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Many parents also view chess as an activity with social benefits. You have to be a graceful loser--and winner--in front of peers. Plus, the game is fairly democratic. You need a certain build to try out for the football team or a certain amount of money to play golf, but chess cuts across racial, economic and gender barriers. All you need, besides an opponent, is a board and 32 pieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Check Mates | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

...gross-out scenes but fails to replicate the genius and hilarity of There’s Something About Mary. It has numerous crashes, punches and explosions, but they aren’t as funny as one scene involving Chris Farley. It tries to make the audience love a bumbling loser, but lacks the charm of Tommy Boy. The film blatantly steals a whole scene from Silence of the Lambs—a travesty to the latter—and its constant barrage of overused redneck and gay jokes hardly exudes any originality. Besides Walken’s performance, the only...

Author: By John PAUL M. fox, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Grime and Punishment | 4/13/2001 | See Source »

...every potential winner, it seems, there's a loser. Saddled with high taxes and a decrepit transportation infrastructure, the Brazilian machinery industry would simply "collapse" if forced to compete with North American firms, a Brazilian industry official says. The country's chemical industry says it would have to invest an extra $5 billion a year to avoid a similar fate, while Gianni Coda, director of Fiat Latin America, frets that "the entire Brazilian automotive sector will lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond NAFTA: Oranges For Bulldozers | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...loser would likely be Asia. Larry Martin, president of the American Apparel and Footwear Association, says that since 1994, when NAFTA went into effect, "the Mexican and Caribbean share of our imports has risen from 24% to 38%, while China's share has dropped from 11% to 6%." Brazil's footwear industry is overwhelmed in the U.S. by China, where costs are 10% lower, but foresees a boom if it can eliminate the current 8.5% U.S. tariff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond NAFTA: Oranges For Bulldozers | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...Gone With the Wind from a black point of view b) a Chinese proverb about flatulence c) the next America's Cup loser's excuse d) fourth at the Belmont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Apr. 9, 2001 | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

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