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...white polka dots on vivid blue. The Silver Fox never looked foxier, needlepoint in her experienced hands. Madame La Bush. Pointed needle rising and swooping. Is that a new Bush-family crest to celebrate the dynasty? She launches a bemused but killer look; what she's making is a backgammon board. The dynasty idea drives her nuts - and him too. Her life's work is to love a family and make sure they love theirs. She says a few tart things about politics now and then. She gets away with murder and chuckles mischievously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Bush: 'I Made a Mistake. I Went Too Far' | 8/4/2000 | See Source »

...were the Norse any less sophisticated than other Europeans. Their oral literature--epic poems known as Eddas as well as their sagas--was Homeric in drama and scope. During the evenings and throughout the long, dark winters, the Norse amused themselves with such challenging board games as backgammon and chess (though they didn't invent them). By day the women cooked, cleaned, sewed and ironed, using whalebone plaques as boards and running a heavy stone or glass smoother over the seams of garments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: The Amazing Vikings | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...what does color add? For now, there are only a handful of programs that take advantage of it. The built-in calendar shows schedule conflicts in red; if you highlight text, it turns yellow. The IIIc also ships with a backgammon program, a color-coordinated scientific calculator and a nifty slide-show application from Club Photo that allows you to scan in and view color JPEG images. The really cool stuff, though, is on the way; I figure most of the 5,000 Palm applications out there will be colorized faster than you can say Gone With the Windows. Think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Living Color | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...lengthy conversation is challenging. Now of course, I have unconditional love for my family, but love must be nourished. And for many years, I thought that nourishing this love with my other family members was just plain easier. I can gamble with my dad over a game of backgammon or talk to my mom at the kitchen table--both things I cannot do with Sherri...

Author: By Jennifer Y. Hyman, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Unreading Period | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

Provides a forum for all undergraduate students at Harvard with an interest in backgammon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Everything Under the Sun | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

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