Word: heartedly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...What the benighted don't understand is that modern chess is played not just against an opponent but against a clock. It thus produces a heart- stopping equivalent of football's two-minute drill. At Move 32 of Game 8, for example, challenger Karpov, losing, was forced to make nine moves in less than three minutes. He executed them in a dazzling flurry that didn't just leave him winning; it left the crowd stunned and silent. Except, that is, for one patron who, unnerved by Karpov's preposterous escape, let out a loud, shocking laugh...
Just beyond the gaze of the golden Buddha in the Eindawya pagoda in Mandalay, the spiritual heart of Burma, dozens of soldiers slouched around the courtyard, propping their rifles against the stone balustrades. Outside the temple gates, more troops manned barbed-wire barricades. "Please leave," an army captain shouted last week to a group of tourists trying to photograph the Buddha. "You may come back when our security situation is right...
...answers go to the heart of the tidal change that is transforming network television. Old verities, like the Nielsen ratings, are no longer holy writ. Shows that a few years ago would have been canceled are today being acclaimed as hits. Programmers who once juggled schedules at the drop of a Nielsen decimal point are now making those moves warily. And everybody is wondering whether television's mass audience -- those huge blocs of viewers who used to assemble in front of the set for shows like I Love Lucy and All in the Family and Roots -- has dispersed for good...
...HEART FOR SAN FRANCISCO...
...look at a Mars bar with new respect knowing that the Mars family is No. 3 in the billionaire rankings. Where would we be if someone did not locate us on a scale of the 250 most desirable or pestilential cities? The symptoms quiz -- Are you overdue for a heart attack? Are you an ordinary boozehound or a helpless alcoholic? -- is a variant of listomania. And what should attract more attention than a list of the symptoms displayed by an unfaithful spouse...