Word: circuitous
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...only 45 grand masters in the U.S. He won the title, the highest distinction bestowed by the International Chess Federation, after besting a Romanian grand master at a New York City tournament. The victory came on Ashley's home turf: until 18 months ago, when he joined the professional circuit full time, he coached young players in Harlem. Now he says he would like to open a chess center there but does not plan to settle back into full-time teaching. "I'm still a beginner, as far as I'm concerned," he says. "There's so much to learn...
...bulky vacuum tubes. But he also realized you couldn't do much with transistors until you could link them together, like fibers in an Oriental rug. To everyone's astonishment, the gifted young man from Grinnell, Iowa--a minister's son--achieved that goal in a decade. His integrated circuit, or microchip, not only helped rename an orchard-filled California valley but also led to a seemingly endless harvest of silicon devices, from PCs to coffeemakers...
...Engineer Robert Noyce makes the first integrated circuit, or microchip...
...Osborne says the closed-circuit broadcasts of Forum events to other rooms allow more people to participate when they might otherwise be turned away at the door...
Osborne says the closed-circuit broadcasts of Forum events to other rooms allow more people to participate when they might otherwise be turned away at the door...