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...favorite in Europe, but at least one firm believes that broadcasting the U.S.'s national pastime can be a viable European business. This week Dublin-based North American Sports Network (NASN) is set to reveal agreements with cable operators in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Iceland to bring the channel's mix of baseball, basketball, ice hockey and American football to viewers. With NASN already available in Britain, Ireland and Germany, the expansion will provide nearly 20 million homes with access to its sports fare - which this week includes three opening-day Major League Baseball games. The channel's strategy...
...FREED. BOBBY FISCHER, 62, chess legend; from eight months of detention in Japan on an alleged passport violation; after being granted citizenship in Iceland, where he is a hero for his 1972 victory over rival Boris Spassky. Fischer, whose extradition was sought by the U.S. for violating sanctions against the former Yugoslavia by playing a rematch there against Spassky in 1992, flew to Reykjavik and held a press conference in which he denounced the U.S. as "hypocritical and corrupt...
FREED. BOBBY FISCHER, 62, vitriolic chess legend; after being detained for eight months in Japan for an alleged passport violation; upon being granted citizenship in Iceland, where he is a hero for his 1972 victory over rival Boris Spassky. Fischer, whose extradition was sought by the U.S. for violating sanctions against the former Yugoslavia by playing a re-match there against Spassky in 1992, flew to Reykjavik and publicly denounced the U.S. as "hypocritical and corrupt...
...well-stocked library--have no doubt that they are headed for university. "I think I will be a pharmacist," says Heidarsdottir. The teens sat in principal Gudjon Kristjansson's office last week, waiting for a ride to the nearby town of Kevlavík, where they were competing in West Iceland's yearly math contest, one of many throughout Iceland in which girls excel...
...story of female achievement in Iceland doesn't necessarily have a happy ending. Educators have found that when girls leave their rural enclaves to attend universities in the nation's cities, their science advantage generally shrinks. While 61% of university students are women, they make up only one-third of Iceland's science students. By the time they enter the labor market, many are overtaken by men, who become doctors, engineers and computer technicians. Educators say they watch many bright girls suddenly recoil in the face of real, head-to-head competition with boys. In a math class...