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Compared with Andrew Levy, I'm a rank amateur. Levy is the author of A Brain Wider Than the Sky (Simon & Schuster; 289 pages), which is a memoir of his experiences as a headache sufferer - he gets debilitating migraines 10 times a year - combined with a cultural history of migraines in general. On the face of it, this is a wobbly premise, since there is almost nothing more boring than listening to somebody describe his headaches. (See first paragraph.) But it's a challenge to which Levy rises. He collects headaches like rare butterflies, and he has a rare, possibly...
...football world - pulling up short across his shins. Yet, the last time North Korea's footballers participated in the World Cup, they were the pride of the continent and the darlings of football fans around the world. In the 1966 tournament held in England, their side of amateur players - given 1,000-to-1 odds of winning the competition - made it to the quarterfinals, famously beating European powerhouse Italy along the way. It's a feat that was not matched by any Asian country until the 2002 World Cup, when the hosts, South Korea, reached the semis...
...most telling facts about the Twitter platform is that the vast majority of its users interact with the service via software created by third parties. There are dozens of iPhone and BlackBerry applications - all created by enterprising amateur coders or small start-ups - that let you manage Twitter feeds. There are services that help you upload photos and link to them from your tweets, and programs that map other Twitizens who are near you geographically. Ironically, the tools you're offered if you visit Twitter.com have changed very little in the past two years. But there's an entire Home...
...declared his major, Denise Cosby said that her son had shared his post-college plans of “going into computers and looking forward to a nice, comfortable life.”Friends posting farewell messages on Cosby’s Facebook profile page paid tribute to the amateur basketball player as a strong presence in their social circle who always had a smile on his face.Lucas R. Toffoli ’09, a resident of Mather House, first met Cosby in kindergarten. The two quickly bonded during recess, and by second grade, they could often be seen running...
...Constitution intends that this debate never end, and it is naïve to think that one side should always win. But most of the naïveté is on the side of the rule of law, whose temporary supporters today are willing to shoot amateur pirates but not rough up far more dangerous terrorists at Guantanamo...