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Burk gets behind the bullhorn

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Martha Burk's supporters gathered outside Augusta National on Saturday, declaring that they have thousands of people behind them in the...

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LATEST IN THE AUGUSTA SAGA: Burk plans another round

WASHINGTON -- Martha Burk, chairwoman of the National Council of Women's Organizations, said Thursday she'll escalate her campaign to have women admitted...

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PGA boss holds his ground on Augusta

...PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem to take a strong stand by refusing to recognize the Masters an official event. What Martha Burk got Wednesday was no different than the letter Finchem sent her more than two months ago, saying the all-male membership...

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Quiet on the course, please

...Women's Organizations. Johnson, the chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, the site of the Masters, is angry that Martha Burk, chairwoman of the women's group, sent him a letter last month, urging him to open the club to women members before...

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Stay tuned...there's more...

...issue,' Lopez said the other day. "I don't feel there's discrimination there.' That won't be enough to sway Martha Burk, head of the National Council of Women's Organizations, who gets paid to be outraged. But it's enough for me...

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Golf leaders lament flap

...that happening as Augusta National chairman Hootie Johnson and National Council of Women's Organizations president Martha Burk intensified their highly public dispute last week. "Right now, it's a huge public relations nightmare for golf...

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J.C. Penney is scrapping T-shirts deemed offensive

...department store chain. ''It's a put-down of girls in the process of putting down a sports opponent,'' said Martha Burk, president of the Center for Advancement of Public Policy in Washington, D.C. ''The strong implication is that...

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...personally and in the damage they do to their cause. That's the scene we're watching now with Hootie Johnson and Martha Burk. This week, Johnson unleashed a media blitz against Burk, granting several interviews and writing an op-ed piece...

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Tiger retains views on Augusta

...Augusta by the start of the Masters in April. Johnson's comments were the first on the subject since he criticized Martha Burk and the National Council of Women's Organizations for trying to coerce change at the golf course. The Times said...

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Hootie continues to oppose women

...next spring's Masters Tournament, the chairman reiterated that there is no timetable. That might not sit well with Martha Burk, the women's rights advocate who has poked fun at the chairman and the club while leading the fight against Augusta...

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