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...program, teaches the game to more than 36,000 students in 160 schools in New York City. Meanwhile, the U.S. Chess Federation, the governing body for all tournament play, has 42,000 junior members--an elevenfold increase since 1989. "Years back, people who played chess were considered nerdy," says Barbara DeMaro, a spokeswoman for the federation. "But now chess is cool." Says Brian Hawkins, director of the Harlem Chess Center: "Once more people started playing, it became more acceptable...
...indoor recess. Instead of long division, kids thought, we get to see a movie! Then the one-reel drama began, and all pleasure ended. Nick, the antihero of Benefits of Looking Ahead, foresees his future as a lonely bum--unless he builds a table in Shop. In Habit Patterns, Barbara sobs because she's a slob ("You make a pretty picture," the catty narrator says, "with your rumpled skirt, your spotted sweater and your hair in a tizzy"). John, in Narcotics: Pit of Despair, takes that first fatal drag on a joint and instantly becomes a heroin addict. What could...
...have been the blow that widened it. Bush and Gore, riding high on the backs of their party apparatuses and their victories in Iowa, came into the Granite State exuding the confidence of heirs apparent. Bush flaunted his legacy and name recognition, sharing the stage with George Sr. and Barbara; Gore played up his vice presidential status with his Secret Service entourage...
...Barbara E. Johnson, a leading practitioner of the method teaching at Yale at the time, dismissed the criticism, accusing Bates of being a "white, dominant class Harvard-affiliated male...
...BGLSA protest on November 15, two senior faculty members--Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Rev. Peter J. Gomes and then Professor of English and American Literature Barbara Johnson--said publicly for the first time that they were homosexuals...