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Dr. Michael Ain stands 4 feet 3. It's the first thing you notice. There's no way around it. He rolls his green surgical pants around the ankles. He climbs a step-stool to reach the operating table. Even then, his colleagues stand a foot or so above him.He's an orthopedic surgeon, a specialty usually reserved for the jocks of medicine. Ain doesn't exactly fit the stereotype, but he did wrestle in high school, and now he golfs on weekends and fixes bones with big power tools that could tear down walls.

Golf not only has rules of play. Being a social game, it has routines of etiquette. Here are some pointers: Stand aside: No one should move, talk, stand close to, or directly behind, the ball or the hole when a player is addressing the ball or making a stroke. Hold back: Do not hit a shot until players in front are out of range. Yelling "fore" never substitutes for endangering another player with a hit ball. Give way: When looking for a lost ball, allow the group behind you to play through.

I'll Take A Stand, ridden by Edgar Prado, led from the start in winning the $18,500 feature at Pimlico Race Course yesterday.The 3-year-old colt ran the 1 1/16-mile distance in 1 minute, 43 1/5 seconds, defeating Blue Ridge Runner by six lengths.I'll Take A Stand, trained by Vinnie Blengs, was second choice in what was thought to be an evenly matched field -- none of the five entrants was higher than 4-1.Prado, with 57 winners, is one victory behind Mike Luzzi atop the Pimlico jockeys standings.

A GROUP of Arundel High School dads descended on the Gambrills school's field hockey and lacrosse field early Saturday morning to build a scoring stand to replace the one destroyed by arson in June. By the end of the weekend, construction was complete. A beautiful stand, in Arundel green and white, is ready for the coming season. The raised green platform, surrounded by a white railing, will provide scorers, timers and statisticians with a better view of the field and a convenient place to carry out their duties.

If only people will stay disgusted with baseball, we'll be able to get Os tickets for a change. Now the U.S. is boycotting Iran. We need an enemy before more Americans decide this nation is it. The NRA will stand by its principles. Foremost of these is that a seditious militia seeking heavy weapons is a worthy market.

Lately, the stroll to ward the Ravens game has become more appetizing. The aromas of grilled meats, chicken wings, hot dogs and fries wash over football fans as they stream along Ravenswalk, the concourse that runs between Oriole Park at Cam den Yards and M&T Bank Stadium. This fall, the walkway is lined with stands selling food and drink from six area restaurants. Ten stands open three hours before kickoff of Ravens home games and continue limited service dur ing the games. A 9-foot-by-12-foot television screen set up in the middle of the action shows the Ravens and other NFL games.

These details of Princess Diana's funeral tomorrow at Westminster Abbey were released yesterday by Buckingham Palace:The service begins with organist Martin Baker playing music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Antonin zTC Dvorak, Johann Pachelbel, Edward Elgar and William Harris.The members of the Spencer family are received at the Great West Door by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.All stand as they are conducted to places in the North Lantern and then sit.All stand as the Procession of Visiting Clergy moves to places in the Sacrarium and then sit.Charles, the Prince of Wales, and Princes William and Harry are expected along with other members of the royal family to be received at the Great West Door by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and conducted to St. George's Chapel.

The hot dog was 22 degrees hotter than last year. The beer selection was big, and the $4 bottle of Beck's dark was cold, 40 degrees to be exact.Except for a backup at a pizza-dispensing post, the wait in line was shorter, even at Boog Powell's barbecue stand. Tom Matte's ribs were sweet, yet good. The fresh-roasted peanuts were disappointingly lukewarm.That is the summary of my recent eating trip through the concession stands of Oriole Park at Camden Yards operated by ARA food services. I was there Wednesday night as a professional eater.

As two midshipmen walked to morning classes at the U.S. Naval Academy yesterday, they didn't like what they saw -- yet another television crew out to report on the problems that have buffeted the school the last several months."

The meteorologists said a cold front came through Baltimore yesterday. But standing over a smoking 100-gallon drum, DaRon Battle wasn't feeling it. He and his stepbrother, Jake Davis, get the pit-beef grill outside their father's Falls Road store to 170 degrees by 9 a.m. and keep it going all day. They stand in the shade of Shorty's Pit Beef and Country Store and gulp ice water and Gatorade between orders -- most of which they've memorized and shout to...