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...sort of hostess gift. I think we've all attended get-togethers over the last few months where the conversation devolves into a round robin of each person's imagined death scenarios and everyone leaves early to go stock up on canned goods and gas masks. The amateur historian, on the other hand, can steer concerns about government decision-making into more cheerful areas, such as the War of 1812, which "U.S. History for Dummies" quite rightly describes as "goofy." And uncomfortable silences can be relieved by pointing at the beer and bringing up the invention of lager in Milwaukee...
...flowers aren't confined to the nature reserves. Brilliant blooms line the Brand Highway on the way to Dongara. To admire them, stop at the Western Flora Caravan Park 22 km north of Eneabba. The park is owned and run by one of the state's best-known amateur botanists, Allan Tinker. During the season he conducts a daily wildflower walk through his 65-hectare property. Nature has been generous: some 800 species of flowering plants thrive here. The park's accommodations cater to all comers, with self-contained mud-brick chalets, caravans and camping. Three-course home-cooked meals...
...there. Since that victory Goosen has won six more tournaments - and with them over $4 million. He now ranks fourth in the world, and currently tops the European rankings, the Volvo Order of Merit. It was bad luck that slowed his progress - but it also helped him. As an amateur Goosen was considered as good as his countryman Ernie Els. But he was struck by lightning while playing in South Africa, leading to health problems. He turned pro in 1990 but made little impression on the European Tour until he broke his arm skiing in 1999. He used the enforced...
...determined that Memphis would host the boxing match. While some residents were critical of his efforts, Herenton promised to give boxing fans what Las Vegas had taken away. At 6-foot-5, eye-to-eye with Lewis, the lanky 60-year-old Herenton is himself a former amateur boxing champion who maintains he got sidetracked from his destiny - to be a headliner at the pro level. "I never got beat once I got my growth," he says, reminiscing about his days in the ring...
...Daniel Pearl was an innocent civilian whose family never volunteered for the spotlight. So were the victims of 9/11. But the debate over their images started as soon as the airplanes struck the World Trade Center. HBO?s recent documentary In Memoriam used amateur video to chronicle Sept. 11; as someone jumps to escape the flames, a voice off camera lectures, "Don?t take pictures of that! What?s the matter with you?" Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani defended the images, arguing that we have not only a right but an obligation to watch...