Word: atlases
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...player-detectives decipher a series of verbal clues, then use their knowledge of geography to score points. The top scorer gets to chase Carmen around a large, unmarked map. In the computer version -- which is played with the help of books like a the World Almanac or an atlas -- competitors may be shown an image of Socrates and have to know when he lived in order to move to the next clue. Carmen's trail may lead a player from Kigali to Istanbul, from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Cowboy Hall of Fame, or from the Leaning Tower...
Adrienne Rich '51 received the strongest applause of the evening. The Stanford University professor, flanked by large bouquets of sunflowers, read several short poems and a longer selection from her poem "An Atlas of the Difficult World...
Ozal calls for an atlas and opens it to a map of the region. "Look where we are and what is going on around us," he says. As he traces the boundary of his country's giant neighbor to the north, Ozal reaches with his other hand into his pocket and pulls out a string of jet-black worry beads...
Only one event brightened an otherwise gloomy week for the space agency. The first commercial version of the Atlas rocket was finally launched by NASA from Cape Canaveral. It lofted into orbit a satellite that in September will provide scientists with important data on radioactive damage to satellites in outer space...
...They are learning how to learn," Smith explains. "They end up dealing comfortably with maps and the ability to decode information from maps, to use an atlas, read latitude and longitude." The class accomplishes this in an atmosphere of controlled chaos. Students throw questions at one another as they pore over their material. "Does Tasmania belong to Australia?" shouts one student. "Since Greenland belongs to Denmark, does that make Copenhagen its capital?" asks another of no one in particular...