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...third season, in which its characters’ relationships are bought with sexual currency.Such sexual leverage facilitates relationships in “Seinfeld” as well—when Jerry presses George to explain why he stopped seeing a woman just because she beat him at chess, he says, “I don’t see how I could perform sexually in a situation after something like that.” But Larry David’s characters are so well-defined—by their self-centeredness and neuroses—that such behavior never undermines...
...Saturdays and Sundays through October 22, including Columbus Day. 10:30 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. $24. Grab a friend with a car (or a friendly nearby mom) and roll anachronistically to King Richard’s Faire in Carver, MA. Take in human chess games, jousting, and minstrels galore at the Faire’s replica of a 16th century marketplace on 80 acres in Eastern Massachusetts. Pick up a love potion or meat pie for your roommate. See www.kingrichardsfaire.net for driving directions. 2. Thursday, September 28, 6 p.m., Free. Does a career that combines your passion...
...patched up their cuts and scrapes; now they were changing my dressings. Their sweetness permeated the house. Before Iraq, I had thought of parenting as another job--a lot of work with little payoff. Now it was a love affair. Skyler and I picked up our running chess game. Olivia helped me cook dinners--"one-handed spaghetti" was our specialty...
...critics of the government's hardline stance and informing Iranians that such radicalism carries high costs. The closure, suggests Atrianfar, may have been provoked by a recent caricature on the nuclear negotiations. He lays the cartoon on his desk, and points to the two figures it shows on a chess board. One is a horse, the other a donkey bathed in a halo of light. The donkey could be taken to represent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has in the past reported feeling surrounded by halos...
...Quart explores the pressures that are brought to bear on those children designated gifted or prodigies. True prodigies are very rare, says Quart. Her definition of prodigy: "a child with a skill set or an ability that is incredibly accomplished, far beyond their years." They tend to be in chess, music and math, more in quantitative fields and less in qualitative disciplines, where "kids are gifted in ways that are hard to measure." But then there is Marla Olmstead, a four-year-old artist whom Quart visited, whose dozens of brightly colored abstract oil paintings have brought...