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...days, divots and fur flew the length & breadth of the 6,643-yd. Rancho course. The rules allow a player to assume a fair stance, but when Jack Gargan, a Hollywood bit-player, trampled a young sapling to get more elbow room for an approach shot on the 18th hole, his opponent asked for a ruling. Sputtered Gargan, when an official disqualified him: "I wouldn't call a thing like that on my grandmother...
Last week, comfortable in blue knee-length socks, red fur-trimmed bedroom slippers and a loose-fitting smock, the great harpsichordist was finishing up the first sixth of a monumental recording task begun in her 70th year. In the darkened studio, her eyes closed, she began to play the great Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C Sharp of Johann Sebastian Bach. Before the weekend was over, she had also played the rippling No. 6 in D Minor and the fugue of No. 7 in E Flat to complete the first eight of the 48 brain-and finger-cracking preludes...
...House. Last week Luckey hinted strongly that Truman was distressed by the idea of Jimmy Roosevelt running for the office. George Luckey was undoubtedly distressed, too: he had been acting as though he thought George Luckey represented the type of Truman Democrat the state needed. It seemed certain that fur would fly before Luckey gave...
...week's end, a Chinese newsman sized up the two peace delegations: "The Reds are offering an iron glove, the Nationalists a soft fur mitten...
...Peace." The demonstrators carried placards saying "No More Luce Talk," "No More Fulton Follies," and "Even Harry Wouldn't Come." They chanted "Churchill wants war, we want peace," and "Send that bundle back to Britain." Several of the participants were Harvard students. Other representatives came from the United Fur and Leather Workers (C.I.O.), and the New England Communist Party. A number of ministers were among the group, which was heavily guarded by police...