Many considered him to be the greatest American amateur since Bobby Jones. So why didn’t he try for the PGA Tour? An old hand injury had something to do with it.
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At 13, Charlotte Brontë Already Knew How Good a Writer She Would Be
An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.
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Our After-Dinner Debate About Larry David’s Satire
More from our inbox: ‘A Defining Moment for the Legal Profession’What I WantCredit…Lia Darjes, “Plate VII”To the Editor: Re “My Dinner With Adolf,” by Larry David (Opinion guest essay, April 25): Larry David’s spoof draws a provocative analogy …
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Taliban Leader Pleads Guilty to Taking American Journalist Hostage
Haji Najibullah’s plea was heard in a civilian court in Manhattan. He helped abduct David Rohde, then a New York Times reporter, in Afghanistan in 2008.
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Sean Combs Loses Request to Remove All Hotel Assault Video From Trial
It is not yet clear how much surveillance footage of the music mogul beating his former girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, in 2016 will be presented to the jury.
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Shostakovich, Boston Symphony Style
Over two nights at Carnegie Hall, Andris Nelsons and the orchestra reveled in the composer’s sonic riches but played with emotional reserve.
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‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
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A Timeline of the Rise and Fall of George Santos
The disgraced former congressman’s credentials and career unraveled over several years. Now he has been sentenced to prison.
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F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs
After 20 percent of the agency’s work force was cut, federal health officials have decided to bring back some experts and review firings to fill gaps in critical roles.
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