However, when a woman who had been arrested inside the club and handcuffed began yelling that she had been hit in the head with a billy club, only to be abusively tossed into a police wagon, the crowd turned angry.

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"The guy has a gun, badge, Billy club and a ticket book, so be nice to him, " advises Alex Carrol, author of the book Beat the Cops, which offers tips on getting out of tickets.

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It even inserted itself as a moral authority: remember club chairman Billy Payne scolding a scandalized Tiger Woods for failing to "live up to the expectations of the role model we saw for our children"?

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At the Masters, Augusta National Chairman Billy Payne dodged a string of questions about the club's position on female members, surely knowing the tournament is about to begin and the issue is likely to be pushed into the background the true tradition unlike any other.

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Billy goats have struck mortal fear deep in the heart of an inveterate Cubs fan since 1945, after Chicago tavern owner Bill "Billy Goat" Sianis pronounced a curse on the club on October 6 of that year -- just a month after the end of World War II.

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