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...confidence that swept him to a stellar 1958, when he won three of the four Grand Slams (he missed out at the French Open), placing him in what is today just a nine-member group who've achieved the "small slam." Such a feat yielded no riches in those amateur times, but that's never bothered him. "The players then were friends," he says. "We'd try to beat each other, but then afterward we would have a few beers with our opponent. That doesn't happen today...
...global telecommunications industry passed a little-noticed milestone last month when the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it was dropping a longstanding requirement that holders of amateur radio licenses be proficient in Morse code. These days, few save hobbyists use electronic dots and dashes for messaging. But in 1858, when the first undersea communications cable linking two continents was strung between the U.S. and the U.K., Morse code was the industry standard. A century and a half later, the FCC's move makes it an all-but-dead language...
That's quite a change from four years ago, when Oleg and Vladimir were teaching literature and social sciences at the Yekaterinburg State University, writing little-seen dramas and running an amateur theater they founded in the mid-1990s. But in 2002, a staff member of the British Council, an organization that promotes cultural exchanges, watched rehearsals for the brothers' play Terrorism in Moscow and recommended it to the Royal Court Theatre in London. In spring 2003, Terrorism debuted at the Royal Court, the Presnyakovs' first opening outside Russia. It was roundly applauded by critics - London's Guardian newspaper called...
...whatever makes you happy. Never again will you have so much free time. Never again will your parents be subsidizing your alcohol purchases. Never again will the dating pool be so young and attractive. It’s been a semester of ups and downs, and as an amateur advice-giver, I’ve tried to strike a balance between being helpful and being entertaining. Perhaps at times, I’ve been neither, but I’d like to thank everyone (all nine of you) that read my column every week and told me it was hilarious...
...just gut it out, to me, was just terrific.” ON THE ROAD Harvard faced probably its most hostile environment of the season. Many of those in attendance were apparently unafraid to voice their opinions. At times, observers might have thought that there were 2,000 amateur refs and coaches in the building. The fact that the game was locally televised only added to the intensity. “This is probably one of the more hostile environments,” Goffredo said. The energy rubbed off on both teams, who seemed visibly over-excited at times. Harvard...