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Someone very wise once said, "A sport is something that you can?t ask someone else to do for you." In other words, if I were confined to a wheelchair, I could still play chess with exactly the same degree of success as someone who is able-bodied. By that definition, chess is not a sport...
...increase the box office too. Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, of Abba, had a Broadway failure despite their great score for the rock musical Chess in the mid-'80s. But Mamma Mia!--essentially a greatest-hits album adorning a fluffy story about a girl searching for her real dad--has been breaking attendance records in London, Toronto and Los Angeles. Which means that more than just Abba fans are singing along with Dancing Queen...
...irritant to Saddam's regime, let alone its nemesis. And while Washington's hawks will want to see more action on the "regime change" front, most of his Arab neighbors are opposed to the very principle of the U.S. trying to overthrow the Iraqi dictator. Thus the three-dimensional chess game of Washington's Iraq policy...
...days away by camel, or six hours by bus, is Bukhara, a more relaxed and intimate experience. Aged, bearded men sit around low tables next to outdoor stone pools, playing chess and dominoes while drinking tea under the mulberry trees. A highlight of any visit is getting lost in the maze of caravansaries, alleys and domed markets in the old city. Be prepared for spontaneous invitations to a wedding or to share a cup of tea. The city's architectural wonders include the giant ramparts of the fortress known as the Ark, the banded patterns of the dizzying...
...Losers PETER BUCK Giving happy people shiners? Guitarist for the American rock group R.E.M. is arrested for assaulting two British Airways crew members ANATOLI KARPOV Rooked with his own petard! Russian chess champ loses to a Greek dental student who studied the master's moves on the Internet JENNA BUSH A chip off the presidential block? George W.'s 19-year-old daughter is ticketed for booze possession in Austin, Texas. That's a crime...