Frederic Carter, 54, a retired medical publisher in Baltimore, says that it is almost taboo for golfers to acknowledge injury.

"I didn't even know she had a grandson," said John Fairchild, the retired publisher of Women's Wear Daily and a friend.

"He was more interested in theater than anything else," said John Fairchild, the retired publisher of Women's Wear Daily.

Robert Hopkins, a 68-year-old retired publisher of trade magazines who lives in Keswick, Va., said he remained on the sidelines yesterday.

One woman instinctively had style: "Gloria didn't have to buy it," said John Fairchild, the retired publisher of Women's Wear Daily.

She and her husband, Alan, a retired publisher, said they were now in licensing talks with regional phone companies.

Morton Frank, a retired publisher, died of complications Thursday following heart surgery at Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital.

"He is determined," says his son, Alex Sann, a retired publisher of legal journals, "to be the oldest man on the planet."

John D. Ames, a retired publisher and investment banker, died Tuesday at the Rush Presbyterian-St.

His mother is a potter; his father, a retired publisher.