| 单词 | checker |
| 例句 | Mingo was a stoutly made man of middle stature, with a West Indian complexion that was livened by his red checkered suit tonight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In her hands, she holds up orange, red, and blue checkered cloth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He enjoyed checkers but found it far less of a challenge than chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After, we had hot chocolate and played checkers, even though it was a sunny day and over ninety degrees. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The tiles in the Merciless Mart are always black and white, and here they are in a checkered pattern. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Your father sent you down here to play checkers and read a book. Not to stir up stuff.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But as I hurried to cross the street just before reaching the depot, the old men playing checkers on a barrelhead under the Cold Sassy tree winked and grinned at me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We played tennis and checkers and I lent her the Bobbsey Twins and she lent me the Rosemary books. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z These villagers are all dressed in the familiar loose-fitting black pajama pants and shirts with a red-and-white checkered scarf wrapped across their shoulders or around their head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We played checkers,” said Czernobog, hacking himself another lump of pot roast. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Beside him, a bottle of red wine and a baguette are spread on a checkered cloth. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I picked up a checker and rolled it in my fingers. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z A checkered flag waves and our cars speed off, zipping down virtual city streets and jumping over police cars. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Some brothers playing checkers on the corner took their hats off when we went by. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They had left the clearing and were wandering again through the checkered shade, with their arms round each other’s waists whenever it was wide enough to walk two abreast. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Good. You shall play checkers with me,” he said, taking a wooden box of pieces from the mantelpiece, and shaking them out onto the table. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Sure, go ahead and use your checker, but don’t depend on it to catch every mistake. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of August there was a cherry crib under the window, a white changing table with mint- green knobs, and a rocking chair with checkered cushions. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I mean, besides checkers, she was quite fond of all athletic sports, and after I got to know her, the whole summer long we played tennis together almost every morning and golf almost every afternoon. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The young black man in the checkered suit, after reading the letter, grudgingly gave me papers indicating that I was now qualified to apply for a pass. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In his spare time Bloom had organized the ushers, checkers, and refreshment sellers into a more efficient, cohesive structure that greatly increased the theater’s profits and his own salary. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was the same expression she wore when she had thoroughly trounced me in checkers. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dead-criminal checker. Sounds like an important position to me. And who is Piper, anyway?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A Dorothy and a Cowardly Lion played checkers on their blanket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He kept hacking into a large checkered handkerchief, and every cough was like a convulsion. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z It was made of finely checkered gray-and-blue wool, with a striped lining and horn buttons, and carried in its weave the faint smell of limes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z As I am writing this chapter, every few pages I see the green wiggly line of Microsoft Word’s grammar checker, and usually it flags an agreement error that slipped under my tree-spotting radar. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “They probably don’t even play checkers over here,” Sergeant Dongan said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “What you did in there, with the checkers game,” he said. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Bertie is a whiz at checkers, but backgammon is not his forte. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z You could win in checkers like that, sometimes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Dad pushes a checker close to mine, and I’m trapped. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He’d earned the job of Assigner because of his quick mind, his swift intelligence, his fertile imagination, his ability to see two moves ahead as if life were a giant checker or chess game. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sound in the empty school was the slap of his tennis shoes against the checkered floor and the drone of the janitor’s vacuum coming from the teachers’ lounge. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z "Who's the boy in the checkered blue surcoat with the three eyes on his shield?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A Dorothy and a Cowardly Lion played checkers on their blanket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There was the checkered rug where Mikayla and I did our experiments, the purple stain where we’d mixed baking soda and vinegar—and a whole bottle of bubble bath. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Every once in a while, when the old people looked up from their checkers game, they thought they could hear faint peals of laughter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I like trombones in tune. I like sharing candy at lunch. And I like the sound of checkers with Dad.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Anatole got to spend his days playing bottle-cap checkers with a pair of lackadaisical guards, who let him read and write anything as long as he didn’t escape. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was one of those fellows who was always sitting on the benches outside the general store in Bumblebee, playing checkers or sleeping. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Peewee and the spec four played checkers for a while and then he played with an Italian from Connecticut. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Both the soldiers and the villagers have on black pajama clothes and red-and-white checkered scarves with mud stains on their bottoms and knees. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He did time for that, something neither he nor Mommy ever told us about, though I always wondered how a guy who seemed so unsophisticated could be so clever at checkers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But after he left Miss Ransom’s house and stood for a half hour watching Bud and C.T. abusing each other at checkers, he decided to check Sheila out right fast and quit for the day. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Lissa jumped to her feet, scattering the checkers in her haste. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Behind them, regular games of Scrabble, chess, checkers, and bridge were conducted with great seriousness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For about half an hour before dinner, I tried to get him to play checkers, but he finally just wiped the pieces off the board and told me to go away. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama sits in her checkered fleece robe, tense on the edge of her bed. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Photographic blowups of Fischer and Spassky adorned the windows of almost every shop, with black-and-white checkered displays serving as backdrops for huge papier-mâché chess pieces. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He wears a strange outfit, some kind of canvas pants that I’ve never seen before with a checkered shirt. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z How I wished I could be inside with Lissa, playing checkers or reading. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The way it hangs over his checkered blue shirt makes him look like a tourist. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Then they played checkers and then he put the boy to bed. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It gave her otherwise plain face a broken excitement and blue-blade threat like the keloid scar of the razored man who sometimes played checkers with her grandmother. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Soon, my mom’s brown and white checkered apron is in front of me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Front porches were full of living room furniture, old couches and armchairs, people playing checkers, arguing, waving fingers, and breaking into laughter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As he kicked his checkered soccer ball along the streets, he could feel it lurking in shadowy doorways, behind shaded windows. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The young people played checkers and games of cards in the hallways, slept on the floor, and made defensive weapons with sticks and stones. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s very film noir. All we need is a fog machine and a dame with a gun and checkered past.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z His old checkered tie hung loose around his neck, as if he’d been pulling at it. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z His long, checkered shirt tail was hanging out of his pants. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “You scared of getting beat at checkers?” he asked slyly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Lourdes studies the checkered linoleum, longs to dig for her bones like a dog, claim them from the black-hooded earth, the scraping blade. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Lines crossed each other, up and down, so much so that what Thomas held in his hands looked like a checkered grid. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Her sari, a different pattern each day, fluttered below the hem of a checkered all-weather coat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s just Dad in his red checkered bathrobe. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z A white sheet spills over the side of the gurney and brushes against grimy checkered tiles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A creature in the sky floated down with a checkered flag in its hands. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He pulled a large checkered bandanna from his back pocket. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Above the coconuts was the band’s name written over an eighties-looking checkered pattern. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The boy’s body lay under a checkered blanket beside the path. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He did time for that, something neither he nor Mommy ever told us about, though I always wondered how a guy who seemed so unsophisticated could be so clever at checkers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Portia’s house was dark except for the checkered moonlight on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When chores are done, we play checkers or hearts and listen to the radio. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The picture side shows a black-and-white etching of a child in a bed covered in fluffy pillows and a checkered quilt, not in a nursery but under a star-sprinkled night sky. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One beating and one lecture was about right for two good stories that would be told for a long time by old men playing checkers under the Cold Sassy tree at the depot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She even played a game of checkers with him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They returned, and after Dasch changed into a pair of gray checkered golf pants, the men crouched down and waited. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The object was to jump pegs like checkers until you had only one left, which sounded simple at first. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z What if I only take the baggy checkered old-man shorts that come down to my knees?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In second grade, there had been a class checkers tournament, and George and Rick had been the two best players. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Just a baby, drowning in an oversized Indy 500 shirt, complete with checkered flags and a bright green race car. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z "Did she tell you we used to play checkers all the time, or anything?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Can we play checkers before you go to bed?” she asked. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He had reached the foot of the stairs and now stopped and turned, a leather suitcase in each hand, to face them where they were grouped, in the center of the checkered, tiled expanse. