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...lanky, handsome Georgian who fancies brilliant blazers with 14-karat gold buttons, Sanders, 31, is the contemporary good-time Charlie of the pro-golf tour. Faced with a tricky shot, he has been known to march up to the prettiest face in the gallery, flash his warmest smile, and whisper hoarsely: "What do you suggest?" And at night-well, his fellow pros don't call him "Daiquiri Doug" for nothing. "I've spilled more than Tony

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Two for Mr. Clean | 3/26/1965 | See Source »

Tumescent strings fill the background with throbbing sound as Burton, with lips parlando, sounds something like Rex Harrison speaking from inside a marshmallow, or-vestigially-even a bit like himself declaiming the splendors of Camelot. He delivers the lines in a throaty whisper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tin Pan Alley: No One Richer Than | 2/5/1965 | See Source »

People were beginning to whisper about Scotland's Jimmy Clark, 28. Two years ago he was the world's No. 1 race-car driver-the Grand Prix cham pion, winner of a record seven races. In 1964, it looked like the same story all over again when Clark won three out of the first five Grand Prix races. Then everything went wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto Racing: With Girdle & Glue | 1/15/1965 | See Source »

...leaves you breathless"), Heublein succeeded with Smirnoff far beyond its hopes. Vodka somehow appealed to youth, seemed lighter and thus less fattening (it isn't), and was so versatile that it could be mixed in anything from a Bloody Mary to a Russian Virgin (vodka with a whisper of Cointreau). It has been the fastest-growing liquor in the U.S. for the past five years and now accounts for 70% of Heublein's total sales; Smirnoff has also become the fourth biggest seller among all liquor brands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Bottled Bartender | 1/1/1965 | See Source »

Commanding Death's tense whisper at the gate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 18, 1964 | 12/18/1964 | See Source »

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