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In ancient Athens, David Esser’s Gym for the Mind might have fought a major ad war with the Academy of Plato.
June 19, 1991
California
June 20, 1991
Television
The beloved CBS soap opera, which turns 50 Sunday, is a grueling feat of mass production made possible by writers well-versed in the mechanics of serial storytelling.
March 23, 2023
“Chess is more than just a game,” instructor David Esser started. “It’s an art.
Feb. 3, 1995
Business
Mannesmann’s supervisory board Sunday unanimously rejected a takeover bid from Britain’s Vodafone AirTouch, setting the stage for the largest hostile corporate takeover attempt in history.
Nov. 29, 1999
Entertainment & Arts
Marge to Bart Simpson IV? Dino overtakes Fred Flintstone, checkmate? This is chess?
Sept. 3, 1993
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Aug. 25, 1988
Aug. 28, 1988
Composer John Adams has won the first $100,000 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Musical Composition, the Northwestern University School of Music, which confers the award, announced today.
June 2, 2004
The driver of a charter bus who crashed on a winding mountain highway near Palm Desert told California Highway Patrol officers Saturday that he was lost and had been looking at his map book when he accidentally drove off the road.
Feb. 2, 1992