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...Scrabble was conceived during the Great Depression by an unemployed New York architect named Alfred Mosher Butts, who figured Americans could use a bit of distraction during the bleak economic times. After determining what he believed were the most enduring games in history - board games, numbers games like dice or cards and letter games like crossword puzzles - he combined all three. He then chose the frequency and the distribution of the tiles by counting letters on the pages of the New York Times, the New York Herald Tribune and The Saturday Evening Post. For more than a decade he tweaked...
...when the Crimson gained a two-player advantage but was unable to score.“I think we are still trying to find our groove on the power play,” Stone said. “Sometimes on a big ice surface you have a little bit farther to go to the net, and it’s a little bit more difficult.”Just after the penalties expired, New Hampshire tore through the Harvard defense. Wildcats leading scorer Jenn Wakefield, who has posted 19 points in 13 games, took a pass from teammate Kelly Cahill...
...North Dakota] is a very talented team that has got off to a bit of a rough start and hasn’t had a great deal of luck scoring goals,” Donato said. “They were hungry tonight, and I think they executed...
...remainder of the game.“There’s always natural momentum changes in a game,” Rollins said. “We need to respond better to that and get on our own momentum shifts. We sat back on our heels a little bit instead of getting pissed off and getting back and putting the ball in the basket.”After halftime, Harvard finally saw its first three-pointer fall after missing all five of its opportunities in the first half. However, it also saw its overall field goal percentage drop as well...
...completed the three-day contest with a total of 688 points, falling only to the dominant home Bulldogs, who led the field with a score of 1407. The meet, which was held in a champion style and therefore consisted of both preliminary and final trials, proved to be a bit of a wake-up call for the Crimson swimmers. Performing significantly worse than usual in its early rounds, the team’s potential Achilles’ heel was revealed. “One area we definitely need to improve is swimming faster in the morning,” senior...