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...Chess is thriving where I live, but many talented young players have never heard of Fischer, and those who have do not view him positively. It is sad that he was never pardoned for violating a U.S. ban by playing a 1992 match in Yugoslavia. He was a chess champion who was not welcome in his own country. I think that may be partly to blame for his mental breakdown. He spent so much of his life as a fugitive-simply for playing a game of chess. Lauren Kuckelman, Reedley, California...
Some 50 tons of shredded paper fell over the Super Bowl-champion Giants during the Feb. 5 parade (left). Of more than 200 such parades in New York City, the largest--with 5,438 tons of ticker tape--was a two-day event to mark the U.S. victory over Japan...
...among cantons - in Geneva, taxes are on the higher side, while in less crowded cantons like Zug (an increasingly popular spot for foreign hedge-fund managers) they can be less than 15%. For good measure, there's the added thrill of being able to call singer Shania Twain, tennis champion Boris Becker and Formula One stars Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton your neighbors...
...last season, posting a dismal 2-26 overall record and going 0-12 in division play. However, the Scarlet Raiders have already tied their win total from last season, coming out of the gate with a 2-4 start. They also gave last year’s Hay Division champion, NJIT, a run for their money in a 3-2 loss on Wednesday night...
...power past four-year Yale starter Rory Green 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.Freshman Aba Omodele-Lucien won his first match in the B-draw 6-4, 6-2 before falling to the eventual runner-up. Fellow freshman Will Guzick lost to the eventual B draw champion in the first round, and after winning one match in the consolation draw, lost to that bracket’s eventual champion.Harvard’s lone entrant in the C-singles draw, freshman Tim Wu, made it to the semifinals with what Fish called “heads-up play...