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...What this place needs is 88 acres of corn and a few cows. Somebody ruined a good farm." That zinger gained Hill, the second highest money winner on the tour last year with earnings of $156,423, another $150 fine for conduct unbecoming a grump. After blasting their way out of a Sahara of sand traps in the first round, some players were also ready to blast Jones for the 40 m.p.h. winds that caused such stars as Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Nicklaus to shoot 79, 80 and 81 respectively. Said Lee Trevino: "If anyone shoots 281 on this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Combat at Hazeltine | 7/6/1970 | See Source »

...imposed on each a $5,000 fine, half the allowable maximum. The jail terms are to run concurrently with the contempt sentences, so that none will have to serve more than five years in all-even if appeals fail and no paroles are granted. But Hoffman added an unusual zinger. The five will have to pay portions of the costs of their own prosecution.* The total costs could run as high as $50,000. They will stay in jail, said the judge, until both the fines and the costs are paid. He also refused to let the five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Verdict on the Chicago Seven: From Court to Country | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

...decisive eleventh came up, and the Niemans were ready. Paul "Papa" Houston it a pop which the CRIMSON dropped. Paul "Pro" Hemphill smacked a zinger to left. That left it up to Jon "Jugs" Yardley, who creamed a sweet pitch deep to Conigliaro country. Conigliaro being absent, the CRIMSON caught the ball after much melodrama, and then from shortstop. There was much argument with plate umpire Adam Yarmolinsky, but the CRIMSON lost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Niemans 22-'Crimson'21 | 5/5/1969 | See Source »

...developed slowly into an unassuming vaudevillle for heads. Still an hour-and-a-half-long race to catch the audience unprepared, the revue thrives on its radio talk show and style-change improvisations. No matter what you throw out, the cast will never be at a loss for its zinger. The best of the prepared sketches are without a doubt the Bob Dylan song and Nixon's Inaugural--both old jokes, both very funny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Proposition | 2/10/1969 | See Source »

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