Word: icelander
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland--Bobby Fischer forfeited his chess game with world champion Boris Spassky of Russia on Thursday by failing to appear at the playing hall...
Where was he? Nobody in Reykjavík, Iceland, knew, and the tension last week was palpable. Teams of reporters roamed the airport, waiting, watching, checking. Icelandic Airlines officials in New York kept two seats open on every flight-just in case. But where was he? Meanwhile, carpenters put the finishing touches on the 3,000-seat Sports Hall in Reykjavik. Lighting experts checked and rechecked the lighting. Eight closed-circuit TV cameras, five telex machines, three movie cameras and one huge projector were set up. But where, oh where...
...charged that the Russians were conspiring against him and that F.I.D.E. was controlled by Moscow. During negotiations for the site of the match, Fischer was just as troublesome and demanding. It took months of wrangling to settle on Reykjavík, and even then Battling Bobby was not satisfied. "Iceland, with all due respect, is just too small and primitive to handle an event of this size," he said. "Their hall is inadequate and so is their lighting. But the worst thing of all is that there is no way to telecast the match from Iceland...
Waging a War. Meanwhile, back in Reykjavík, the rumors were flying thick and fast. HAS FISCHER ALREADY ARRIVED? headlined Timinn, the Reykjavík daily, speculating that Bobby had slipped into Iceland. The Icelandic Chess Federation said that it had already spent $200,000 on the match, or $1 for every man, woman and child in Iceland, and could not afford to give Fischer a share of the gate. Fred Cramer, vice president of the U.S. Chess Federation and Fischer's representative in Reykjavík, moaned: "You don't know what we've been...
...Norway, Denmark and The Netherlands, men live longer than 70 years on the average; in Sweden, the world's leader, male longevity is 71.9 years-almost five years more than in the U.S. While U.S. women do appreciably better, they still rank behind women in Sweden, The Netherlands, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, France, Canada and Britain...