another meaning of soft opening

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Here's another meaning of soft opening.

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                  Copyright 1982 The New York Times Company
                               The New York Times

                July 27, 1982, Tuesday, Late City Final Edition

SECTION: Section A; Page 21, Column 1; Sports Desk

LENGTH: 878 words

HEADLINE: TV SPORTS;
NETWORKS ON GOLF: VARIED APPROACHES

BYLINE: By Neil Amdur

   ... last four holes to win by six strokes.  Setting the proper scene
is
critical to any continuing sports s tory. In golf, the mood is
essential to a
telecast.  In contrast to NBC's  soft opening,  Bob Goodrich, the ABC
producer,
w as on target with a capsule news ''tease'' of the third-round l
eaders and
follow-ups on the significance of the Open, brief shots o f Sacramento
and ...