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...unnoticed in Britain. An artist commemorated the 60th birthday of Prince Charles and the board game by creating a portrait of the Prince entirely composed of Scrabble tiles.) In countries like Senegal, Scrabble is an official sport. In fact, when Senegal hosted the French Scrabble World championship this summer, its government commissioned a special Scrabble song to mark the occasion. (See the 50 best inventions...
...have built relationships with each other.” said junior captain No. 7 Johanna Snyder. “Last year was more of a rebuilding year since we had lost two of our top players. This year, I think we have a real shot at winning the national championship.” Sophomore No. 1 June Tiong started the Crimson off fast, taking a convincing 2-0 lead, but had to battle in a back-and-forth final game to take the match 9-3, 9-4, 10-9. With the victory, she improves her record...
...characters have strong emotional depth,” Bala says. “There are no good guys or bad guys, just moral ambiguities. It’s a smart musical.” “Chess” is set at the World Chess Championship in Bangkok and focuses on the title game between Russian champion Anatoly Sergievsky and American challenger Freddie Trumper. The plot is loosely based on the 1972 World Chess Championship battle between chess phenoms Victor Korchnoi and Bobby Fischer. “Chess” chronicles the competition and the politics that run parallel...
Like eggnog or reruns of it's a wonderful life, college football fans' grumbling over the Bowl Championship Series (BCS)--the muddled method by which the sport anoints its national champion--has become a December rite. The chorus of critics includes Barack Obama, who opined in his first postelection interview that "any sensible person" would favor a playoff system to determine who's No. 1. And that was before the Oklahoma Sooners sped past Texas in this year's race to the BCS title game despite losing to the Longhorns 45-35 in October--a result purists say should logically...
...named to the All-USA team by USA Today this year. “Nico is ridiculous,” Chenoweth said. And with the graduation of captain Brian Holmquest, freshmen like Ryan Neely are already fit to fill in. Neely led the Crimson effort at the IC4A Championship on Nov. 22 with a time of 26:05 in the 5K race. And although the indoor conditions are far different from those of cross country, Neely’s finish shows he’s already comfortable competing at the collegiate level. The women’s freshman distance runners...