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...prestigious Fredkin Intermediate Prize for Computer Chess, a $10,000 award set up for the first computer to achieve a grand-master rating. The machine, designed by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University, now has 2,551 points on the U.S. Chess Federation scale, making it one of the top 40 players in the U.S. and putting it within sight of world champion Gary Kasparov, who is rated at about...
ANDY WARHOL: A RETROSPECTIVE, Museum of Modern Art, New York City. The first comprehensive look since the artist's 1987 death at what made him, for better or worse, the top of the pops. Through...
BLACK AND BLUE. Three great singers, two dozen top dancers, 28 bluesy numbers and a zillion sequins add up to Broadway's hot new musical revue...
...Secretary of State James Baker is renowned for keeping his boss out of deep doo-doo and never stepping into any himself. But Baker's surefootedness was notably lacking last week. In his first frantic foreign foray as the nation's top diplomat, the up-close-and-personal touch that has served Baker so well with Congress and the press did not play very well. And a new accord by five Central American Presidents caught the Secretary uncharacteristically off- stride...
...avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. Eagleburger, who would be in charge when Baker is out of the country, proposes to solve the problem by recusing himself from any decision affecting former clients, but that could leave him with a lot of time on his hands. On top of that, there is grumbling aplenty along the corridors of the State Department over Baker's quick appointments of political allies and slowness to install career diplomats in key positions...