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We were playing checkers when the Huey came in with the chaplain. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma entertained us with reading or checkers and chess so we wouldn’t bother Mother as she studied for her night-school exams. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Animated by this new certainty—choosing the right dress had surely helped—she crossed the hallway, pushed through the baize door and strode along the checkered tiled corridor to the kitchen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He could apologize to Matthew and Mark, too, for not appreciating the checkers and card games they played with him when he knew they’d rather be outside. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was pulled into its usual ponytail, and her checkered dress looked like the same type of clothes she’d wear any other day. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Lots of long, twisty vines lay on a checkered handkerchief. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Their grandmother found an old checkers set, somewhere deep in a closet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Rolling up a shirt in a checkered handkerchief. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z With a guilty shock I saw we were playing checkers and I wasn’t holding up my end. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As the rabbits came up by the hole inside the beech wood, a swift gust of wind passed through the leaves, checkering and dappling the ground beneath, stealing and giving light under the branches. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She hid the money in a pouch she’d sewn in the lining of her checkered winter coat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “My guess is you play a mean game of chess. Chess, checkers, rummy, bridge, hearts, dominoes, cribbage. And what about solitaire?” added Nels. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Everybody was surprised at Janie playing checkers but they liked it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Mrs. Popper had removed all the stranger objects, leaving only the marbles and checkers, so that Captain Cook now had a nice, orderly little rookery. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I could believe a lot of things and had been forced to over the course of that month, but getting kicked out of a checker game by my baby brother was pretty tough to swallow. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know, Dad, that not one of us here has ever beaten you in a single game? Not checkers, not dominoes, not softball, nothing.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It even got as far as the County Jail in Salinas where Gay, who had lived a good life by letting the sheriff beat him at checkers, suddenly grew cocky and never lost another game. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A checker game was going on in The Coffee Pot Cafe as I went past, but nothing else. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Thought you might want to play checkers,” he said. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Her china teapot only had two chips, and she had folded a piece of red checkered fabric for a napkin and laid it on the side of the tray. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z All the girls got checker boards and all the boys got lotto games. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But the sponsors atop the mezzanine looking over the black-and-white checkered floor were. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Shadow had played checkers in prison: it passed the time. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z At a corner table two whiskery ranch hands were playing checkers. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The Baxters had given me a new checkered skirt, a bright pink sweater, and a knitted scarf. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z We played checkers until it was time for chow, the same way we had the day before. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat back and studied the checkers lined up on the board, so orderly, so perfect. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Then he pushed the twenty-four checkers pieces back to their home squares on the board. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He dresses for the party as he normally does, in Levi’s and boat shoes and a checkered flannel shirt. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Some guy in one of those very dark gray flannel suits and one of those checkered vests. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Sydelle's crutch was painted in black and white squares to match her black and white checkered dress. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z From her bottomless carry-on, Gay pulled out magnetic checkers, a mini Yahtzee set, and Go Fish and Old Maid cards, which we played until we landed in Hartford. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I dressed in a pair of overalls, which I hated because they had suspenders, and a flannel checkered shirt, which Mama had bought at the Goodwill store. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They too were dressed in their courtroom best: a purple jersey dress for Debbie; pleated slacks, a pink checkered shirt, and a tie for Karl. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Eventually I have to go outside and stare at my plump, checkered hens in the yard, trying to decide which one to kill for supper. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Segregated, black and white men play checkers and drink soda outside. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z The checkered tile floor became slick with rain and mud, and it took all of my concentration not to slip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Charlie stands clutching and pulling at his red checkered shirt as they argue over him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d flipped the ends and chosen a wide orange headband that matched the checkered dress Mrs. Baxter had fixed for me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Then she stands there like she’s waiting for my next checker move. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We sat down at a table covered with a cheery red- checkered tablecloth in a cold, abstract arrangement of squares—the kind of pattern the demons favored. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we ate chow and played checkers in the afternoon. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a marching formation now, and in their own dim body light, the rough-hewn walls of the mine tunnel swam past noiselessly, checkered with misty erratic blobs of shadow. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She has about twenty pounds of gold on her—at one point, when they are sitting face to face, their hands wrapped up together in a checkered cloth, he counts eleven necklaces. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Scruffy, a checkered blue bow bobbing in his fur, prances up to the Four Paws Spa's arched grand entryway, where the Japanese prime minister's cat is secretly being held hostage by the evil Dr. Loofah. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They were all masters of checkers and chess and bridge and cribbage and dominoes and anagrams and charades and Ping-Pong and billiards, as well. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, whatever he got, he can sure keep it. Set up the checkers.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was in a mood to trounce Jojo in checkers, not work outside all day. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Pulled out my pistol, kilt the dog, and shot thet checker game to Kingdom Come.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was illustrated with a cartoony-looking detective in a checkered hat who was holding up a magnifying glass to examine books on a shelf. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Beatriz, dressed to the nines in a red checkered skirt and white sweater, diva-strolls into the cafeteria, taking a seat at the center table, which everybody knows is reserved for her. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Back in Georgia, when Daddy had still been alive, they would end every evening with a rousing game of checkers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Lissa and her father were in the living room playing checkers. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Einar decided to offer free coffee to shoppers and asked one of his checkers, Jessica Porter—who was twenty-two and cheerful looking—to stand behind a folding table and serve. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There are two little discs about the size of checkers. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Let’s play checkers while it’s drying,” Dad says. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Farrell Jones, who rode alongside Pollard, recalled a fight he got into with a veteran jockey in a dispute over a checkers match. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s like a baby. He can’t play Monopoly or checkers or anything... he gets everything all mixed up. I won’t play with him any more.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They stood next to a group of older men who had set up a small table to play checkers, the same men who often played at Lowell Park. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For the heads, she stuffs her red checkered scarf with straw. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lissa jiggled the board accidentally, and I nudged a checker back into position. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I look around my bedroom for ideas: from the checkered rug on my floor to the calendar of Georgia O’Keeffe flower paintings Dad bought me at the art museum he took me to last summer. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do I have to fight you? Or play checkers?” he asked. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Then we started the engine and motored down the inky East River with the tall, checkered buildings blinking down at us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z This, unfortunately, was the box checker in me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I stood at the front of the line, looking at the gleaming span of checkered tile between the PSF’s black boots and my mud-splattered toes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z On such occasions Ajax stood, along with the crowd, and viewed the fighters with the same golden-eyed indifference with which he watched old men playing checkers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Beyond Harken Square, the lighted windows of the buildings made checkered lines, yellow and black, row after row, in all directions. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Yet I like hearing adults murmuring, feeling the sun through the window, lying on my tummy on a soft carpet, worrying only about jumping checkers. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Men looked up from their checker games and wondered if she’d make it this time. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Princesse slowly removed the checkered blouse of her school uniform, followed by a spotless white undershirt she wore to keep her blouse from getting stained with sweat. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She had been born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, where her father had been a “checker for Ford automobiles.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes they marked out squares on the sandy bank and played a game of checkers with round stones. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Armpit’s mother worked as a checker for H-E-B, a local supermarket chain. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Gaines walked inside the restaurant and immediately went to the back, past the red and yellow leather stools that ran down along the white countertop like pieces in a checker game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They were paying me to distract Bigger with ping- pong, checkers, swimming, marbles, and baseball in order that he might not roam the streets and harm the valuable white property which adjoined the Black Belt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z At the pass office I was interrogated by a young black man in a checkered suit who appeared to enjoy the job he was doing: putting his own folks through hell. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “December 26 “The pond is a white muffin, the millhouse has disappeared under a snowdrift, and Alice and I are playing checkers with groundnuts and dried apples. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Father Nicanor, who had never seen checkers played that way, could not play it again. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Bobby obligingly studied Waters’s books and other checkers books, but he never entered a tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Can you tell me the time, please?” the boy said, taking a very close look at Victor’s checkered sweater. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z One time at the meetin’-house picnic, boys with patches the same color as their overalls had laughed at him and pointed to the checkered gingham on the knees of his overalls. