Word: crosswords
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...years David Rasmussen, 72, a retired airline dispatcher living in Clarksville, Va., had solved at least one crossword puzzle a day. But for a while after he underwent double-bypass surgery at Duke University Medical Center last October, Rasmussen hardly glanced at his beloved crosswords. "I found it hard to concentrate," Rasmussen recalls. "All I wanted to do was sit around and watch television...
...such a lifestyle is by reading the piece of literature that most powerfully conveys it. "Death of a Salesman" is a 90-page play that one could easily finish on the plane ride home. And the message is significantly more important that chomping on some pretzels and finishing the crossword puzzle in Delta's Sky magazine. I think Arthur Miller would agree that no matter how hard it is, you should first and foremost be true to yourself. I hope Harvard students understand...
Bring Back the Crossword...
...love the challenge of your crossword puzzle [Aug. 7] while sitting under a tree in the yard in summer or in front of a warm fire during winter. I don't love the challenge in front of a computer screen. Please print it in your magazine again so that we don't have to spend our entire life in front of a screen! MARIE FOGE Novato, Calif...
Your article on ways people can decrease their risk of Alzheimer's disease recommends "brain gymnastics" [PERSONAL TIME, YOUR HEALTH, May 15] but omits mention of crossword puzzles, like the one you featured in the same issue. TIME's own story "Elixirs for Your Memory" [SCIENCE, Sept. 13, 1999] notes the connection researchers have made between solving crosswords and warding off the onset of Alzheimer's. STANLEY A. KURZBAN Chappaqua...