Archive for the ‘Play Backgammon’ Category

We are all one? – Today’s Zaman

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Today's Zaman

We are all one?
Today's Zaman
I was being taught backgammon by one of the waiters of a cafe I had been frequenting and he called Fırat over and said, “Play with this guy.” Fırat and I didn't speak each other's language, but we hit it off immediately and with the help of gestures ...

Lord Lucan: the gambling earl who murdered his children’s nanny – Telegraph.co.uk

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Telegraph.co.uk

Lord Lucan: the gambling earl who murdered his children's nanny
Telegraph.co.uk
He would eat lunch at the Clermont gambling club in Berkeley Square each day, play backgammon, before changing at home and returning to eat dinner and gamble until the early morning. By 1973, aged 39, the lifestyle was taking a toll on his dazzling ...

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Viva la evolution – Sydney Morning Herald

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

Sydney Morning Herald

Viva la evolution
Sydney Morning Herald
They talk, chuckle, joke, argue, sing, dance, eye each other lustily and play chess, checkers, dominoes, backgammon and baseball. In Cuba, it seems, a lack of disposable income and state-of-the-art material goods is no impediment to fun.

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The private passion of America’s high rollers. – Newsweek

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

Newsweek

The private passion of America's high rollers.
Newsweek
Leave backgammon to Bob Dylan, Scrabble to Sharon Stone, and chess to Ben Affleck. For a certain set, there's only bridge. Designer Isaac Mizrahi serves homemade mac and cheese and Mrs. Paul's fish sticks at his Sunday-afternoon bridge parties in New ...

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A PENINSULA PROFILE TRUE LOVE STORY: Couple show it ‘comes down to the simple … – Peninsula Daily

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

A PENINSULA PROFILE TRUE LOVE STORY: Couple show it 'comes down to the simple ...
Peninsula Daily
They play backgammon just about every night. “It really comes down to the simple things,” Cathy says. Mornings are sweet, Paul adds. “When I wake up, I touch her. If nothing else, it's just tangling up our ankles, or bottom of foot to bottom of foot.