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z New York fact checkers who couldn’t find California with a map and a flashlight are an old joke around here, but Lunenfeld shouldn’t have needed rescuing in the first place. The City of Angels, Viewed Through a Prism 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z Lord Langley, that brazen rake, returns after years as a diplomat and spy, hoping to shed his checkered past and persistent ex-lovers by proposing to "staid, serious" Minerva Sterling. Local books: alcoholism, globalization and the lingering appeal of Pudding Pops 2011-06-06T21:30:06Z Everybody’s a preppy when all it takes now to achieve the appearance of having descended from generations of Groton men is a flipped collar, a pair of Top-Siders and checkered shorts. Fashion Diary: Studying the Preppy Look and its Reference Points 2010-07-23T22:30:00Z Not only that, but Chopra and Hough have pretty checkered pasts when it comes to social justice, to say the least. "The Activist" implosion: How a reality show working for greater good became a capitalist nightmare 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Stone’s checkered history in magicianship sets the stage for “Fooling Houdini,” his cheery, inquisitive book about a world where math, physics, cognitive science and pure geeky fanaticism intersect. Books of The Times: ‘Fooling Houdini’ by Alex Stone 2012-06-20T20:11:57Z At the derby, all the fish caught are wanded and documented by checkers after weigh in. Resurrection Derby Dec. 5-6 at Friday Harbor sold out 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z The quantity of false stories, these fact checkers said, is vast. Johnny Depp Is NOT Best Friends With This Lizard, Despite Report 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z There’s a long, somewhat checkered history of breeders trying to convert strawberries from once-a-year bloomers to plants that flower over and over again. You could be eating fresh local strawberries at Christmas if this researcher has her way 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z After the man became violent, a group of people swarmed him and brought him to the ground, with the help of a wavy-haired hunk in a checkered shirt who looks a lot like Paul Rudd. No, That Wasn't Paul Rudd Tackling an Airport Homophobe 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z His manic temperament reveals itself repeatedly in my checkered history. A Portrait of My Ego as a Big Black Dog 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z But if God, or in this case, the writers, say you’re playing checkers against a guy playing chess, you’re probably going to be outsmarted. Tony Dalton Talks ‘Better Call Saul’: Sympathy for el Diablo 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z At the first SportAccord World Mind Games Championship in Beijing — which include chess, go, checkers and Chinese chess as well as bridge — four countries were invited to compete in each bridge division, women’s and open. Bridge: SportAccord World Mind Games Championship - Bridge 2011-12-14T22:58:34Z Konane resembles checkers but is played with black and white pebbles on a board that may be wood, stone or a woven mat. Spare Times for Children for Jan. 9-15 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Only after he meets Clare and realizes she's his destiny does he start uncontrollably popping back to her childhood home, where they play checkers and he helps her with her homework. The naked truth about "The Time Traveler's Wife" is that it would be a mess in any era 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z The hard-working writers, editors and fact checkers who put together our listings were even busier than usual this summer as movies and shows moved in and out of their scheduled dates. A New Season in the New Normal* 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z He hired an independent fact checker and sent sections of the book to his sources in advance of publication, allowing them to vet their quotations and his descriptions of their research. A Fraud? Jonah Lehrer Says His Remorse Is Real 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z This wooden travel checkers board painted with simple black, geometric squares turns a family-gathering pastime into a chic coffee table object. | The Daily Gift: Fredericks & Mae Travel Checkers 2013-12-09T18:00:14Z Video and written texts explore the checkered paths of people who’ve lived, even briefly, in the margins of celebrity. 10 Galleries to Visit in Brooklyn and Queens 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The history of movie stars playing stand-up comics is checkered, with Dustin Hoffman and Tom Hanks delivering some of their least memorable work in “Lenny” and “Punchline.” How Robert De Niro Learned to Become ‘The Comedian’ 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z And why the chaplain, a recent convert, admits that her checkered religious history isn’t the only thing that makes her life seem arbitrary. Review: In ‘Mary Jane,’ a Young Mother Faces Her Worst Fears 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z I was a teenager laid up with a herniated disc on a red checkered couch in my parents’ basement. How I wrote a song with Bob Dylan: A 57-year collaboration about my home state of Wisconsin 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z He is most engaging on the most checkered parts of that history. Books of The Times: ‘On the Map’ by Simon Garfield 2012-12-18T23:14:13Z Like many of its characters, "The Hateful Eight" has something of a checkered past. Weinstein Co. to distribute Quentin Tarantino's 'Hateful Eight' 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z There were competitions in bridge, checkers, chess, Chinese chess and go. Bridge: SportAccord World Mind Games — Bridge 2012-12-20T00:02:10Z Soon the equivalent in Oscar circles of the checkered flag will be waved: at 5 p.m. The Carpetbagger: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Polls Are Almost Closed 2014-02-25T21:25:54Z In plenty of commercials, the central figure is not a supermarket checker or a health care worker but someone stuck at home, glued to the phone. The Pandemic Ad Salutes You 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Two older men argue over a game of Chinese checkers while kids play handball on the courts below. The world on a plate: the diverse kitchens of Queens, New York 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z “This is the darkest of his books,” said the writer Suketu Mehta, a friend of Shteyngart’s who read an early draft of the novel and acts as his “official Indian fact checker.” Apocalypse Now-ish (Cocktails, Anyone?) 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z A long-time vegetarian who does not use leather or fur, McCartney's fabrics included fake leather and suede, velvet, checkered tweed, denim, pleated organza, loose cotton, chiffon with horse prints or lace-like embroidered details. Stella McCartney brings dance to Paris Opera for fashion week 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Guests will also receive a souvenir checkered flag for autographs. Tricked-out trucks get ready to roll at Monster Jam in Tacoma 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Prints included tie dye hues and the iconic checkered logo redone in new color patterns. Louis Vuitton show pays tribute to designer Virgil Abloh 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z And isn’t her embarrassment and upward revision of his checkered past understandable? Should We Lie to My Parents? 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The Imperato Wunderkammer included a stuffed crocodile hanging from the ceiling — an item that became a fashionable feature of the cabinets, as did the black-and-white checkered floors visible in subsequent frontispiece images. Art Review: ‘Rooms of Wonder’ at the Grolier Club 2013-01-17T22:27:38Z This family-style chain known for Italian fare and checkered tablecloths is a solid option for Thanksgiving catering, and offers both to-go meals for small groups, as well as feasts for gatherings up to 20. 5 places that deliver full Thanksgiving meals 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Audience members, sitting on benches upon a multicolored, checkered floor, surround the rest of the space across from MomDonna. Cherdonna Shinatra takes her subversive clowning to Frye Art Museum with ‘DITCH’ 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z When she's asked to sell a house with a checkered past, an ambitious young real-estate agent crosses paths with a disturbed girl and gets entangled with a supernatural force. The Fall Movie Preview list of films 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Z Man stares at him, then down at the checkers board, then back at Special K. His expression flickers between incredulity and amusement. This checkers club is competing against the Internet and gentrification. Can it stay alive? 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z If your biggest checkers win was against Grandma over summer vacation, you probably won’t fare well at this club, which opened in 1982 in a former shoe repair shop in Shaw. This checkers club is competing against the Internet and gentrification. Can it stay alive? 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Their collective wardrobe includes jackets, ties and checkered pants of a piece with the chipper game-show music. Jonathan Royse Windham’s ‘Creatures of Habit’ at Dixon Place 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z In the video, cartons brimming with marinara sauce spin hypnotically on checkered tablecloths. One Night at Mom’s Spaghetti 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Comedian Drew Carey, wearing a loud black-and-white checkered blazer, marched into City Hall in his hometown on Thursday and told council members what they're doing wrong. Drew Carey shares ideas with Cleveland council 2010-05-27T23:09:00Z These two series cover a lot of the same ground: an outsider brought in to run a struggling small-town team, a rebellious star, a stingy owner, a prized recruit available because of his checkered past. Starved for Sports? Here Are 5 Options That Aren’t N.B.A. Classic 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z The latter cast a dreamy glow across the space, which is attended to by servers as cheerful as their checkered shirts. New in New York: 3 restaurants with flash, flair and flavor. 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Jay’s aunt was his rival, so Kristin starts to investigate the death as well as Jay’s checkered past. What’s on TV Sunday 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z It has just three tables with checkered tablecloths in the front room and three in the back room. An Artist Colony Thrives in the South African Desert 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Here, Todd and Willow donned flame-retardant gear and took turns racing stock cars around the track while Master Blaster called out each lap's time and Sarah waved a checkered flag from her rusty perch. "Sarah Palin's Alaska" recap: Free Willow 2010-12-27T14:30:00Z In 1948, she was promoted to the dual role of animation checker and scene planner. Ruthie Tompson Dies at 111; Breathed Animated Life Into Disney Films 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z But we didn’t mind trucking along in what sounded like a box of bolts, because Siena, 10, and Clara, 8, were peacefully playing checkers at their table. The Great American RV Trip: Four families, 2,000 miles and an adventure we’ll never forget 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z I joke that Charles is playing three-level chess when the rest of us are playing checkers, despite being portrayed as hapless or befuddled. "His relationship with Harry, that's a film all by itself" 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z So were the owners themselves, their slightly gruff approach becoming part of the charm, along with the plastic chairs and the checkered tablecloths. Arrivederci to a D.C. fixture that dished out pasta, and love, from Nonna 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z According to Socrates, in a legend which he either retold or imagined, the art of writing was the creation of the Egyptian god Theuth, who also invented mathematics, astronomy, checkers and dice. Is there any reason to read? 