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...unschooled, 20-year-old part-time illustrator and amateur archaeologist in 1933 when she met the man whose name she would help make synonymous with the study of human origins. Louis Leakey was a famous scientist, 10 years her senior, married with two children, a Cambridge University researcher. They fell in love, created a scandal, got married and moved to Africa. She worked for decades--painstakingly, methodically--in his shadow, but by the time Mary Leakey died last week, at 83, in Nairobi, Kenya, her scientific reputation had surpassed that of her more famous husband. "Louis was always the better...
Most important is the fact that Tiger is good in the clutch. I watched him come back from way behind in the match play finals of the U.S. Amateur Tournament two years ago--the second of his unprecedented three straight victories...
HELEN LANE, amateur predictor Forecast: One of the "worst" winters in years for Tennessee. Perhaps 10 heavy snows. Methodology: Cumberland Plateau fogs. Following a family tradition that goes back generations, the septuagenarian counts the number of heavy, early-morning fogs in August...
...Amateur Ansel Adamses will appreciate the Kodak DC25's small LCD screen for reviewing photos seconds after you snap them. If you don't like what you see, just erase and start over. The camera, one of the best available for less than $500, uses removable "flash" memory modules for extra storage. You can print the photos from your PC and soon at high-tech photo shops. ($499; Kodak...
...there should be a place in the heavyweight pantheon for a champion who travels without an entourage, for a man who truly cares about others. Asked if he would like to train boxers, Holyfield recalled a painful experience he had while coaching the Holyfield Team, a group of amateur boxers. "I was working in the corner of one boxer, and when I looked over, the opponent was in tears. Turns out he was crushed because I was his hero, and now his hero was in the opposite corner. I decided I couldn't hurt another person that...