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...added this on to the house when we had our third child,” Mankiw says. “This on the table is a game called ‘Cathedral.’ It’s one of those logic puzzle games. I was a chess player growing up, but no I’ve never played the chess master at ABP.” A giant plasma television rests against one wall showing that the Mankiws don’t only enjoy books and logic games, but also kicking back and watching some TV every once...

Author: By Catherine J. Zielinski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FM Cribs Presents: N. Gregory Mankiw | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

According to Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, writing a novel is a lot like playing a game of chess...

Author: By Shambhavi Singh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Turkish Laureate Speaks at Sanders | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

...lecture in a crowded Sanders Theatre yesterday, the Turkish novelist said that most writers attempt to guess how a reader will respond to their writing, just as a chess player makes his move in anticipation of his opponent’s next move in a chess game...

Author: By Shambhavi Singh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Turkish Laureate Speaks at Sanders | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

...your very unique worldview. I lost track of all the elements involved, which include traditional Islam, Taoism, Buddhism, chess and numerology. If you had only a minute to tell someone about your beliefs, what would you say? First of all, the tao means the way. And there are many ways to get to a place as long as you stay on the path. So if you want to travel the way of Jesus, the way of the Prophet Muhammad, if you want to travel the way of Buddha or Bodhi Dharma, if you want to travel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The RZA on The Tao of Wu | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...know when Garry Kasparov took on that IBM computer in chess? This is sort of like that, only with cookies instead of chess, and an Excel spreadsheet instead of a giant computer and Kerry Simon instead of Kasparov. But still, it's better than Bruce Willis against hot robots without midsections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Wiki Recipes Work? | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

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