains, where the terrain funnels newcomers down into a few paths-the only passageways to the outside world and freedom...
...break." Although Russian negotiators are entrusted with little discretionary power, their dogmatism can sometimes be penetrated through judicious use of the well-timed - and lengthy - unofficial lunch or dinner. Via such "back channels," and with sufficient lubrication, each side can get a feeling for the other's negotiating terrain...
...broad residential streets to find Pine Manor. After following a few dead ends, and raising a few homeowners' wrath by cutting through their yards, they arrived at a seven-foot high chain link fence surrounding what appeared to be college dorms nestled in the rolling, wooded campus. The terrain was carefully landscaped and the neat asphalt walkways beyond the fence were well-lit, although no one seemed to be using them...
...David Frost's first televised confrontation with Richard Nixon, the subject was Watergate, and the ex-President was combative, emotional and frequently uncomfortable. But last week, in the second of the five-part series, Frost led Nixon through his favorite terrain, foreign affairs, and he fairly bubbled over with talk-show trivia about world leaders he had known...