Word: toure
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doubly miffed -- at the Saudis for having acted secretively to acquire the weapons and at the Israelis for their threatening reaction. Last week the State Department confirmed that U.S. Ambassador Hume Horan is being recalled from Riyadh after a tour of only six months. It was unclear whether the missile flap was involved, but the issue could hardly have been a highlight of his brief tenure. Horan's possible successor: Walter Cutler, who served in the post from 1984 until last summer...
...late, the modern player has been wringing his overlapped hands over something called square grooves. Though the U.S. Golf Association has demonstrated scientifically that the benefit of these ruggedly faced irons is negligible, even those traditionalists on tour who are offended by the idea of backspin out of the rough have been changing cudgels in self-defense. "Golf clubs aren't only tools, they're totems," says Frank Hannigan of the U.S.G.A. "The game turns on illusions...
...Rowning, coming off an excellent showing during the team's spring break tour in South Carolina, yielded only one run in the final five innings to seal the Harvard victory...
...BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: THE TUNNEL OF LOVE EXPRESS TOUR This time the pacing is more deliberate, more intense. Some arrangements have been overhauled, while others (like Rosalita) are intact. It all proves the Boss is still the best...
...because it relieves symptoms without correcting the basic problem. Surgery is generally a last resort because it may leave scar tissue that can interfere with agility. Rock Drummer Max Weinberg, who underwent seven operations on his fingers to keep his hands from clenching, had no such damage. Currently on tour with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, he downs six aspirins a day and does hand warm-up exercises for 45 minutes before a show. Afterward he chills his hands in ice for ten minutes and wears elastic gloves to reduce swelling...