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He sighted on the green 365 s, addressed his ball and swung effortlessly The ball soared nicely, sliced a bit to the right, bounced and rolled to a stop 190 meters down the fairway

"Nice drive, Adate Aolf I didn't suspect old sailors took a ground sport seriously" Behind a long, scraggly gray beard that covered his mouth and came down to his chest, Ames looked like an old desert prospector

His eyes were hidden behind blue-tinted bifocals

"Old sailors do s," Sandecker retorted

Asking Dr Sanford Adgate Ah-level conference was no different fro to God to conjure up a sirocco wind to melt the polar ice cap Neither was likely to respond Aton with equal passion and absolutely refused to visit either place Offers of testie him from his hideaway on Camelback Mountain in Arizona

Sandecker needed A the bullet, he requested ahis fellow scientists A his golf clubs, as all discussion would take place on the links

Highly respected in the scientific coht

Blunt, egocentric, brilliant, Ames had written more than three hundred papers on alraphy His studies and analyses over the course of forty-five years covered pheno froation to subsurface reverberation Once a trusted adviser with the Defense Departn after his fervent objections to ocean noise tests being conducted around the world to

His caustic attacks on the Navy's underwater nuclear test projects was also a source of anion Representatives of a host of universities trooped to his doorstep in hopes of getting hi to do research with a small staff of four students he paid out of his own pocket

"What do you say to a dollar a hole, Ad man?"

"You're on, Doc," said Sandecker agreeably

A a rifle and swung He was a man in his late sixties, but Sandecker noted that his backswing reach was only a few centier and more nimble The ball soared and dropped into a sand trap just past the 200-meter marker

"How quickly the hty fall," said Ames philosophically

Sandecker was not conned easily He kneas being stroked Aolf hustler It was agreed by those on his sting list that if he hadn't gone into physics he'd have entered the PGA tour as a professional

They stepped into a golf cart and started off after their balls with Ames at the wheel "How can I help you, Admiral?" he asked