Recognizing the Role of the Rook in Chess. In chess, the rook can move only forward and backward or from side to side â always in a straight line. Each player has two rooks to start a match, and each rook is placed in the back corner on either side of the board, behind the left-most and right-most pawns. Figure 1 shows where the rooks go on the chessboard.
the cost of a first class postage stamp is now 49 cents 3 cents more than before regulators approved the price hike in december and it went into effect sunday many people won t feel the increase right away forever stamps are good for first class postage at whatever the future rate
The standard first class stamps now cost 44 cents each. If that were to change again soon, I believe the announcement should come in early February. http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2009/pr09_018.htm