was the second-oldest chess club
in the United States (next to the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club
in San Francisco). The club was founded in 1877 and started with three dozen players; membership later reached into the hundreds before the club ended its existence in 2002. The club resided at several locations.
The club organized the New York international tournaments of 1924
(won by Emanuel Lasker
) and 1927
(won by José Capablanca), frequently hosted rounds of the U.S. Chess Championship
starting in the 1930s, and was the site of two World Championship
matches in 1886
and 1891
.
Do you understand, gentlemen, that all the horror is in just this—that there is no horror!
I can enjoy her while she's kind;But when she dances in the wind,And shakes the wings and will not stay,I puff the prostitute away: The little or the much she gave is quietly resign'd: Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
[in Kenya]...any woman who is single and has multiple male sex partners is considered to be a prostitute, whether or not money changes hands.
[in India] Any sexual intercourse outside socially acceptable unions is likely to be regarded as prostitution.
[In Iran] Under mut'a, it is possible to be 'married' for as little as half an hour.
Egyptian law states that a man who is caught with a prostitute is not imprisoned; instead, his testimony is used to convict and imprison the prostitute.
Prostitutes are the inevitable product of a society that places ultimate importance on money, possessions, and competition.
Prostitution is organized rape.