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SPORTS SCENES
Fighting the Game
Golf keeps calling for Joan Joyce to surrender. But she can't give herself up
June
1
1984
PETE DEXTER
Marion Ettlinger
Fighting the Game
PETE DEXTER
June
1
1984
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SPORTS SCENES
Fighting the Game
Golf keeps calling for Joan Joyce to surrender. But she can't give herself up
June
1
1984
PETE DEXTER
Marion Ettlinger
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