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z The geometric elements were everywhere: zigzag op-art patterns or harlequin effects; shoes with checkered heels. Marc Jacobs: Optical Allusions 2012-09-11T17:04:44Z Spain's Delpozo, one of the more highly anticipated shows of the week-long extravaganza, used black and white in a striped, boxy top over a full-bodied black skirt, in a casual checkered top and in florals. Designers in New York keeping it simple with black and white 2013-09-08T22:59:00Z She quickly becomes aware of Master, “one of those teachers,” just as swiftly as he zeros in on the girl reading Tolstoy alone in a local diner, whose checkered history makes her vulnerable. The #MeToo Movement Gets Its Novel 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The show lacks the wildness of Leguizamo’s earlier solo offerings that mined his amusingly checkered past for material. Latino history with professor John Leguizamo, the CliffsNotes edition 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z A career checkered by several take-the-money-and-run flops lamentable enough that he must keep a quiver of self-deprecating jokes at the ready, should one of them be mentioned. A Unified Theory of the “Rocky” Movies 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Michael Connelly has spent much of his career writing about Harry Bosch, the brooding detective who has a long, checkered history with the Los Angeles Police Department and an obsessive dedication to his work. Michael Connelly’s New Detective Makes Harry Bosch Look Like a Slouch 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z At the close of the service, around noon, as rays of sunshine intermittently broke through from the dome onto the checkered stone floor, a lone bagpiper walked slowly toward the congregation, playing music from “Braveheart.” London Fashion Week: Alexander McQueen Is Honored at a Memorial Service 2010-09-20T17:40:00Z With a thatched roof and three sides that face the property’s large pond, it’s notable for the blue-and-white checkered handmade paper that covers a central alcove and sliding doors. The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Or maybe, say those mindful of Hollywood’s checkered racial history, it is because Mr. Affleck is white and Mr. Parker is black. The Glare Varies for Two Actors on Hollywood’s Awards Trail 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z With them another turtleneck sweater by Junk de Luxe, my grandfather’s overcoat, which has his name inscribed inside, and a checkered leather Japanese cap. What I Wore: First Food, Then Sneakers 2011-03-25T20:00:55Z “How’s it going, Bill?” one father in a pressed checkered shirt says to another waiting to sign in with his daughter. This isn't tutus and tiaras: The ballet Grand Prix draws young, driven competitors in droves 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z It is a checkered quilt, mostly in shades of gray, made of squares cut from swatches of drier lint. Art Review: ?Swept Away,? at Museum of Arts and Design 2012-04-05T21:43:03Z As she mops a black-and-white checkered floor, it becomes a surreal dreamscape. | 'Queen to Play': Chess as a Slow Dance of Seduction 2011-03-31T22:55:26Z Dishes of grilled zucchini, peppers and potato tortas covered checkered tablecloths. Tirana, Breaking Free From Communist Past, Is a City Transformed 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z O’Brien notes that his reporting on Trump’s wealth consisted of only a few pages of his 288-page book, which was rife with passages about Trump’s “checkered” business career. What really gets under Trump’s skin? A reporter questioning his net worth 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z He came with a checkered personal life that repeatedly put him in headlines. Rush Limbaugh, radio king and architect of right wing, dies 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The one about using an online spelling checker won't be of help with usage because all of the words used as examples are spelled right. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Fido goes to work? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The hoard included 78 chessmen from at least four different, incomplete sets; some pieces resembling checkers; and a belt buckle carved from ivory. Art Review: ?The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen From the Isle of Lewis,? at the Cloisters 2011-11-17T23:25:24Z It’s the sense that he is playing chess to everyone else’s lame checkers moves — he is simply faster, funnier and on firmer, more principled ground than his adversaries, who are at best, comically flimsy. Lil Nas X, Clapback Champ 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Halfway through “Jump,” the inevitable finale, some confetti cannons fired at the foot of the stage, and he dashed off, returning with a giant checkered flag. Music Review: Van Halen at Madison Square Garden 2012-02-29T10:18:40Z This checkers club is competing against the Internet and gentrification. A university gallery showed art with Confederate imagery. Then students called to remove it. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Are the New York Times editorial page fact checkers all at the beach this week? The Celebrity Campaign Against Fracking: How Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon Rallied an Outcry 2012-08-31T11:55:36Z Cotillard, dressed in a checkered skirt and blouse in seashell pink silk, thanked Burton, whose 2003 film "Big Fish" was among her first U.S. movies. Tim Burton, Marion Cotillard get French honor 2010-03-15T19:46:00Z After some errors were found in the Lincoln book, however, most notably a reference to the Oval Office, which had not yet been built, Mr. O’Reilly did insist that his publishers hire fact checkers. Bill O’Reilly Has Top 2 Spots on Hardcover Best-Seller List 2012-12-23T22:52:22Z His aggressiveness comes out of a checkered past that includes a manslaughter conviction and a bankruptcy, and in the pilot he jumps to a new, smaller firm in search of partner status. Streaming This Week, a Short History of Scandinavian TV 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z She paired glossy black-and-white checkered floors and thick-striped wallpapers with furnishings upholstered in chintz, plaid and houndstooth check. How to incorporate 7 popular patterns in your home, according to experts 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Made-to-order gourmet pizzas and checkered table cloths bring her vision of pizza parlor chic to life. The Ultimate Backyard Pizza Party 2011-06-24T17:20:07.783Z Her next job was as a fact checker at The New Yorker. Bringing Home Some ‘Hairy Joie de Vivre,’ and Taking Notes 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z A new checker would probably start by checking the price of headphones, not a glitzy big-name exposé on Las Vegas and the nature of mortality. Fact-Check of a ‘Lifespan’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z We cannot play checkers in a chess game. "Passion and anger without a strategy is called frustration": Bill Duke on positive systemic change 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z For Easter he dressed himself in a red bow tie, checkered shirt and argyle vest, then put a tweed coat over it. On the Runway Blog: Children Show Their Style Gene 2012-06-11T11:01:11Z And, as Gingrich proceeded to repeatedly label former president Bill Clinton a “predator,” she asserted the obvious: Fox has given plenty of coverage to Clinton’s checkered past with women. Megyn Kelly’s killer moment with Gingrich was a welcome return to badassery 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z They made it in: Reached after the performance, Spino said checkers had let Nicholas attend “Stomp” with proof of a negative rapid test he had taken earlier in the day. Broadway Is Back. Here’s What It’s Like for Theatergoers. 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z To back up her accusation, she produced Polaroids of Cosby in a checkered robe. Bill Cosby’s legacy, recast: Accusers speak in detail about sexual-assault allegations At the US Open in Las Vegas, she is radiant in a checkered dress with a black trim and black bolero. Check her out: how Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit thrills with fashion 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The name comes from an early spell checker program, which knew the word Cupertino - the Californian city where Apple has its headquarters - but not the word "cooperation". The 10 best words the internet has given English 2013-04-17T09:19:32Z Like a game of checkers being played with chess pieces, "Daredevil" is only deceptively familiar. Bare-knuckle, old-school tack in 'Daredevil' 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The interview, while sensitively done, spun off the tabloid-tragic end to Houston's checkered life. OWN shakeup tests Winfrey, Discovery relationship 2012-03-21T16:12:12Z The assistant, a last resort, is Enid, a bouncy blonde with a much checkered past. Review | When these animals talk, listen: Audiobooks give voice to a cat, a horse, a sheep and others 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Old American school buses trundled by sporting new green bumpers, chrome horns, blue piping and loud checker wraps. The Inescapable Poet of Nicaragua 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z According to an email Olmsted sent July 1, the night before Summer Camp began, all the checkers, Jenga pieces, playing cards and Connect 4 sets are “sanitized after use!” A Brooklyn Restaurant’s Answer to Cabin Fever: Summer Camp 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z But its “checkered, up-and-down history” with slavery, Mr. Foner said, mirrors that of a city suffering a kind of amnesia on the topic. Columbia Examines Its Long-Ago Links to Slavery 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Just the thought of those checkered halls made me sick. Failing at croquembouche helped me overcome bullying 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z To pay the rent, he was a hat checker at Lindy’s and a doorman at Tavern on the Green. Tom Bosley, ?Happy Days? Dad, Dies at 83 2010-10-20T01:32:00Z Doug Carnell, the picker, is an Olympic Peninsula knockabout with a checkered past and an internal atlas of prime mushroom patches from the North Cascades to the Klamath Mountains. ‘The Mushroom Hunters’: foragers in the fungal wild 2013-09-06T14:16:07Z This assemblage of stacked eggs, a tray and a checkered cloth, held up by outstretched disembodied hands, looks like anything but what it is: slip-cast, slab and hand-built earthenware with stains and luster. Eye-popping ceramic art at BAM, the Henry and beyond 2012-02-29T23:57:05Z Dior showed off its almost completely monochrome outfits on a checkered catwalk. With swirls and cages, Dior goes surrealist for Haute Couture week 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z O'Keefe did post the full video, though his checkered history almost required it. Hatchet Job 2011-03-17T07:30:00Z “Choice A gives the appearance of doing the right things,” she said, referring to the door checkers and wipe-downs. Have You Satisfied Your Covid Compliance Officer? 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z They sounded cute, brisket tots, and looked it, dark checkers of meat breaded and crisped, faintly ridiculous in their mini casserole dish. Hungry City: The Gander in the Flatiron District 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Smith took checkered flags at the Mint 400, the Baja 500, the Mexican 1000, the legendary Paris-Dakar Rally and countless other desert marathons. Good writing about great riding in racing star Malcolm Smith's autobiography, 'Malcolm!' 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Inherent to this discussion are a number of lingering sub-questions: Should a creator's checkered biography or personal views affect how their art is and continues to be seen? "Harry Potter" & the problematic creator – What's left for a fandom raised on false tolerance? 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Her contribution is a three-part piece consisting of a topiary turtle, an awning and a checkered marble beach towel. Olympic Sculpture Park makes grand plans for summer 2010 2010-05-20T23:22:00Z Media fact checkers such as my colleague Glenn Kessler don’t usually critique hopeful guesses because miracles, like the collapse of the Soviet Union or my birdie on a par-5 last week, sometimes happen. Turning around schools with low achievement rates never seem to work 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Packed off to a spa, and berated for a past checkered with too many martinis and too much white bread, he’s subjected to herbal enemas and various other indignities. ‘Bond, James Bond,’ Through the Years 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z I wore the same vintage gray vest as yesterday but with a purple tie and a purple checkered shirt from Burberry and a blue scarf with a very funky pattern by Psycho Bunny. What I Wore: First Food, Then Sneakers 2011-03-25T20:00:55Z I sewed my own red plastic suit — it makes me look artificial — and I use checkered red-and-white custom contacts. At Arnhem Festival, ‘Living Dolls’ Are on Display 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The CBS comedy went on hiatus last month after Sheen sought rehab for undisclosed reasons after a recent tumultuous period in his checkered life, including three hospitalizations in three months. Sheen back to `Two and a Half Men' next week 2011-02-24T20:51:52Z Further on, a typical exhibition documentary plays opposite a wall checkered with photographs of Dalí hanging out at Max’s Kansas City and admiring quotations from Alfred Hitchcock, Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons. Art Review: Antics Aside, a Dal? of Constant Ambition 2010-09-02T21:32:00Z A large blob of gelatin tied up in cheesecloth was Thelma, a high-strung amoeba who cheated at checkers and responded to the command “Heel!” John Zacherle, Host With a Ghoulish Perspective, Dies at 98 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Mathis grew up with a struggling single mother and supported herself over the years as a fact checker for magazines. Buzz Over Ayana Mathis’s ‘Twelve Tribes of Hattie’ 2012-12-10T22:42:33Z Dior showed off its almost completely monochrome outfits on a checkered catwalk. With swirls and cages, Dior goes surrealist for Haute Couture week 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Liberated briefly from cellular coverage, people completed crossword puzzles, read