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...James Squires, who, when he lost his job as the editor of the Chicago Tribune, blew his golden parachute on a tiny horse farm in the green heart of Kentucky. In Horse of a Different Color (PublicAffairs; 320 pages; $26), Squires tells the story of how, as a relative amateur, he bred an undersize gray foal who made his way through the maze of big-money auctions, minor injuries, grueling workouts and stakes races to become Monarchos--the surprise winner of the 2001 Kentucky Derby...
...knows how many jealous spouses, paranoid business managers and run-of-the-mill perverts have rushed out to buy their own snooping devices. Miniaturization technology and cheaper electronics have enabled thousands of Taiwanese to become amateur Big Brothers, surreptitiously videotaping employees, friends and total strangers without regard for privacy or propriety. Shopowners retailing tiny spy cameras (which cost between $30 and $400) say sales jumped tenfold after the Chu Mei-feng scandal. One of the hottest toys last Christmas was a Winnie the Pooh plush doll with cameras in its eye sockets...
...studio for a year. In addition to the typical array of beat machines and computers, Slater made use of vocalist Ricky Barrow, whose moaning voice turns all but two of these dance tracks into electro-pop love ballads. The combination is a risky one, but Slater is no amateur...
Even a rank amateur like me could tell that the flawless performance of Sale and Pelletier was better than the wobbly exhibition put on by the Russian pair. The Canadians should be congratulated not only for their skating performance but also for their poise and sportsmanship during and after the controversy. AUBREY BOUTIN Springfield...
...commentators said. See how he got our attention with the first plane so the world would be watching when the second one hit? (As if two planes taking off at different times and flying different routes could have struck the buildings at precisely the same moment even if the amateur pilots at the stick had wanted them to.) Beware! the news people warned. A man with the ability to wreak this kind of destruction could do almost anything. (As if living in a cave and dreaming up a way to knock down a skyscraper takes anywhere near the genius...