Word: boredness
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There was little coasting for Karpov, or for Kasparov. The challenger, brash and overconfident, lost four of the first nine games. "Get the kid a doctor," whispered one expert spectator. "He looks like he's in shock." But Kasparov steadied and held the champion through a record 17 straight draws...
Chutzpah, one might say, but it comes naturally to McGowan. The son of a railroad union organizer in the coal country of eastern Pennsylvania, he worked his way through college, attended Harvard Business School on the G.I. Bill, then went to work for Mike Todd, the Broadway and Hollywood showman...
Says Kathy Kolbe, whose children, Karen, 8, and David, 6, were feeling bored in grade school in Scottsdale, Ariz.: "It was just obvious to me that they were being dragged down because they were being made to feel it was almost an impertinence to know the answer to every question...
Police and retailers are getting to know more and more about shoplifting and shoplifters. The biggest group of criminals, say the experts, are store employees, especially temporary Christmas salespeople who have little or no loyalty to their employer. A new study by Arthur Young & Co., a major accounting firm, shows...
AFTER WATCHING the feud over the American Repertory Theatre's unorthodox production of Samuel Beckett's "Endgame" almost turn into the First Amendment Superbowl of 1984, those actually making the trip to the Loeb Mainstage will more likely be bored than shocked.