detective novels, played checkers, and, mostly, shot the breeze with anyone and everyone. A D.I.Y. Trip Through Alaska’s Inside Passage 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Previously, Batista has made gun sheathes from Soviet and checkered racing flags. In the galleries: Photos that take twists and turns at Civilian Art Projects 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The checkered pattern of the cloth is clearly visible in parts of the painting where the paint is thin, they said. Chagall's famed 'Fiddler' painted on a tablecloth - researchers 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z That’s where I waylay students David and Alejandro, on their way to class in their school uniforms, to ask whether they know anything about their school’s checkered past. In Tijuana, searching for Al Capone 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z In the checkered world of health policy, that counts as a pretty good show. theghostofthomaspaine A pretty good show on this issue, perhaps. Rick Santorum's 1994 Alternative to the Individual Mandate 2012-02-09T13:36:49Z But the first four decades of his career were checkered, with long periods of inactivity and more lows than highs. Jimmy Scott, Singer Whose Star Rose Late, Dies at 88 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Meantime, Bruckheimer's record on the TV side also has been a bit checkered of late. Jerry Bruckheimer strikes out again with Cage flop 2010-07-20T07:16:00Z “Alternate,” as in, say, “alternate fact checker,” refers to a fact checker who takes turns with another fact checker: six months on, six months off. A Small Point of Usage Concerning Those “Alternative Facts” 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z The look may be less classically sporty and preppy: Thick wooden heels on checkered platform shoes are an example. Special Report: Fashion: Diane Von Furstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger and Derek Lam Pour on the Prints and Color 2011-09-12T17:35:21Z It's like deciding that chess is going to be played like checkers now, so more 5-year-olds can get in on the action. Scrabble's new "words": Grrl, grrrl and blook 2011-05-11T22:40:00Z Add to that the checkered ethnic makeup of the chorus, and the Japanese setting becomes unobtrusive to the point of invisibility. Is ‘The Mikado’ Too Politically Incorrect to Be Fixed? Maybe Not. 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Detours take us into his checkered early filmmaking career, including a disastrous early film, “Jingle Berry,” he has stashed away but can’t quite destroy, and brief video of old roommates and a girlfriend. The Most Adventurous Comedy Right Now Is Also the Most Real 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z In the hot-food cooking area, a chef in a black coat and checkered pants grilled shrimp that would later garnish a grilled salmon appetizer. Steaks on a plane: Following your United Airlines meal from the kitchen to the clouds 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z "I know the history of actors making music is a checkered one, but I promise no one will get hurt." 'House' star Laurie to sing the blues on new album 2010-07-26T01:16:00Z Her wide-legged trousers are striped or checkered with a print of yin and yang symbols. More than a fashion icon, Lucy brings Gen Z to "Only Murders in the Building" 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Workers shield their heads in checkered scarves as they tramp — sometimes in socks, sometimes barefoot — through the hot, abrasive slurry. In Asia, Tastes of the Sea 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Asked in the interview about Mr. Putin’s checkered record on human rights, Mr. Gergiev suggested that Mr. Putin was misunderstood, saying, “I think a lot of people are wrong about President Putin.” Olympics Spotlight for Russia’s Musical Profile 2014-02-05T22:54:52Z In some regards, my childhood was nothing more than a rota of increasingly complex board games, from checkers to Stratego, Space Colony, Risk, and, finally, Diplomacy. Dungeons & Dragons Saved My Life 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The stolen Strad resurfaced in 2015, several years after the death of the apparent thief, a violinist with a checkered career, when his ex-wife turned it over to the F.B.I. A Stolen Stradivarius Is Recovered, and Lent to a Student 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, black and white checkered floors line an open-air central corridor, while bamboo and wrought-iron light fixtures illuminate the property. In Vietnam, a Doyenne of Food Expands to Tasteful Lodging 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Sandelman pulls on a checkered Balenciaga blazer she bought because it looked like something a used car salesman might wear. | Olivia Sandelman 2011-03-10T14:01:34Z They kept the name, the original checkered floor tiles, similar marble tables and wooden chairs. In Lyon, a new museum celebrates a longstanding culinary tradition 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Lay had a checkered reputation: He had been convicted of drug possession and occasionally banned from Pewsey’s pubs for drunken behavior. Micky Lay, Source for Falstaffian Lead in ‘Jerusalem,’ Dies at 73 2014-01-03T00:01:35Z This latest American effort is a deplorable, but also forgettable and forgivable, episode in his checkered Hollywood career. 2010-01-16T19:10:00Z With its checkered tablecloths, ceramic mustard pots and numerous native trinkets on the walls and windowsills, Kachelofen is almost a parody of a Franconian inn. Bamberg, Germany: A city of just 70,000 people but nine breweries 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z It’s not uncommon now to see them patrolling the plains, riding bicycles in their long checkered robes, toting high-powered binoculars and cellphones. Explorer: Treading Lightly in the Simanjiro Plains of Tanzania 2011-05-20T18:55:00Z The checker is the mediator, the invisible shield between the writer and the world. Fact-Check of a ‘Lifespan’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z I had passed beyond the reach of the fact checker and felt a bit like I imagine a novelist does transcribing her waking dream. How Does a Writer Put a Drug Trip Into Words? 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Crossover stars like Eric Church, who is managed by the same group that manages Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, prefer baseball caps to cowboy hats and tight T-shirts instead of checkered button-downs. They're a little bit country ? and a little bit other stuff 2011-08-12T22:28:00Z The better online resources will provide more than just video content; there’ll be knowledge checkers, assessment points, and online booklets linking activities to what they’ve watched. 'What I got wrong was trying to be a teacher': how to last the distance at home schooling 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Meghan wore a brown checkered coat and a simple black dress, while Harry was in a dark gray suit. Prince Harry and Meghan arrive in New Zealand for final leg of... 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z “An unprotected checker, sitting singly on a point, Köhler called a ‘blot.’ Alexander Chee on Jonathan Lethem's 'A Gambler's Anatomy': 'Oceans 11' meets 'Escape to Witch Mountain' meets a meningioma 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The show initially resembles an array of extra-large game boards, and the checkered center of one quilt was indeed intended for playing chess, another pastime of enlisted men. Wartime Quilts Honor Battles and Leaders, but Mostly Art 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Five games are represented: bridge, checkers, chess, Chinese chess and go. Bridge: Bridge — Second World Mind Sports Games in Lille, France 2012-08-08T22:45:43Z Dylan’s startlingly beautiful memoir, “Chronicles Volume I,” has already been ripped to shreds by quotation checkers, to the point where he has had to address the matter of plagiarism head-on. Books of The Times: ‘The Dylanologists,’ David Kinney’s Look at an Obsession 2014-05-04T21:57:27Z Inside a rehearsal studio around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a group of choristers put on straw hats and checkered pants and adjusted giant foam pretzels that hung around their necks. A 6-Hour Opera in a Pandemic? The Met Goes for It. 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z And it's a city that is so rich, with such a rich, checkered history, and politics, and law enforcement's relationship with the community. "Proven Innocent" and the power of social justice TV: "Audiences aren't dumb. They're fascinated" 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z "Charles is playing three-level chess when the rest of us are playing checkers, despite being portrayed as hapless or befuddled." "His relationship with Harry, that's a film all by itself" 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Nearby, a bro in a white tank top and checkered Vans shoes turns to his companion, a woman in an orange tube top, and licks the side of her face. ‘I’ve got tequila on my foot’: It’s last call for Whitlow’s in Clarendon 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z Soon after, red-and-white checkered restaurant tablecloths splattered with sauce dotted the American landscape. How to make the best Italian-American spaghetti and meatballs dinner 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z As we boarded the dive boat, and prepared for our second dive, Rich filled me in on the Tears of Allah’s checkered past. In the Bahamas, Scuba Diving With James Bond’s Trainer 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z "For the record, I was never contacted by any fact checkers to verify the information in this 'memoir,' demonstrating an egregious abdication of Hachette's most basic responsibility," Dylan Farrow wrote on Twitter. Hachette employees protest publisher's decision to release Woody Allen memoir 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z An old woman in a traditional cross-stitched dress, usually reserved for weddings, solemnly draped a checkered kaffiyeh over Mr. Assaf’s sleek black suit as the crowd dissolved into rapturous cheers. An ‘Arab Idol’ Wows His Fans in America 2013-12-19T00:31:59Z The event was something of a watershed for armchair social media sleuthing, a practice with a checkered modern history of misidentifying people as suspected criminals. The Season of the Snitch 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Ms. Emhoff’s two vests come in shades of green and pink, patterned in stripes and checkered squares. Ella Emhoff Drops a Small (Very Small) Collection of Knits 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Let’s start with the new record and then we’ll drop back and speak more broadly about your checkered career, your songwriting. Lloyd Cole’s Dylan epiphany: “I thought that gentlemen of a certain age shouldn’t make certain records” 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z If I shut my eyes and wait for fashion images to pop up, I see first the checkered Louis Vuitton collection, then Junya Watanabe's dynamic color blocks on athletic stretch sportswear. T Magazine: New Geometry 2012-11-26T22:09:58Z There was also a nod to the Boy Scouts in the khaki short suits, topped off by red and blue checkered scarves. Men in skirts, shiny silks at Paris menswear shows 2011-06-24T00:33:10Z Sure, the checkered napkins are the red and white of the Swiss flag. Review | Stable plants a hearty Swiss flag in the Washington dining scene 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z His “group biography” of seven classic games — checkers, chess, Go, backgammon, poker, Scrabble and bridge — is in many ways an interrogation of these questions: Are games more than their rules and playing pieces? It’s Just a Game. Or Is It? 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Our hero is playing checkers while Wilson Fisk is playing chess. 'Daredevil' Episode 9 review: 'Speak of the Devil' -- It's a trap! 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Eventually, Hansberger added other paraphernalia such as a checkered blue tablecloth and a vase, and did research to find out what exactly chipmunks eat aside from nuts. Georgia writer opens restaurant for chipmunk on front porch complete with tiny table, impressive meals 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z In the title story the unsung fact checker for the “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” newspaper feature gets his due. New Books From Joe Dunthorne, David Finch and Stef Penney 2012-01-18T22:38:31Z Her checkered medication history is a chronicle of psychiatry’s steep, ongoing learning curve, evidenced by her suicide attempt scant weeks after transitioning to a new antidepressant, a perilous time for juvenile patients. Review | A writer turns her suicide attempts and self-harm into lyrical prose with ‘Juliet the Maniac’ 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Latchford’s name became so checkered that some museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Denver Museum of Art, repatriated objects that had been acquired from him. Cambodia Says It Has Recovered Looted Gold Jewelry Once Worn by Royals 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z In sports, “parquet courts” are synonymous with the old Boston Garden’s checkered hardwood, where coach Red Auerbach’s Celtics dominated the NBA for decades. Buzzed-about Parquet Courts to play Neumos 2013-06-06T20:24:31Z The hotel is now an attraction for fans of American Horror Story, and for those looking for a room with a checkered past, they’re in luck … there are quite a few. Is The Cecil the most haunted hotel in Los Angeles? 