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Though Goulden's work occasionally stumbles on lengthy case studies, it uncovers a world not many outside of Washington know or care about. No one can really know the power structure in Washington until they know the sphere of influence Goulden unearths in superlawyers...
...poverty and austerity. A teahouse, made of bare, unlacquered wood, with its straw thatch and river stones, displays wabi. Wabi is the rough, salty irregularity of a classical tea bowl, the plain twig in a flower arrangement, the coarse black cotton of a kimono. Its meaning extends beyond the sphere of aesthetics into a more general discipline; it suggests an uncluttered and precisely lived life in which the individual is brought into a clear relationship with nature and with his society. No matter how sumptuous or even exclusive they may be, the masterpieces of traditional Japan stake their existence...
...have the same appeal as getting to Harvard in the first place." Peterson said glumly after an excrutiating practice session last night. "I suppose we'll have to think up some twisted justification of our losing tradition to elevate potential players to a more cosmic, and ultimately rewarding, sphere...
Spassky seems to draw strength also from his near reverence for the game. "Chess brings out man's creative powers," he says. "It is not only struggle, it is a sphere where humans can fight for justice because there are strict laws." Those laws have served Spassky well. Before the match in Iceland began, Spassky had played Fischer, the highest-rated player of all time in the F.I.D.E. scoring columns (a statistical scale based on tournament results and strength of competition), five times and never lost. He won three times and gained two draws...
...lies or take a penalty of added strokes if he chooses to move it. Among weekend golfers, the temptation is often strong to improve a lie surreptitiously, especially on the greens, where a player is permitted to lift the ball and wipe it off. But in the competitive sphere of professional golf, where scrutiny is high and tolerance understandably low, such cheating is rare. Which is why the U.S. golfing world last week was closely following the case of pretty Jane Blalock...