Word: tour
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Next time anybody comes up and tries to tell you that a home field/court advantage doesn't mean anything, you can be sure that person was watching the Pro Bowlers Tour rather than the Harvard-Princeton swimming meet on Saturday...
...economic development, 16 Chinese petroleum experts, led by Sun Ching-wen, the nation's No. 1 oilman, have spent the past three weeks in the U.S. at the invitation of Secretary Schlesinger. Before they flew home this week, the Chinese were given a red-carpet, coast-to-coast tour that took them to the most advanced U.S. drilling sites and laboratories. At every stop, the Chinese evidenced an insatiable curiosity, insisting upon inspecting the latest drill bits and prodding their hosts with endless, often highly technical questions...
...unproven tour players who must qualify every week before a tournament--known loosely as "rabbits"--argue that the older players are depriving them of a livelihood by lessening the number of openings in the field. The young players, to whom the aging stars of the past can no longer hold a candle, argue that in no other sport are contemporary players expected to compete with faded champions...
...present brouhaha, Sarazen says, "I've been paying my PGA dues for 57 years. I've got this card which gives me a lifetime exemption from qualifying for a Tour tournament. Now they tell me it's not good...
...preview the performance. "I don't go to see unfinished productions," he said, "and I hate for my friends to. I don't want to hear their opinions." He finds Boston audiences intelligent and responsive, but would have preferred to preview in New York. "No one likes to tour," he said. "There's nothing wrong with Boston, but I just don't feel like packing my razor...