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Bush did not even think to mention any minorities working with him. Perhaps he assumed that since the questioner was a white woman (Susan Rook of CNN), she would only be interested in the white women aides...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: Artful Dodgers | 10/24/1992 | See Source »

...high schools -- will be casting their votes on the candidates and major issues. Their ballots will be tabulated in a 90-minute TV special, to air Thursday, Oct. 29, on C-SPAN. The show, an unusual collaborative effort, will be produced by hbo and anchored by CNN's Susan Rook. Though it won't be a scientific poll, the results could be an important bellwether: in 1988, 3 1/2 million votes were cast, and they accurately picked the winner (George Bush), even if the results (59% to 41%, against Bush's 53.4% and Michael Dukakis' 45.6% in the actual election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Publisher: Oct. 12, 1992 | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

...Game 5, for example, Fischer was adrift, wandering eyeless about the board. His rook moves two squares -- then, on the next move, back one. (Like gaining 8 yds. on first down, then voluntarily taking a 4-yd. loss on second.) A bishop thrusts sharply across the board -- to a useless perch at the edge of play. "What was his ((bishop)) supposed to be aiming for?" asked a bewildered Robert Byrne in the New York Times. A good question made poignant by the source. Thirty years ago, Fischer defeated Byrne in a win so beautiful it was once described as "more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memo to The Gods: Never Come Back | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

...Danny [Edelman] afterwards showed me a way I could've won much earlier in the match," Hamilton said, referring to his game against Minnesota. "In the middle of the game he was smiling and I couldn't figure it out. I moved the rook to the wrong space and he was just smiling more because of what I'd missed," he said. "I had been sitting there for six hours and my brain was fried...

Author: By Matthew L. Schuerman, | Title: Chess Team Forfeits to Yale | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

...victory put the Phillies one game ahead in the best-of-seven Series, with rook is right-hander Charles Hudson pitching tonight in Game 2 against another rookie right-hander, Mike Boddicker of Baltimore...

Author: By From WIRE Reports, | Title: Phillies Take Series Opener, 2-1 | 10/12/1983 | See Source »

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