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In sixth place after two days and trailing by seven strokes at the start of the grueling, 36-hole final round, Betsy played the hilly, 6,137-yd course as if she owned it. Betsy curled in long, difficult putts-one of 60 ft.-with grooved accuracy, gained six strokes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Unmatched Quartet | 8/1/1960 | See Source »

Wilted Poppies. Encolpius opens the book with a scabrous philippic against "modern" education, sounding a little like Bernard Shaw denouncing formal schooling. But Encolpius tires of this theme and soon becomes involved with his two comrades-in-arms in a sale of stolen goods. Later, the two older men quarrel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gutter Odyssey | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

leaves lie still, and wilted poppies on their slender

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gutter Odyssey | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

Inevitably the press-conference talk got back to the third member of the triangle. What if Debbie continued to frown on a quick divorce? Her interlocutory decree, obtained in Los Angeles, still had almost a year to run before it was final. "Debbie was very much hurt at first," said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: The Life of the Senses | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

With Montreal wilted completely in the closing quarter of the contest, the Crimson pushed across the goal three tries in five minutes.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugby Team Crushes Montreal; Speed and Weight Bring Victory | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

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