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...Would you like some tea?” asks an elderly woman seated at the head of a long dining table. Her gentle Boston elocution draws the question into a lyrical arc. A silver samovar and a matching spouted pot rest before her on the table like gleaming chess pieces...
...think people consider boxers stupid? It's just one of those clichés - like all models are bimbos or all politicians corrupt. I've met plenty of smart boxers in my life, and I plan to do everything I can to change the stereotype. Bringing chess into the ring is a start in that direction. Who are the boxers you'd most like to fight? Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson. Even though Tyson is not half the man he once was, I still consider him one of the legends of the boxing world...
...announced that he's ready to return to the ring and is "tired of being stupid." But the Klitschko brothers break that sorry old mold. They hold Ph.D.s in sports science from the University of Kiev, have cowritten a book on fitness, speak several languages and are ace chess players. And they may be having some influence on their colleagues. Lewis has become a chess devotee, although he hasn't yet matched the Klitschkos' prowess on the board. Vitaly held his own against Garry Kasparov in an exhibition match last year and played current world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik...
...hill in the center of Mount Auburn Cemetery, there is a white tower like the rook from a giant chess set. Ninety-nine steps spiral to the crenellated parapet, where you can look out on Boston and Cambridge spread before you. When I got to the tower, I had been in the cemetery for an hour; the shock of the wasps had worn out, and I felt at peace with death...
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