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• Two many Parties

  In his book about the life of George Washington, Henry Cabot Lodge wrote: "No man ever left a nobler political testament." Washington warned in his farewell address against the two-party system by stating, "As someone who has always been indep... | Read More

  • theriverman
  • | Aug 5, 2011
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• http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/wics/mariner/mariner1.htm

  I googled this poem, it is one of my favorites.     The Ancyent Marinere by Samuel Taylor Coleridge from Lyrical Ballads, the Bristol imprint of 1798 by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge A note on the text THE RIME O... | Read More

  • theriverman
  • | Apr 18, 2010
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• To be a better Player

  Karpov’s approach/ pure(dry) positional style :) From the same book, here are a list of "secrets" of how karpov wins (p. 10-11):The conclusions coming from the statistical survey presented above already tell us much about Karpov, the ches... | Read More

  • theriverman
  • | Feb 15, 2010
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• Puzzle=Checkmate in two

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  • theriverman
  • | Oct 9, 2009
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