Word: amateurness
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...Throughout his time at Harvard, Knowles remained a political operator. Peter J. Gomes, the Plummer professor of Christian morals, described Knowles—an amateur dancer—as having “a certain kind of nimbleness, both physical and intellectual.” From his perch in Memorial Church, Gomes, a 40-year veteran of the University, has watched the rise and fall of generations of Harvard leaders...
...worked angles like Pythagoras. But, in true malandro spirit, the creativity he showed in and around the penalty box may have also been at work in his math when it came to counting goals. The Vasco da Gama striker has padded his tally with goals scored in youth matches, amateur games and friendlies (although there's no reason to believe reports that his 999 goals include those scored on his Playstation...
...nobody, critic or informed amateur, is grousing by the end of the show, when most of the principals join in the 1951 skit-song "Catch Our Act at the Met," by Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Jule Styne. A high-art parody that's up there with Chuck Jones' Daffily Wagnerian "What's Opera, Doc?", the number combines parody, musical virtuosity and about a million laffs. As most every Encores! show does, it sends the audience out of Ciiy Center levitating on a contact high with the best in musical theater. At Encores!, the old shows are always loved...
...radio operators must be licensed through the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), which offers exams that are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The exam used to include both a multiple choice section and a Morse code test, but this December, the FCC scrubbed the dots and dashes from the exam. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...Staff writer Raviv Murciano-Goroff can be reached at rgoroff@fas.harvard.edu. CORRECTION: The May 8 news article “Ham Radio Users Seek Extraterrestrial Connections” incorrectly stated that ham radio operators must be licensed through the Amateur Radio Relay League. In fact, the league does not issue radio licenses—only the Federal Communications Commission has that authority...