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...broadcast live over the Web. The contest will mark the end of Kasparov's World School Chess Championships, which have paired kids from all over the world in Internet chess matches. "We met through a mutual friend a few years ago," says Kasparov. "He's a very, very keen player." Does keen mean good? "No, not really. I will beat him, of course, but he enjoys it immensely. I'm happy that my art brings enjoyment to a great...
...Rain check, typically 5. Tony Blair's brand-new son 8. Polish partner 12. eBay halted bidding on a charred rifle from here 13. Stevedores' org. 14. Take on board 15. It boosted the space station to a higher orbit 17. Gray area?: Abbr. 18. "Peachy-keen!" 19. The House voted to repeal a __ tax enacted to finance Spanish-American War 20. Get to work on TIME? 23. Key at the upper-left corner 24. __ Hamoukar, site of a recently discovered 6,000-year-old city in Syria 27. Like the Sabin vaccine 29. One of L.B.J.'s beagles...
Ridge was the first enlisted man who saw combat in Vietnam to be elected to the U.S. House. Though eager to use the war experience as leverage in his campaign, Ridge was less keen on highlighting his Harvard ties...
...Coach Weiss has also added a new dimension to the team by creating a tough schedule each season to prepare the wrestlers for Easterns and Nationals. In the past few years, the team has competed in prestigious tournaments such as the Cliff Keen Invitational, the Virginia Duals, the Midlands Tournament and the Aloha Classic, all of which feature some of the top teams in the nation. Weiss' confidence in his wrestlers has allowed the team to prove that it really can compete with anyone in the country...
...Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas in early December, Harvard again proved its toughness, placing 13th out of 47 teams. Killar took second and Mosley placed third, both against some of the top-ranked wrestlers in the nation...