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More Subtle, Less Scrutable. Go is commonly described as an Oriental cross between checkers and chess. In fact, the only thing the three games have in common is that all are played on boards divided into squares. Checkers is a battle royal that ends when one opponent sweeps his adversary...
Go is more subtle, less scrutable. The pieces are of equal value and the strategy is full of Oriental guile. Using the intersections rather than the squares, players attack at widely separated points, worry less about capturing opponents than establishing outposts that can be used eventually to wall in territory...
In this century, every decade has had its city. The fin de siècle belonged to the dreamlike round of Vienna, capital of the inbred Habsburgs and the waltz. In the changing '20s, Paris provided a moveable feast for Hemingway, Picasso, Fitzgerald and Joyce, while in the chaos...
Not everyone looks upon London's new swing as a blessing. For many who treasure an older, quieter London, the haystack hair, the suspiciously brilliant clothes, the chatter about sex and the cheery vulgarity strike an ugly contrast with the stately London that still persists in the quieter squares...
Caruso's Stockings. Fortunately, the mementos most in demand are not easily pilfered. Over 2,000 requests have been made for pieces of the gold brocade curtain, but RCA Victor has cornered that market. The record company bought the curtain for $10,000, and plans to cut it up...