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Phoenix’s best outfit might be his own checkered suits, bringing a certain Dickensian aplomb to his brief performance as a bearded homeless man. Why “Paddington 2″ deserves Oscar nominations in at least five categories 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z A portrait of Trump up to his time as the GOP’s presidential nominee, by Washington Post writers, reporters, fact checkers and editors. Notable nonfiction books in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z He remained for more than 25 years, rising from fact checker to editor, handling work by Munro, Pauline Kael and George Saunders among others. Daniel Menaker, award-winning author and editor, dead at 79 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z After appearing at the Hall of Game Awards in a checkered dress shirt, The Los Angeles Times wrote about how to find one just like it. Jets Quarterback Tim Tebow Is Sought for the Red Carpet 2012-03-23T20:16:37Z The fact checkers did their jobs on Twitter and news outlet live blogs, as they should. Stars of the final presidential debate: Biden laughing at Trump's BS and the invisible mute button 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z “Whatever part of Tom’s brain deals with checkers is still in great shape,” Dad wrote. My Brother Tom’s Schizophrenia 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Online symptom checkers are often inaccurate, study says I list my symptoms: Incessant head-scratching and Feverish typing. Style Invitational Week 1393: Another go at anagrams (O groan at a rash magnet?) 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z When Slinky Dog crawls out from under Andy’s bed, he pushes a checkers board, expecting to start a new game with Woody, suggesting a regular routine. How "Toy Story" changed everything – in its first eight minutes 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Amid the checkered floor and low lights, Guy, an Irish busker, and Girl, a Czech dreamer, spend a couple of hours suspended on the precipice of love, both eager and afraid to fall. Times Writers Share Last Chance Theater Picks 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z You sit in the coffee shop in a strange city and nobody knows who you are, or cares, and so you shed your checkered past and your motley credentials and you face the day unarmed... Q&A: Where Garrison Keillor Gets ?Carried Away? 2012-05-19T00:30:02Z But he hit Cannes in high style, first appearing for the Wednesday photo call in the aforementioned jacket, with checkered pants. A clown at Cannes: Bill Murray at the Riviera fest 2012-05-17T13:00:24Z Trumbo also felt a special bond with them, sharing a checkered education and hardscrabble upbringing. ‘Trumbo’ Recalls the Hunters and the Hunted of Hollywood 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z His early career in America, in her telling, was also checkered. Revisiting a Scholar Unmasked by Scandal 2014-03-09T21:47:03Z There are the checkered pasts and iffy prospects of the songs’ narrators, and of the America where they live. New Music From Tom Petty, Shawn Mendes and Hermán Olivera 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z The first things that caught my eye were snugly red checkered pieces by Fear of God. Where Sweats Are Cinched and Air Jordans Are Art 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z He went on to appear there dozens of times over the next 50 years, tidy in a vest and a checkered shirt or maybe a necktie and a sport coat. George Hamilton IV, 77, Country Singer 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Most of the food shows up on red-and-white checkered plates that appear to be paper but turn out to be plastic, and sturdy. Pop’s SeaBar and Walrus & Oyster Ale House: 2 joints where seafood rules He never responded to me, or to a fact checker for this magazine. My Strange Literary Fellowship 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Tara, a checker inside Log Cabin Resort: “It’s officially bottomless.” Our deep lakes incite curiosity and conjure legends 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z And even shows with seriously checkered pasts — including “Chess,” the kickoff show of the series in February 2018 — have lived up to the buzzworthiness that Broadway Center Stage seeks to engender. Review | You’ll groove to the pop hits in this stage revival of ‘Footloose.’ And nothing else. 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Once again, he was sporting a checkered shirt. Jets Quarterback Tim Tebow Is Sought for the Red Carpet 2012-03-23T20:16:37Z We also saw Shadow escape a hammering simply by asking for another game of checkers, before he and Wednesday changed the weather and conducted the most gentle of bank robberies. American Gods recap: season one, episode three – the man with fire in his eyes 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Thibaudet has his own checkered history with the Concerto for Left Hand, which he put off learning and performing for as long as possible: “I kept saying, ‘Why one hand? Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins Symphony, Morlot for Ravel 2013-09-15T14:01:09Z They include a generously scaled ring near a big swimming pool, and a substantial standing cube, its surfaces a checkered weave of horizontally and vertically placed branches, near chess tables and patterned pavers. 3 Outdoor Art Shows and One Trusty Dog (With Tricks!) 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z He taught at private school and worked as an editorial assistant at the Prentice Hall publishing house before joining The New Yorker as a fact checker in 1969. Daniel Menaker, award-winning author and editor, dead at 79 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z This isn’t hyperbole, even a fact checker would find it “mostly true.” “Congress is always going to be full of sh*t. You know that. We all know that”: Seth Meyers sees right through Paul Ryan 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z And she ripped up the black-and-white checkered vinyl floors it came with in favor of laminate wood to better hide the dirt tracked in by little shoes. Meet Penelope: A DIY’d trailer bringing craftiness to a street near you 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z “According to fact checkers, President Trump made at least 26 false statements last night during his rally in New Mexico, and that was just during the sound check.” Late Night Mocks Trump’s Appeal to Hispanic Voters 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z But as a mixed-blood who grew up in rural poverty without benefit of parents or education, Brown Dog is also saddled with a checkered work history and a propensity for scrapes with the law. Jim Harrison’s ‘Brown Dog’: full life for a mischief-maker with a noble heart 2013-12-18T22:50:20Z Mr. Simmons arrived in a black Range Rover, dressed in his usual uniform of checkered shirt, baseball cap and prayer beads. Russell Simmons, the Yoga King of Los Angeles 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z This turns out to perfectly match her confidence-challenged character, whose past is checkered with abusive Mr. Wrongs. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Review: Jonathan Groff Feeds the Beast 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The first SportAccord World Mind Games, which ended on Friday in Beijing, brought together competitors in five disciplines: bridge, checkers, chess, Chinese chess and go. Bridge: Bridge: Americans Win 2 Individuals at World Mind Games 2011-12-17T00:40:53Z I played checkers with men who beat back the Hun in the Hurtgen forest and sang “Uncloudy Day” with old women who would trade all the shiny automobiles on this earth for one well-tempered mule. Perspective | One thing made the difference for Momma’s turkey: Her magic pan 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z One woman’s high platform shoe split, and she tied it up with a strap; a hipster’s checkered shorts tore as he scrambled up the rocks. Music Shows With a Brooklyn Feel, but Getting to Them Is a Hike 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z There, a “wand master,” an actor in a checkered suit and a tasseled hat, peers down his spectacles at prospective witches and wizards. SAPVoice: Beyond Words: The Magic of the Harry Potter Brand 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z As another aspect of the project, in New York, the exterior of the Fifth Avenue store will feature a Godzilla-size digital image of Mr. Vuitton, rendered in checkered pixels, with the words “Happy Birthday Louis.” How to Celebrate the 200th Birthday of a Man Everyone Knows and No One Knows 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z The 200-plus-page document filed Tuesday resurfaces two potentially embarrassing episodes from Pressley’s legal career, casting her as a lawyer with a checkered ethical record. Papers seek removal of a Cosby attorney 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Dr. Ores has seen tattoos made from paper, cardboard, strips of cotton clothing, leather, Styrofoam, shoe polish, plastic checker pieces, and food. Disappearing ink 2012-12-26T01:00:00Z The truth is, I have had a long and checkered past when it comes to mushrooms, going all the way back to the week after the 1972 Republican Convention. Maybe the Trump years require magic mushrooms 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Armed with scissors, they forcibly trimmed their hair and slashed their brightly checkered outfits. Movie Review: Russian Musical ?Hipsters? From Valery Todorovsky 2012-02-23T23:58:22Z In the center of the activity stood a giant cylindrical structure, checkered with multicolored glass. Searching for the ‘Vibe Shift’ at Coachella 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z This is something that some of the guys that I grew up with would do, play checkers on a chess set. ‘The Wire’ in Five Scenes 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z It was the first of several homes the Reagan family rented over the next two decades, in a peripatetic lifestyle fueled by the father’s alcoholism and checkered job history. Reagan’s boyhood home is falling apart. And its director is begging for money to fix it. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z She remembers the neighborhood as being checkered with houses from the 1950s, one of which stood on the current grounds. Wednesday is last day for Bellevue's Museum of Doll Art 2012-02-29T22:10:05Z But “Escape From Camp 14” offers no easy answers about how Mr. Shin can deal with a newly guilty conscience, a lack of introspection, a checkered work history and the difficult adjustment to post-traumatic life. Books of The Times: ?Escape From Camp 14,? by Blaine Harden 2012-04-11T21:17:16Z The reversible bucket hats touted Pizza Hut's iconic red roof on one side and a checkered design with black, white and red on the other. Behind Gen Z's web-fueled love affair with chain restaurant merch 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z Bloys did not play video games, and he was plenty familiar with Hollywood’s checkered history with adapting them. ‘The Last of Us’ Continues Craig Mazin’s Hollywood Ascent 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Shortly after he gained an international spotlight, the Smoking Gun uncovered his checkered past – there were convictions for drugs and receiving stolen property. Charles Ramsey’s publishing future: The uncertain economics of viral-hero book deals 2013-12-23T21:22:00Z He could converse with a mermaid in her native tongue and beat a checkers expert his first time playing.” ‘Superman,’ by Larry Tye 2012-07-06T22:10:04Z Mr. Pyburn and others argued that it should be preserved not in spite of its checkered past but because of it, as a kind of monument to the victims of police misconduct. Robert Geddes, 99, Transformative Architecture Dean at Princeton, Dies 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z “I saw a guy dancing up a storm, dressed in a green checkered blazer and green everything, and I thought he was cute. We danced for a bit, kissed, and parted ways.” Dancing His Way Into Her Heart 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z “Alternative fact checker” would be a fact checker who was brought in instead of another fact checker. A Small Point of Usage Concerning Those “Alternative Facts” 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z The checkered floor anticipated the graphic vibe that brought in dresses vertically sliced into white and black. Fashion Review: Then Comes the 4th Dimension 2012-09-30T17:54:41Z Safe house or no, Alvictus comes with a deliciously checkered past. Spy chic: What made this couple fall in love with a (possible) former safe house? 