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...obviously one tough guy." SGT. MITCH VETERE, Utah policeman, on mountaineer Aron Rolston, who, after being pinned down by a boulder for five days, cut off his arm with a pocket knife and hiked to safety
...boyhood." Lévy also conjures up the thoughts of the admitted and since convicted ringleader, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, on the restless night before he sprung his trap on Pearl. Sheikh, Lévy finds, is a "perfect Englishman" of Pakistani origin, a chess player and champion arm wrestler, a brilliant student at the London School of Economics who embraced radical Islam during a stint in Bosnia in the early 1990s. Lévy knows from court testimony that Sheikh shaved his beard and bought Gucci shoes, a Breitling watch and Ray-Ban sunglasses to disguise himself before meeting...
...Summer Job." It makes for a cruel comparison. (The author, who means well and is just starting out, shall be spared identification.) Full of shallow and spoiled characters who booze and screw, the Gen-Y book has as little point as they do. You feel kept at an arm's length either by its accuracy or its incompetence (depending on how cynical you are). Completely opposite to this, "Summer Job" pulls you in to sit around its campfire of humane values and sing songs with its delightful, full characters. Paul describes a "camp spirit" which also applies to the experience...
...middle infielder my whole life,” Salsgiver says. “But a lot of the pro scouts I talked to told me that I projected as an outfielder at the next level, because they said I’ve got good speed and a strong arm. I really have loved being an outfielder this year though, just running around out there and trying to throw guys out. I have no plans to move back to infield, but I’ll play wherever [Harvard] coach [Joe] Walsh wants me to play...
...hurt my arm a little bit in the fall, and I decided I just wanted to back off on the pitching for awhile and focus on being an everyday player,” Salsgiver says. “I’ve been throwing some bullpen sessions lately though, and Coach Walsh has said he might use me in relief down the stretch...