At my youth chess tournament 2 weeks ago, a 12 year old was playing a high school exchange student from Bangladesh in a final round game i...

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critical mass n The minimum required to start or maintain a venture: "a critical mass of users". 44 players in the morning and 5...

  I just finished a book called ‘ The Miracle of St. Anthony ’, which I got for $1.49 at the Marshalltown Goodwill store. The book chronicle...