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Computers have been playing passable chess since 1966, when M.I.T. Student Richard Greenblatt wrote a program called MacHack that trounced Hubert Dreyfus, a Berkeley philosopher who had insisted that no computer would ever beat even a ten-year-old. Today chess machines defeat most casual players, and the best programs can hold their own against all but the top grand masters...
...Dreyfus affair, the infamous turn-of-the-century case of the Jewish army officer who was sent to Devil's Island on trumped-up charges of treason, is troubling France once again. But this time the controversy involves art rather than matters of state: where to place a bronze statue of Alfred Dreyfus, who was finally exonerated in 1906. The 12-ft.-high work by the artist and sculptor Tim, a political cartoonist for the magazine L'Express, was commissioned by Culture Minister Jack Lang as part of a program to promote French sculpture. Tim wanted the bronze...
Several French newspapers have contended that Hernu's real worry is that the work, which depicts the officer standing at the ready, his sword broken to symbolize injustice, might be viewed as an affront to the army that accused Dreyfus. The affair continues...
...return to trading by individual investors, who pulled $84 billion out of stocks last year, seems to be a key reason for the market's strength. "You can't get 150 million-volume trading days without the participation of the individual investor," notes Monte Gordon, research director for the Dreyfus Group of mutual funds. Concurs Furniss: "Individuals had been poised on the sidelines, waiting for a signal to jump back in. Now they expect something to happen...
...Joseph was going to study "the most universal thing of all"-- they assumed he meant medicine, healing, reversing injury and pain. But he meant just the opposite: remoteness. He was sick of human adventure. He felt an unknowable warmth and feared it. It had betrayed him and named him Dreyfus...