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Silence isn't typical of Cairo cafes. Amid the blare of Arab pop music, the dice hitting the backgammon board and the clink of teacups on metal tables, just having an audible conversation can be tough. But these days dead silence from the patrons is not uncommon. In cafes with satellite TV, that hush comes every hour on the hour, when the news bulletin airs on the Qatari channel al-Jazeera, the pre-eminent Arab news network. At Cafe Lialina in the heart of downtown Cairo, the grisly footage of Palestinian corpses in the West Bank town of Jenin--mutilated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Images of Death Became Must-See TV | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

...Erkut Kucukboyaci ’04 of the Friends of Turkey Club that gave out cheese pastries and ran backgammon tournaments said he appreciated the chance to introduce students to his club...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Springfest Draws Students, Families | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

...fear: the download. Symptoms: icon blemishes, commonly found in the bottom right corner of the screen; a geologically protracted start-up delay; and the PC deathknell, “Fatal error has occurred. You will lose any unsaved information because you just had to download that pirated Backgammon software. Nice going, chump...

Author: By Couper Samuelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: System Tainted by Download | 10/30/2001 | See Source »

GRINCH ME! Bored at work? With IM Games' new instant-messenger versions of classic board games, you can grab a buddy for checkers, chess and backgammon any time of the day or night. Just download the free software from flipside.com and you can play checkers in real time with anybody on your buddy list (special game pieces for the holidays feature the Grinch and Cindy-Lou Who). One downside: the games are only for ICQ users. Everyone else will have to find some other way to kill time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Nov. 20, 2000 | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...white polka dots on vivid blue. The Silver Fox never looked foxier, needlepoint in her experienced hands. Madame La Bush. Pointed needle rising and swooping. Is that a new Bush-family crest to celebrate the dynasty? She launches a bemused but killer look--what she's making is a backgammon board. The dynasty idea drives her nuts--and him too. Her life's work is to love a family and make sure they love theirs. She says a few tart things about politics now and then. She gets away with murder and chuckles mischievously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republican Convention: I Made a Mistake. I Went Too Far | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

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