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...trouble finding comfortable acceptance among his tobacco-splattered peers. In his THE BALLET SCHOOL T shirt, under his NO CIGAR SMOKING PLEASE sign, La Russa sometimes yearns to be a little more like Lasorda, who sometimes yearns to be a little less like Lou Costello. One playing chess and the other checkers: it could be a surprising match...
...ranks fourth on the nation's popularity index. Never mind that the back of his head is more familiar to audiences than his face or that he speaks Russian with a syncopated Estonian accent. Soviet viewers feel that they are eavesdropping on an intimate chat with such personalities as chess champion Anatoly Karpov, figure skater Irina Rodnina, painter Ilya Glazunov and pop singer Alla Pugacheva...
...There will be new talks, and eventually they will succeed. Whether it is strikes or war, even the biggest battles in history have ended sitting down at a table. What is better -- to be a boxing champion or a chess champion? I prefer chess. And I don't have any doubt that eventually we will...
...CHESS (RCA Victor). You missed the show, now buy the record: not a rock musical at all, but the most eclectic score of the '80s and the hottest night in Bangkok since Yul Brynner met Deborah Kerr...
...CHESS (RCA Victor). You missed the show, now buy the record: not a rock musical at all, but the most eclectic score of the '80s and the hottest night in Bangkok since Yul Brynner met Deborah Kerr...