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...national high school chess champion in 1986 and 1987, last lost to Kasparov in New York two years ago. At that tournament, Kasparov played six junior chess champions, beating three, tying two and losing to one. Experts who evaluated those games labelled Rao's the most interesting, theoretically played game...
Even in this dreary phase, the computer industry has a few bright lights. The most dependable star right now is Houston-based Compaq, which makes IBM- compatible desktop and portable machines. Started less than eight years ago, Compaq is expected to reach sales of $3 billion in 1989. Last week the company did it again. Compaq introduced its eagerly awaited LTE, a laptop machine that packs all the power of a desktop computer into a package small enough to fit into a briefcase. The notebook-size machine has a standard keyboard and an easy-to-read backlit screen. Most important...
...life of a populist is not an easy one. Fired from the Politburo two years ago, Boris Yeltsin performed the impossible in Soviet politics -- a comeback -- and skated to victory in parliamentary elections last March. Since then, however, Yeltsin has been sniped at by both opponents and supporters of Mikhail Gorbachev for being too brash and publicity hungry in his criticisms about the pace of perestroika. Last week Yeltsin was shot at again, but this time the volley went right through his foot, and the finger on the trigger...
...number of American families living below the poverty line, currently an annual income of $12,091 for a family of four, fell last year to 13.1% of the population, from 13.4% in 1987. But that percentage is still higher than it was a decade ago, when it stood at 11.4%. In addition, earnings for full-time male workers fell 1.3% in 1988, the first decline since 1982, while wages for female workers were unchanged...
...there a Gorbachev acolyte lurking in the official wings? Wolfgang Berghofer, 46, is one such candidate; as the mayor of Dresden, he met with opposition leaders two weeks ago. Other potential reformers who might pressure Krenz for change...