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...wife Jiang Qing) that was blamed for the Cultural Revolution, the decade of terror that Mao had unleashed and then nourished. Mao didn't count among the fiendish four, but when the plucky Chinese I encountered talked of the Gang, they would hold up five fingers, then fold the thumb back slowly to conform to the official co-conspirator count. The message was clear: Mao was that disappearing finger...
...Pepaj, 32, applies poker perspective to her life every day. "Many times in business," she notes, "we keep trying to fix something that isn't working simply because we've spent a lot of time and energy on the project. Admitting defeat is hard, but having the restraint to fold ultimately protects you and keeps you in the game--and this is a skill you don't necessarily learn in business school...
...card game really teach such profound life lessons? Poker-playing women say it's so, that knowing when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em is more than just a hokey country-music sentiment--and it ain't just for cowboys...
...Sadr. Of course, Chalabi has serious downsides as well-aside from the greasy residue on his resume. The Sunnis don't like him. He has been an advocate of the most extreme and injudicious de-Baathification proposals. When asked how Chalabi might bring the Sunnis back into the fold, an Administration official told me, "You've heard about Nixon to China?" It might be more like Michael Corleone to Cuba. And it must be emphasized that any successful Iraqi government remains the longest of long shots-especially with an insurgency that continues to grow more effective and lethal...
...addition to approaching illegality, dot-com poker also undermines the social nature of card-playing, the very characteristic that has preserved its popularity over the years. A web gamer may gain familiarity with JaCKA55’s tendency to fold early or might begin to expect HOUSEthis to bluff with a six pair when playing online, but he won’t learn how to bond with the boys while placing bets on the net. (I apologize for assuming a male subject throughout this piece…women and cards deserve another column entirely...