Word: connecticut
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Although Mahowald has ambitions beyond puzzles, he will still enjoy the festivities that come with his hobby. In March, hundreds of crossword junkies will gather in Stamford, Connecticut for the biggest and oldest crossword tournament in the nation: The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, which was started by Will Shortz thirty years ago. And Mahowald will be one of them...
...Amazing Race.” But will their egos even fit in those little packs? Some Porcellian newbies kidnapped two older members so they could chat with them (the club’s venerable rules prohibit members from talking to initiates while in Cambridge). They drove them to Connecticut...whereupon the crafty members promptly stole the kids’ keys and drove away. Harvard’s newest reality TV star is overwhelmed by the demands of fame—and broke up with his girlfriend. Pandemonium broke out in Hilles when all HUID swipers were mysteriously deactivated last weekend...
...spring class of resident fellows will include Kerry M. Healey ’82, the former Republican lieutenant governor of Massachusetts who lost her bid for the state’s top job last year; Nancy L. Johnson ’57, the 12-term Republican congresswoman from Connecticut who was ousted by a Democratic challenger two months ago; and Lamont, who defeated incumbent Senator Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., in an August primary before Lieberman stormed back to win the general election...
...pack is getting more competitive. In the Republican competition, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee leapt forward with the release of a new book and a suitably self-deprecating turn on The Daily Show. Oh, and Democratic Senator Chris Dodd announced, totally shaking up the delicate balance in Connecticut's Democrat/Connecticut-for-Lieberman coalition...
...join a field that already includes Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, Senators Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Joe Biden of Delaware, former Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards, and Cleveland Congressman Dennis Kucinich. And then, of course, there is Hillary Clinton, who has already hired a number of key staffers and may also become an official candidate by the end of this month...