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...first few books of KenKen puzzles are all puzzles of his own devising. Now the demand is so great - and he has a school to run at home - that the puzzles are all being created by computer. There is a chessmaster in London who has devised a program that knows every technique that can be used. (See pictures of chess prodigy Bobby Fischer...
...Tribeca Film Festival this spring (April 22 to May 3). The shorts, which include one about a woman plagued by an obsessive telemarketer, and another about a filmmaker's effort to create the greenest film ever, will also be shown on board Delta flights through Delta-on-Demand...
...event, the nub of the message from the lawyers was that Zachery must pay up or get out: "Should you wish to retain the property," the letter declared in boldface type, "demand is hereby made upon you for immediate payment of $188,101.57 plus interest." Zachery immediately called the modification number, only to be told once again that his application was missing. The woman was polite but unyielding as she informed Zachery that his home was scheduled for sale on March 20 on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse. "And then," he says, "she asked me in a nice...
...herself or to others.What makes the two parts so disparate in quality, then, is not the stories they tell, but the ability of the actors to convey them. In a church-going family that tries to educate her, the six foot five Madea is a person of extremes: demanding yet forgiving, playful yet violent. But whether pulling a gun on her relatives at a houseparty or conveying deep hurt when her pothead brother (also played by Perry) ridicules her weight, Madea is a credible character—a madwoman played to a tee. Though it is difficult to identify with...
...bears, instead, are looking at the Chinese economy's continued signs of weakness. Exports, a key driver of growth, continue to plummet as demand for China's toys, blue jeans and TV sets dries up in the United States. In January, exports plunged 17.5% from the same month a year earlier. Nor are the more negative convinced that the better data coming out of China are as meaningful as they appear. Take, for example, the record level of loans, which some argue won't stimulate growth as much as expected. There are signs that some borrowers, for example, are trying...