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z It is holding talks around the city about the work and turning the lens on its own checkered racial past with an exhibition at the opera house. The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z In the other, a carload of checkers made it to the mythical restaurant, only to be underwhelmed by the food. Wigwag: The Magazine That Lex Built 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z "I watched the trains in a junction tower by my house while my dad played checkers with the engineer," recalled Kallas. When that lonesome whistle blows, rail fans know where to line up 2011-03-23T20:53:00Z While not critical to the book’s central point, such errors highlight what can happen when experts wander too far from a fact checker’s gaze. No Better Time to Consider Our Lungs 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z CLEAR, which allows travelers to skip the travel document checker at security checkpoints, uses eye scans and fingerprints to confirm your identity. Perspective | As use of facial recognition expands, travelers worry about privacy 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z As Slava and the fact checker roam the city at night, they engage in freewheeling discussions of art and ideas. ‘A Replacement Life,’ by Boris Fishman 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z When it comes to artworks that likely have a checkered ownership history, museums can be placed in a reactive role if someone makes a claim or new information comes to light. A Long Way Home for ‘Looted’ Art Is Getting Shorter 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z As the last wisps of cloud burn off overhead, Miesha Hill loosens her grip on the thin checkered scarf she has wrapped herself in. The waiting games: As Supreme Court deliberates, the rest of us line up 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Some asked for identification and attempted to match it with proof of inoculation while other checkers simply waved people through as they flashed their passes. Can I Go to See This Show? Must I Wear a Mask? It Depends. 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z It’s a checkered woven print, and there are two different shades of dark green. Kevin Hart’s Fashion Sense Is No Joke 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z A stark black-and-white checkered floor lay beneath them. Art in Bristol, England, Moves Beyond Museum Walls 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Jacobs played with squares, slicing them into blocks large and small, offering a game of checkers on dresses short and perky, or ankle-length and lean. Fashion Review: A Game of Checkers 2012-10-04T07:21:21Z The burgers, presented nonchalantly on red and white checkered paper atop metal trays, do not disappoint. Where to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in Richmond 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z For Elspeth, a fact checker and aspiring writer, it is “an alternative means of communication.” Caleb Crain’s “Overthrow” and the Power of Literary Form 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z He was seven years older, wearing a blue, checkered button down and dark jeans, drinking a glass of red wine. Bling Bling Had the Rings, the Pilot Her Heart 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Fact checkers, including The Washington Post’s, have repeatedly disproved this claim. It’s time for TV news to stop playing the stooge for Donald Trump 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Salamah discovered the label two years ago after creeping the Instagram profile of an ex-fling’s new girlfriend and admired a mustard yellow and red checkered set she had posted — until she learned the price. Granny Panties of Yore Reinvented for a New Customer 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z To counter declining interest and attract the young, members lead an after-school checkers program at Garrison Elementary School and demonstrate their skills at a nearby public library. This checkers club is competing against the Internet and gentrification. Can it stay alive? 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z One large, graphic piece uses the checkered pattern on a designer scarf as a foil for a white plate grabbed from the Web site of Bed Bath & Beyond. Art Review: Ignoring Boundaries and Borrowing Freely 2010-10-07T22:49:00Z Ms. Wallman closed the Upstairs room in 1968, then worked as a hospital recreation director, a restaurant manager, a bartender and a hat checker. Jan Wallman, Village Cabaret Owner, Dies at 93 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z “And some people are playing checkers. And some of us don’t even know what game is going on.” Perspective | Abortion bans are terrible. The debates over them are actually worse. 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Young Harris attended public and private schools in New York and a military academy in Virginia — his high school career was “checkered,” his wife said — and studied at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. Harris Savides, Visual Poet, Dies at 55 2012-10-12T05:05:58Z And a checker would give the editor much less information about low-level problems. Fact-Check of a ‘Lifespan’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z She wondered whether she was up to the task of managing a large staff of editors, fact checkers and art directors. Ruth Reichl Dishes on the Last Days of Gourmet Magazine 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Checkerboard tile floors and checkered rugs also saw modest increases in search on Pinterest. Pinterest says these style trends will be big in 2022: Pearls, mullets, checkboards and more 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Kids also mentioned Life, checkers and Subway Surfers. April’s Class of KidsPost: Carderock Elementary third-graders 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z In his “group biography” of checkers, chess, Go, backgammon, poker, Scrabble and bridge, Roeder investigates not just the history of how we play, but why. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Cheery rooms with blond wood and checkered curtains were a welcome sight for sore skiers. How a 40-year-old beginning skier learned to take on black diamond runs 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z The sober room — checkered floor, white tablecloths — was empty save for a table of three dweeby Swiss guys trying to eat pencil-thin foie gras canapés with a fork and knife. Médoc, From Grand Cru to Country Cooking 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z What if someone with a less checkered reputation had found the fragments? Is a Long-Dismissed Forgery Actually the Oldest Known Biblical Manuscript? 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Other checkers simply waved people through as they flashed their passes while walking by. ‘Just Epic’: Foo Fighters Bring Arena Rock Back, to the Vaccinated 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Her sheer black blouse, slacks and long metallic checkered coat were all by Ackermann, a designer to whom Swinton frequently turns when dressing for events. Sheer panache: Tilda Swinton 2011-12-19T19:03:01Z At Oak, a vanguard fashion outpost, visitors posed for video portraits and chatted, uncensored, about their checkered pasts. On Fashion?s Night Out, Normal Hits the Streets 2010-09-13T18:00:00Z In the 18th century, people commonly arranged furniture for tea drinking, needlework and checkers, later returning it to its place against the walls. In Praise of Nesting Tables 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z It’s armed checkers or chess with no resting for turn taking. Critic’s Notebook: Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Halo 4 2012-11-13T08:01:23Z But the ultimate in relaxation might be a game of checkers in the den next to a roaring fire. Pursuits : Catching the Olympic Spirit in Lake Placid, N.Y. 2014-01-21T20:00:48Z But no one goes to a restaurant to observe Airedale terriers in checkered sweaters. Annisa, a West Village Standout, Will Close 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z It's a sadly familiar script in pop music, the history of which is checkered with greats and would-be greats snuffed out too early in life. Winehouse among music talents gone too soon 2011-07-24T11:51:14Z At the Gewandhaus, Mr. Masur supervised not only all matters musical but also the hiring of every staff member including the coat checkers. Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z It is, however, a “minimum condition” for becoming a third-party fact checker on Facebook’s News Feed, a position that carries with it incredible power. Johnny Depp Is NOT Best Friends With This Lizard, Despite Report 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z He has seesawed between charismatic criminals in films like “Go” and “Live Free or Die Hard,” and checkered heroes in projects like the FX legal thriller “Damages” and HBO’s Shakespearean western “Deadwood.” Television: Timothy Olyphant in Elmore Leonard?s ?Justified? on FX 2012-01-05T12:00:00Z That was the first lesson I learned as a checker. Fact-Check of a ‘Lifespan’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z It’s not an improvement, even though the excellent vocalist Carla Kihlstedt, wearing a checkered top in the shape of wings, is finally front and center. ‘Chalk and Soot’ in White Light Festival 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Social media lacks the fact checkers and editors to create a balance between the writer and the audience. Your doctor is complaining about you on Facebook 2013-02-21T17:26:00Z A recipe notebook with checkered pages — my mother's preferred writing paper — that contain her recipes. Dreaming of Mom's golden-crisp bread rolls . . . 4,000 miles from home 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Forest and Bird said vote checkers had been forced to take an extra two days to verify the hundreds of thousands of votes that had poured in by Sunday’s deadline. John Oliver’s campaign for puking mullet bird delays New Zealand vote for favorite feathered friend 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Jim Biden also has a checkered financial history that includes lawsuits over unpaid bills, trouble with mortgage payments and liens for unpaid federal, state and municipal taxes, court and land records show. Jim Biden’s last name has helped open doors. It’s also made him a Republican target 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Yet the record of his previous research was checkered. Column: How a scientific 'breakthrough' fell apart amid allegations of plagiarism and fakery 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Likewise Nationwide, second in the chart at 78%, has its own scam checker service. Banks accused of dragging their feet over fraud refunds, says MP 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The worldwide policy will be moderated by a mix of human and AI fact checkers. Meta requires political advertisers to mark when deepfakes used 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Then people started to look into these names and realize that a lot of them had really, really checkered pasts. ‘Why are we naming birds after people?’ Behind the plan to scrap many bird names 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rarely appears in public without wearing a black-and-white checkered Palestinian kaffiyeh. After Years of Vowing to Destroy Israel, Iran Faces a Dilemma 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Verstappen nailed that one as well and was never threatened for the checkered flag. Red Bull’s Verstappen dominates F1s Mexico City Grand Prix for season record 16th win 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z They donned the black-and-white checkered Palestinian scarf known as the keffiyeh in Tunis, unfurled giant Palestinian flags in downtown Cairo and chanted against Israeli occupation in the normally sleepy Oman capital of Muscat. Across Mideast, Protests Erupt Over ‘Horrific Scenes’ in Gaza 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Sanchez donned a pale yellow keffiyeh, a Palestinian checkered black and white scarf, that was gifted to her by a friend. Fans are questioning Angel City's inclusivity after Palestinian flags were blocked 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The reversal restored Blaney’s sixth-place finish from Sunday’s race, which had been stripped hours after the checkered flag for an alleged illegal front shock on his Ford. NASCAR reverses Blaney’s DQ on flawed inspection template 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z As they closed in on the checkered flag, Bell gave it one furious push inside of Larson but couldn’t beat him to the line. Kyle Larson earns spot in NASCAR’s championship race with victory at Las Vegas 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z He encouraged others to look at the risk checker on the Prostate Cancer UK website, and anyone with "any doubts" to "get yourself tested" because "it can save your life". Steve Rider: Sports presenter to have surgery after prostate cancer diagnosis 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Journalists were allowed to see Mr. Gershkovich before the closed hearing in Moscow, where he appeared in a transparent cage wearing jeans and a checkered shirt, according to videos and photographs from the courtroom. Russian Court Upholds Longer Detention for American Reporter 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Allmendinger, who became a father within the past month, was sobbing when he collected the checkered flag. ‘Dinger wins again at The Roval in NASCAR playoffs spoiler. Busch, Chastain, Keselowski, Wallace out 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z In Northern Ireland, the cervical screening process involves two people - a screener and checker analysing slides under a microscope. Cervical cancer: 17,500 women to have smear tests re-checked 