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...more intellectually gifted, there is bridge ("Dole's out of trumps, and Clinton can run clubs for the slam, Charles"). Or perhaps chess ("Dole's down a rook and two pawns, and his queen is under attack. I don't think Capablanca could get out of this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VOTE FOR NEW METAPHORS! | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

...Harvard student, a great deal in this novel is familiar. Ladd captures the essence of the self-absorbed groping college life in key passages such as: "The apartment that we called 'home' was a place to store books and papers, share an occasional meal, play chess, scan the newspapers, watch television, make love in haste and detachment, then fitfully fall asleep." This idea of college as a place to rest while stuck in transit between childhood and adulthood certainly strikes a strong cord among students...

Author: By Rachel L. Barenbaum, | Title: Harvard Scholar Releases First Novel | 10/17/1996 | See Source »

Then there's the competition. AOL, for instance, with more than 6 million subscribers, is revamping its popular Games Channel, which already offers scores of multiplayer games, from strategy and combat games like Air Warriors to classics like chess and Trivial Pursuit, and recently purchased inn to add to its gaming roster. "We're focusing on games that are designed specifically for an online environment," says Lawrence Schick, AOL's general manager for games. "We're really developing a community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FUN AND GAMES IN CYBERSPACE | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

...never really took to chess very much which is more traditional," he said...

Author: By Malka A. Older, | Title: Graduate Student Wins Scrabble Championship | 7/30/1996 | See Source »

...board games--Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit--sit stacked on a brown wooden bookshelf in the upper corner of the room, their box covers tattered from frequent use. Kedlaya says he also enjoys chess and bridge, but doesn't find much time to play...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Hsu, | Title: Breaking the Curve | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

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