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Author Honor Tracy calls it "double-speak, double-think"-the typically Irish form of banter that says one thing and means another. It has helped produce a race of verbally agile writers, politicians and pub crawlers. If McGill University Psychiatrist H.B.M. Murphy is correct, it is also producing a high rate of schizophrenia...
...Hagen's glory days, the anecdotes speak for themselves. After he won the British Open at Troon in 1928, he begged off entering the clubhouse for the victory presentation because the players had been forbidden to go inside during the tournament; instead, he invited the gallery over to the pub where he was staying...
...Augustus Saint-Gaudens-eventually made an accommodation with modern style through art deco. In the studios of beaux-arts figures like Saint-Gaudens and Karl Bitter, as well as those of decorators like Paul Manship and protomodernists like Gaston Lachaise, John Storrs and Elie Nadelman, sculpture made its last pub lic stand before the museum became its sole arena...
Outfitted in an orange and white soccer uniform-and mink warm-up coat-Glitter Rocker Elton John came to the Los Angeles Coliseum last week to greet his newest employee. George Best, 29, aging soccer superstar and flashy fixture on the British pub scene, had signed on with the L.A. Aztecs, the American team of which Elton is part owner. Best, who claims he is "better than Joe Namath in both sports that he participates in," bested Elton 5-1 in a quick scrimmage, then considered his chances for making a hit in the colonies. "We've got some...
...Apple Tree. A Sheldon Harnick-Jerry Bok adaptation of short stories by Mark Twain, Jules Feiffer and Frank ("The Lady and the Tiger") Stockton, performed in a cabaret setting with pre-and post-curtain entertainment. Presented by the Hubs Pub Theatre at the Ramada Inn, 1234 Soldier's Field Road. Performances Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, at 8 p.m., through March 2. Ticket...