The officials, who asked not to be identified, said that if this was the message, it was probably aimed at the White House, which is said to be considering shifting from quiet mediation to putting open pressure on Israel.
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Monday's mission represented unusually open pressure by members of the Organization of African Unity upon a fellow African leader, underscoring their concern over growing tensions in what had long been one of the most stable nations of West Africa.
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Then came arguably the greatest putting performance under US Open pressure : a 25-footer to save par at 16, a short birdie putt at 17 to regain the lead, then a gut-wrenching 20-footer to save par at 18 and win the US Open.
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Payne Stewart learned the same hard lesson taught to Hogan, Palmer and Watson _ Olympic is just too tough of challenge on which to try to protect a lead under U . S . Open pressure where one mildly bad shot can lead to disaster.
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"I think the Olympic Club really won, because there was only one person even par for the tournament, " said Payne Stewart, who once led by five strokes but succumbed to Olympic and the Open pressure to blow the largest Sunday lead since Tony Jacklin had a four-stroke lead in 1970.
