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...that he had a knack with a knight. Last week, at age 33, he became the first African-American grand master in history and one of only 45 grand masters in the U.S. He won the title, the highest distinction bestowed by the International Chess Federation, after besting a Romanian grand master at a New York City tournament. The victory came on Ashley's home turf: until 18 months ago, when he joined the professional circuit full time, he coached young players in Harlem. Now he says he would like to open a chess center there but does not plan...
From the start one expects something impressive: written by a Romanian-born poet, essayist and English professor whose last novel,The Blood Countess,was a national bestseller, Messiah promises to stun the reader. The dust jacket insists that "mordant social commentary and incandescent characters" lie within. A short plot summary instantly intrigues. And so one has every reason to expect a marvel between the covers of Messiah. Unfortunately, one has just as many reasons to be disappointed...
...former National Public Radio (NPR) bureau chief, a prize-winning Chinese journalist and a Romanian political expert will be among the five fellows studying at the Kennedy School of Government's (KSG) media studies center this spring...
Xiguang Li, author and senior editor of the Xinhua News Agency in China, will research the birth of a new kind of journalism in a more market-driven Chinese society. Romanian journalist and political author Alina Pippidi-Mungiu will focus on television reform in East-central Europe...
...evidence that the White House may have paid or pressured Steele, a Republican, to contradict Willey. To that end, they have pored over her bank, credit and tax records, called her before two grand juries, forced family members to testify and inquired about her 1990 adoption of a Romanian orphan. Steele's brother Ben Hiatt is skeptical that Starr's office asked about the adoption just to see if she could be vulnerable to threats from the White House. He says the queries he received about the adoption--"Why did she do it? How could she afford...