Word: player
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...quot;Kuriloff is a poet who has been published in the Atlantic. But it was the agony of writing scholarly essays as a Ph.D. candidate in education at the University of California at Berkeley that led her to try to help other people. In college she was an expert player of the academic game, a great winner of praise and fellowships. Such accomplishments did not prevent her from feeling, as she once wrote, that each writing assignment was "a blankness, a barrier, a kind of enemy." She bested her enemy often enough to be able to do well...
...many state civil laws. In 1976 the Seminoles began selling tax-free cigarettes, which now net the tribe about $1.6 million a year. Last fall the Indians went into partnership with non-Seminole Eugene ("Butch") Weisman and opened the bingo emporium. It was an instant success. Chartered buses bring players from as far away as Tampa. Nearby condominiums often reserve tables. The average player spends about $35 a night, which makes the profits considerable. Weisman, who manages the operation, gets 45% of the earnings; the rest goes to the tribe. Seminole Chief James E. Billie expects the Indians' share...
...seemed an unlikely predicament for Bjorn Borg, the world's wealthiest tennis player, but Borg rarely carries much cash with him. He does not have to. A small army of accountants, financial advisers, marketing experts and other support troops are employed to manage his money, his personal needs and his vastly lucrative image. Borg has not quite reached the dizzying heights of Arnold Palmer, the top earner in all of sport, who has made roughly $60 million in his career from golf and business ventures. "But he's getting closer," says Mark McCormack, founder and president of Cleveland...
...year deal with a 15% fee increase the second year. Budget-minded advertisers willing to settle for less than No. 1 one can hire Vitas Gerulaitis for a modest $30,000 annualy, Skier Jean-Claude Killy for $25,000, Golfer Ben Crenshaw for $20,000 or twelfth-ranked tennis player Peter Fleming for $15,000. But Borg is the one they want...
...best-looking guy in baseball? When the Baltimore Orioles came to play Seattle, the matter was put before the supreme judges of player pulchritude: the Mariners' wives. The surprising result: a home-town favorite, Pitcher Rick Honeycutt, placed second to Orioles Pitcher Jim Palmer in a ranking of baseball's top ten hunks. The criteria for the contest were a little unclear, observed Debbie Honeycutt, wife of the runner-up. "We weren't sure whether they wanted it from the neck up, the neck down or both." Palmer modestly admits his ads for Jockey briefs may have...