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By Compiled by JUDY STARK

© St. Petersburg Times, published August 5, 2000

[Photo: Target]

It's your move. A chess set and a Chinese checkers game designed by architect Michael Graves are the latest additions to his line of home accessories that bring class to the mass. Graves named the chess set when the Wall Street Journal asked him to choose the item of his own design that he thought would be the hottest seller in the months ahead. Graves, who doesn't play chess, created the minimalist wooden game board and smooth, egg-shaped playing pieces "only because Target asked me," he said. "I don't think such a chess set has been produced since the Bauhaus," the architecture movement blending science, technology and art that was founded in Germany in 1919. The chess set is $59.99; the Chinese checkers, $29.99, both available at Target.

It's football time

[Photo: Howard Miller Clocks]

We're into preseason already. Football fans, add this clock to your collection of fan gear. It stands 41/2 inches high by 71/4 inches wide; suggested retail is $30.95, from Howard Miller Clocks. Also available: soccer, golf and baseballs. To find a dealer near you, call (800) 873-0506 or visit the Web site at http://www.howardmiller.com.

Apartment department

Since we're talking about apartments today, here's a resident profile from the National Multi Housing Council. Twenty-five percent of apartment dwellers are single women and 22 percent are single men. Couples without children represent only 9.2 percent of apartment residents. Thirty-four percent are between the ages of 30 and 44. One-person households compose 47.4 percent of all apartment residents; two-person households account for 26.4 percent.

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