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#1 The IBM team that designed Deep Blue made the brilliant decision to design the machine to appear more uncertain than it was. During the six-game match, the machine would occasionally hold off from declaring its move for several minutes. From Kasparov's end of the table, the delays made it look as if the machine was struggling.
#2 The story of Deep Blue defeating the...
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#1 The pattern of my failures on stage was that I would spend days, even weeks before the performance, thinking about a spot in the score that I knew I would mess up. It could be anything: a shift into the stratospheric reaches of the E string, a passage of rapid-fire sixteenth notes, or a finger-contorting pattern of double-stops.
#2 I had to play a piece called La...
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#1 I was often absent from school, and as a result became something of a phantom to my classmates and teachers. I was born in 1961 in La Mesa, California. My parents divorced when I was four years old, and my father became some sort of shadowy figure.
#2 I have memories of a benign man smoking a pipe, reading the newspaper, and calling me over to kiss him good night....
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#1 Lowell George, the leader of Little Feat, was interviewed on the radio station WHCN in Hartford, Connecticut. He was promoting a local club gig, which in turn would promote his solo album. He spoke about the pressures of meeting his record company's demand for Little Feat product, and how he'd never been able to prepare himself for it.
#2 George died in his hotel...
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#1 The path of creation is different from the romantic notion of how creative work emerges out of an upwelling of passion. We unconsciously and instinctively make work that fits the preexisting formats. We work backward, creating work that fits the available venues.
#2 The room at CBGB, where some of the music I wrote was first heard, was remarkably good for sound absorption...
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#1 I had a conversation with Ozawa about the Beethoven Third Piano Concerto in C minor on November 16, 2010. We spent three hours discussing the concerto, and took occasional breaks to prevent Ozawa from tiring.
#2 The speech by Bernstein is included in this live recording that I have here. He said that he was conducting the Brahms Piano Concerto according to the interpretation...
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#1 The first humans to live in Georgia were hunters who made tools and wore pendants. They were also efficient weavers, and they created fibers from plants. This undercuts long-held assumptions about our early ancestors and gives us a fuller, richer picture of their lives.
#2 The Dzudzuana cave contains the oldest traces of fiber arts in the world, dating from 32,000...
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#1 I was excited to learn about the Director, Tortsov, and his plans for my acting career. I was to perform bits from plays chosen by me, and then he would be able to judge my dramatic quality.
#2 I was so embarrassed that instead of apology, I made the careless remark I seem to be a little late. Rakhmanov, the Assistant Director, looked at me reproachfully. He said...
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Get the Summary of Trevor Strunk's Ph.D. Story Mode in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Once considered niche, fringe, and the hobby of only outsiders or loners, video games have rapidly become one of the most popular and influential artistic forms of this century. Their imagery is near ubiquitous-children, adults, and even professional athletes know what a Fortnite dance is without...
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Get the Summary of Dave Grohl's The Storyteller in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary andnot the original book. Original book introduction: This certainly doesn't mean that I'm quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it's like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my...
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#1 My family's history with the U. S. Army began in 1943, when my father was drafted into the army and my mother enlisted in the Women's Army Corps. In 1955, my sister was born. Elvis Presley was drafted in 1958, and my father spoke with him before he went in.
#2 Elvis's fame reached all the way to the army, where my father met him. My father was given a signed photograph...
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Get the Summary of Sharon Stone's The Beauty of Living Twice in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Sharon Stone, one of the most renowned actresses in the world, suffered a massive stroke that cost her not only her health, but her career, family, fortune, and global fame. In The Beauty of Living Twice, Stone chronicles her efforts to rebuild her life and writes about her slow road back to...
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#1 Selena and I had always been friendly around each other, but professional. I had joined her band a year before, and we had traveled to Mexico together. I had noticed that Selena was lively and outgoing, while I was quiet and observant.
#2 I began to notice Selena's physical presence, her body tempting me even though she always wore cover-ups over her bikini. I tried...
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#1 The truth is that most amateur songwriters do not have a chance of being heard by anyone of importance. The primary factor that separates the rejected amateur songwriter from the accepted professional is that most amateurs do not regard the writing of songs as serious hard work.
#2 The writer's ultimate purpose is irrelevant because a good songwriter can do all of...
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#1 I come from a family that was very close. I had many vivid memories of learning to fit in wherever I was, which served me well in my future life as a musician. I remember nearly drowning in Egypt and being pulled out by a man in a flowing blue cloak.
#2 My father was a wonderful, generous man who was taken from me too early. He was a gentleman and a dreamer, and I've...
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Get the Summary of John Seabrook's The Song Machine in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: There's a reason today's ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore-they're designed that way. The Song Machine goes behind the scenes to offer an insider's look at the global hit factories manufacturing the songs that have everyone hooked. Full of vivid, unexpected characters-alongside industry heavy-hitters...
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#1 James Stewart, the movie star, was born in 1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania. His family was one of the first to settle in Armstrong Township, just six miles west of Indiana.
#2 The Civil War, which tore America apart between 1861 and 1865, had a strong impact on the Stewart family. Seven of John Kerr Stewart's grandsons fought in the war between the states.
#3 James...
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Get the Summary of Danny Trejo and Donal Logue's Trejo in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: On screen, Danny Trejo the actor is a baddie who has been killed at least a hundred times. He's been shot, stabbed, hanged, chopped up, squished by an elevator, and once, was even melted into a bloody goo. Off screen, he's a hero beloved by recovery communities and obsessed fans alike. But the real...
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#1 Elvis hated Goulet, because Goulet had moved in on his girl after Elvis had shipped off to Germany. Elvis wanted to kill him onscreen the moment he appeared in a 1977 television commercial for the show Police Story. He couldn't miss.
#2 Elvis's survivor's guilt and grief were two emotions that constantly ate away at him. He had never felt more alone.
#3 In August...
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