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z But injuries have made this a checkered start for Richardson. Colts lose rookie QB Anthony Richardson against Titans with right shoulder injury 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Yes, there were questions in this space when the season began with a lineup checkered with so much newness and uncertainty. Column: Read it and leap: The Dodgers will win the 2023 World Series championship 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z A growing censorship industry, including the FBI, harasses conservative media under the fake title of “fact checkers.” Democrats’ plan of transitioning America to a one-party state 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z He said he normally gives the checkered flag away to a fan but was keeping Sunday’s flag for his newborn son. ‘Dinger wins again at The Roval in NASCAR playoffs spoiler. Busch, Chastain, Keselowski, Wallace out 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Four drivers will be eliminated from the 16-driver championship field when the checkered flag falls. NASCAR briefly hits brakes for rain at Bristol during playoff elimination race 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z While a postdoctoral fellow in nursing at the University of Alberta in Canada, he published a study in February reporting that ChatGPT significantly outperformed online symptom checkers in evaluating a set of medical scenarios. "Dr. Google" meets its match: Dr. ChatGPT 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z While a postdoctoral fellow in nursing at the University of Alberta in Canada, he published a preliminary study in February reporting that ChatGPT significantly outperformed online symptom checkers in evaluating a set of medical scenarios. ‘Dr. Google’ meets its match: Dr. ChatGPT 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Posthumous genetic analysis revealed the mother bear’s checkered history with humans; it had first been temporarily captured in 2017 for unspecified research purposes, wildlife said. Grizzly bear that killed a hiker two months ago is shot dead in Montana after house break-in 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Police said Khalife was dressed in a kitchen uniform of white T-shirt and red checkered trousers when he escaped from the overcrowded Victorian prison in south London. Police comb the UK and put airports on alert for an escaped prison inmate awaiting terrorism trial 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The aroma of hash browns and bacon welcomed patrons into the restaurant decked out with checkered floors and kitschy post World War II memorabilia. Cooking debris? Roaches? Vermin? How one L.A. inspector tells restaurants if they're an A, B, C — or closed 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z It’s given him confidence that he can compete for he checkered flag, which would mean an automatic berth among the final 12 into the second round of the playoffs. Hugs from MJ: Bubba Wallace eager to show just reaching playoffs not enough 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Penix’s past, of course, has been checkered with challenges big and small. ‘All I see is resiliency’: How Husky QB Michael Penix Jr. has built a career by bouncing back 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z During a civil trial earlier this month, Kenya Taylor’s attorney, Steve Vartazarian, alleged Brand had a checkered employment history and that his client would have never trusted him without the district’s after-school program. Jury awards $30 million to mother of boy killed by ex-LAUSD employee 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Critics who fought for its closure said it was dangerous to have a nuclear plant so close to the city and cited what they called its checkered environmental and safety record. New York governor blocks discharge of radioactive water into Hudson River from closed nuclear plant 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z In their search warrants, Newport News police had also sought to search the boy’s backpack, which had black white checkers and images of sharks. A 6-year-old said ‘I did it’ after shooting his teacher at Virginia school, warrants say 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The Washington Post’s fact checker identified more than 30,000 false or misleading claims from him over his four years in office, a figure equivalent to 21 a day. Trump Election Charges Set Up Clash of Lies Versus Free Speech 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z But - wary of getting involved in a country with an unelected caretaker government and a checkered history of foreign intervention - no country had been willing to lead such an effort until Kenya committed last month. Haiti hospital cares for kids amid gang violence, hunger and scarce aid 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z It underscored a political reality: Bevin’s checkered legacy remains an issue in this year’s gubernatorial showdown between Cameron and Beshear, who is seeking a second term. GOP nominee for Kentucky governor separates himself from ex-governor who feuded with educators 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The tough statement on Sunday signaled that the bloc was ready to move militarily if necessary, despite a checkered record of interventions in regional conflicts. Niger Coup Is Backed by 2 Neighbors, Raising Risk of Wider Conflict 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z It’s how spell checkers are able to detect when you’ve typed the wrong word. Chatbots sometimes make things up. Not everyone thinks AI’s hallucination problem is fixable 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Of the news articles marked by third-party fact checkers as false, more than 97 percent were viewed by conservatives. Facebook’s Algorithm Is ‘Influential’ but Doesn’t Necessarily Change Beliefs, Researchers Say 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Truex said his JGR team “panicked” with a late call for two tires that backfired and cost them the checkered flag. Truex wins at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for first time in 30 races 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z But a couple of surprise winners over the final summer races would certainly squeeze the standings and amp up the pressure on Harvick to take a checkered flag. Kevin Harvick tries to end NASCAR winless drought at New Hampshire race postponed by rain 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z He finally found work as a checker at a discount big-box store, and when I visited, he said his foot ached, probably from standing all day. Column: On the hotel worker picket line, retirement is out of the question for many 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z Each had different roles: Strikers hack at opponents, checkers run into them and knock them down, grapplers throw them to the ground. Extreme medieval: This full-contact sport is a human demolition derby with armor and swords 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z Trump is playing checkers, not chess, Christie said, just scrambling to make that next jump. Jersey Boy takes on Florida Man | Maureen Dowd 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z She painted a pink and white checkered floor on the concrete patio and, soon, a pink cabana with a striped curtain will round off the space. Pretty in pink: Why Barbiecore is having a moment in home décor 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z He had little choice about proceeding with this year’s race, but after the checkered flag waves, he could seek to pull the city out of the rest of the contract. NASCAR to Start Its Engines Along an Unlikely Course: Downtown Chicago 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z And the “Praise the Lord” rapper wore a denim jacket, cargo shorts and a checkered beanie with sequin squares. Even after lauded debut, Pharrell says 'Louis Vuitton Don' title still belongs to Ye 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The hospital has a checkered patient and staff safety record, like many private psychiatric hospitals here. What’s behind the ‘momentous’ move to close a WA for-profit psych hospital 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z But as every fact checker out there carefully noted, the reason Trump is getting charged with 37 felonies, in this case, is because he definitely did not have a right to steal whatever he wanted. Trump's defense in the documents case: When you're a star, they have to let you do it 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z With that checkered past, the Apr. 12 announcement — and another on May 19 — set alarm bells ringing in Nicosia. Cyprus labors to shield reputation amid new U.S., U.K. action on Russian ‘sanctions evasion network’ 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z With that checkered past, the Apr. 12 announcement – and another on May 19 — set alarm bells ringing in Nicosia. Cyprus labors to shield reputation amid new US, UK action on Russian ‘sanctions evasion network’ 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z When that doesn’t work, he has two fact checkers beside him who verify that he is pronouncing words correctly. Jacques Bailly, the bee’s pronouncer, has a few tricks to ensure every word is said correctly. 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Blaney had passed Byron on the previous restart, and then got the jump on him again on the final restart and ran away with the checkered flag. Blaney wins Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte to end winless drought 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Blaney had passed Byron on the previous restart, and then beat him again on the final restart to take the checkered flag. Blaney wins Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte to end winless drought 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z “We sometimes have too much bureaucracy — too many checkers, checking the checkers,” Deborah Lee James, the former secretary of the Air Force, said last month. Start-Ups Bring Silicon Valley Ethos to a Lumbering Military-Industrial Complex 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z A broadband eligibility checker to simplify the process for benefit claimants signing up to social tariffs had been introduced with major providers Sky and Virgin Media already on board, a spokesperson said. Citizens Advice: One million cancel broadband as living costs rise 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Attendees wore straw cowboy hats or fancy baseball caps, checkered button-down shirts or Carhartt polos. Column: Horse lovers to L.A. County: Leave us alone 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z And that included three wins in a home building they had a checkered past in. Three thoughts on the Kraken’s Game 6 victory against the Stars 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z The track “Too Tough To Tame” has traditionally gotten drivers sideways both during and after the checkered flag waves. Ross Chastain learning to handle role as villain as NASCAR heads to Darlington 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z After the checkered flag, he apologized to his team, his voice barely a whisper: “I’m so sorry. I can’t believe it.” The Florida Man of Formula 1 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z The charges are a significant development in Mr. Santos’ checkered congressional tenure. Rep. George Santos pledges to fight criminal charges, clear his name 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z “After more than 30 years in the middle of it, we could tell you stories,” said Mr. Carlson, who eschewed his usual coat and tie for a button-up checkered shirt. Carlson, Still Under Contract at Fox, Says He Will Start New Show on Twitter 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Each checker was given a simple rule for movement, based on its immediate surroundings. Overlooked No More: James Sakoda, Whose Wartime Internment Inspired a Social Science Tool 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Mr Miles said that the Welsh government facilitates Welsh language accuracy "through funding resources such as Welsh language spell-checkers and grammar checkers". Welsh language oath asks people to curse at God 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The article described a computer program that could play checkers 1 at a human level. When A.I. Chatbots Hallucinate 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z There is an online postcode checker for residents to check how their waste may be collected. Local Elections 2023: Milton Keynes battles over bin changes 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z He quickly progressed from a fact checker to the author of biting profiles praised by prominent editors like Tina Brown for their sharp observation. Tucker Carlson is about to find out if he’s bigger than Fox News 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z For instance, a new study shows the rare Colorado checkered whiptail lizard stress-eats in response to noise. How wild animals cope with stress—from overeating to sleepless nights 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Hong says that she was wearing jeans and a checkered top. For 40 years he blamed himself for a girl’s murder. Then came a shocking discovery 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z |
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