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Before The Queen s Gambit There Was Vera Menchik Netflix By Jeff Somers/Dec. 29, 2020 2:50 pm EDT/Updated: Jan. 5, 2021 4:46 pm EDT The Queen s Gambit has been a breakout success for Netflix, reintroducing the world to Walter Tevis terrific novel and inspiring a surge of interest in the game of chess. The story of Beth Harmon orphan, alcoholic, and chess genius the series combines a fine sense of 1960s style with an accurate portrayal of just how dramatic the chess world can be. And while the story only skims the challenges faced by female players in the male-dominated sphere of world-class chess, it s easy to see Harmon as a feminist icon who smashes through glass ceilings as easily as she smashes through her endgames. ....
Moments In Swedish History That Went Horribly Wrong Chris Jackson/Getty Images By Jeff Somers/Dec. 21, 2020 10:14 am EDT/Updated: Dec. 21, 2020 10:21 am EDT If you live outside northern Europe, you probably think of Sweden as a sleepy Scandinavian kingdom where they make boxy cars and furniture that arrives with incomprehensible instructions. You might (mistakenly) believe it has a very high suicide rate, or that it s freezing and covered in snow all the time, or that meatballs are the national cuisine. While modern-day Sweden one of the most prosperous countries in the world is famous for its neutrality through two world wars and has a reputation as a placid, well-functioning modern socialist state, Sweden is actually just as tense and fractured as any other country. The country has seen its share of economic and social unrest in modern times and things were much worse if you go a little further back in its history. Sweden was once a mighty ....
The Tragic Real-Life Story Of The Getty Family Getty Images/Getty Images By Jeff Somers/Dec. 13, 2020 10:30 pm EDT The phrase money can t buy happiness sounds wise, but it overlooks one important fact: Money can, in fact, buy the things that make us happy. Of course, too much of anything is bad for you, and that s really where the money bites you. When you can have anything you want at any time, it s easy to lose yourself. Case in point: The Getty family. Once ranked as one of the wealthiest families in the world and still worth billions the descendants of Jean Paul Getty s oil empire have spent the last five decades experiencing the corrosive effects of money. While their name is still inextricably linked to the oil business and the chains of gas stations that once bore their name, the family sold its interests in the 1980s for an eye-popping amount of money and have nothing to do with the oil business. ....