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...hill in the center of Mount Auburn Cemetery, there is a white tower like the rook from a giant chess set. Ninety-nine steps spiral to the crenellated parapet, where you can look out on Boston and Cambridge spread before you. When I got to the tower, I had been in the cemetery for an hour; the shock of the wasps had worn out, and I felt at peace with death...

Author: By Phoebe Kosman, | Title: Spare Changes | 11/26/2002 | See Source »

...around the world who were watching Game 8 on the Web were disappointed that Kramnik, the pre-match favorite, did not crush the silicon beast. Chess players were angry at the Russian grand master for calling a truce without a fight. "There should be a new rule," said Tony Rook, host of the Web site http://chess.fm. "If you draw before move 30, you're barred from chess for life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Brains in Bahrain:' Man and Machine Call It Quits | 10/22/2002 | See Source »

...Additions: Karen Bolster, G, 5-8, Fr.; Ashley Rook...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dartmouth, Penn Pose Biggest Threats To Harvard | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

When their recruits failed to return with loot on Nov. 3, the Vasquez brothers and Parker drove Rook around the Boston area to look for her friends, prosecutors said...

Author: By Robert M. Annis and Alex B. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: ‘Pit Kids’ Mourn Slain Woman | 11/13/2001 | See Source »

...suspects then allegedly drove Rook to the railroad tracks beneath the BU Bridge on the Cambridge side of the river, where they stabbed her to death and threw her into the water. Her body floated to the spot where it was discovered the next...

Author: By Robert M. Annis and Alex B. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: ‘Pit Kids’ Mourn Slain Woman | 11/13/2001 | See Source »

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