Word: crostics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reason for Fry's executive success was a phenomenal memory; he knew parliamentary procedure by heart and never found a Double-Crostic puzzle that he could not solve. "He is not exactly the warmhearted shepherd," a colleague explained. "He has a tendency to kick the rumps of the sheep, rather than lead them." At one church convention, Fry was explaining a complicated motion when one delegate said: I'm not quite clear. I'm afraid I fell off at the last turn." "That's all right," Fry answered imperturbably, "I'll pick you up right...
...fully participating state like New York, the impact of Medicaid is immense. Under the $6,000 family-income ceiling, about 6,000,000 of New York's 18 million people would probably be eligible; 2,700,000 have already qualified, despite forbidding red tape and Double-Crostic forms; 1,700,000 of these are in New York City-half of those believed to be eligible. The U.S. pays half the medical bills for most patients, the state pays one-fourth and local governments onefourth...
After seven days of frenzied consultation the CRIMSON'S twenty-five man board of judges has emerged from behind closed doors. Stern of countenance, after 168 consecutive hours of argument, the elders delivered the names of two crostic winners to the President of the CRIMSON in a sealed envelope. They then filed out the Plympton Street exit, muttering feverishly of "neatness," "originality," "aptness of thought," and "rounding up the usual suspects...
...this odd story is to be found not in the novel itself, but in Dr. Fiedler's critical writings-notably Love and Death in the American Novel. Read thus, The Second Stone offers some of the rarest pleasure of the year, combining the attractions of Scrabble, the double-crostic, literary name-spotting and one-upmanship with the humbler delights of the whodunit. This is a parable and the characters are crazy mythed-up people...
...lineups are tougher to figure out than a double crostic. Both squads have a number of swimmers capable of near-record performances in any of several events. Tonight's winner depends largely on how well the coaches manipulate their talent...