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...universal remote in the Beyond section of Bed, Bath and Beyond, which is down a spooky hallway in a shadowy stock room presided over by Christopher Walken's genial, flaky Mort. Michael (Adam Sandler) hopes the device will bring a little order to his chaotic life - one clicker replacing the many that presently operate the TV, the garage door, his kids' toys...
These eminences (all left-handed; explain) are among the legion of Will Shortz's subjects. Shortz, the Times's crossword editor, is a genial gent who since 1978 has run an annual tournament for the sort of people who can finish a Sunday puzzle in 10 min.--in ink. Their number include Ellen Ripstein, a self-described "little nerd girl," and Tyler Hinman, who at 20 could become the tournament's youngest-ever winner...
...former talk-show host and now billionaire talk- and game-show mogul: Time was, "you hired an M.C. who every mother-in-law would love." But in the reality-TV era, talk and game shows allow, if not require, more edge. We've gone from Bill Cullen's genial cheerleading to Gordon Ramsay's four-letter culinary arias on Hell's Kitchen and Jeff Probst's tribal-council interrogations on Survivor. Once Rosie O'Donnell was a Broadway-belting ball of sunshine; now she's a pugilistic, out-lesbian activist--which probably made her a perfect choice to join...
...recent graduate Alexandre, goes so far as to say her son's classmates were "humble and very internationally minded. They can talk to anyone." The headmaster, who signs his name "Tony," is part of this aerating trend. The grandson of a farm laborer, he is inclusive, calm and genial rather than grand and terrifying. As compared to when he was a student in the 1960s, he thinks Eton is "more outward looking, more diverse and kinder." If so, that has helped those who leave it. A senior headhunter, John Viney of Zygos Partnership, says the job market has noticed...
...Shortz is indeed a tall, genial fellow and the best salesman crosswords could have. A puzzler from youth, he took a doctorate of Enigmatology (in a course of study he invented for himself) at Indiana University, was named the fourth crossword editor of the Times in 1993. That was the year of Shortz's 40th birthday and crosswords' 80th. The first one, devised by Arthur Wynne, appeared in the New York World on Dec. 21, 1913, and made the game an immediate sensation. But it was the achievement of Margaret Farrar, who became the Times' first crossword editor in1942...