Word: chess
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...Machines are getting better, but we humans are also learning." Garry Kasparov, world's top-ranked chess player, after a match against a computer that ended...
...sincere / Everything taboo"), to a haunting lament for the passing of Warhol?s 15 minutes (You?re Out of Fashion), along with a batch of soulful and melodic ballads. At times, the show has the over-the-top rock emotionalism of the 1980s musical Chess - another great score scuttled by a problematic book. Ten years from now, I can see a cult developing around the music for Taboo the way it has around the score of Chess. Count me a charter member...
...service to search books you already have on your shelves. No matter how fast you try to thumb to and from the index pages, Amazon's computers can do it faster. Now you know how Garry Kasparov felt when he was beaten by a chess program...
...loved the world that he gave up his only son. God also avoids the big picture: no talk of worship or salvation or Thou Shalt Nots. "The way we approach what God says is, Less is more," says Hall. Instead, God asks Joan to stop underachieving, to learn chess, to get a part-time job--the Lord as almighty guidance counselor. God explains that by bettering herself, Joan sets off chain reactions that help others: in chem class, for instance, she befriends a school misfit who knows where her brother can get a car outfitted for paraplegics...
...Nintendo for too long and the screen started to jerk all over itself. With the album running just over half an hour, the song’s lack of compelling elements is somewhat of a problem. Nonetheless, Kid Koala’s talent is undeniable, and the free cardboard chess set and comic book that come with the album are only icing on the cake. —Marissa R. Robillard