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Will Shortz is to puzzles what Oprah is to books - an endorsement by the New York Times crosswords editor is as good as gold. He's sold more than 5 million volumes of Sudoku games and has now moved on to KenKen, a numerical logic puzzle invented by a Japanese educator as a clever way to teach math to kids (the name means "cleverness squared" in Japanese). Shortz held the first U.S. KenKen tournament this weekend at the 32nd annual American Crosswords Puzzle tournament in Brooklyn, which drew more than 900 people from across the world - including KenKen's creator...
...men’s, posted a respectable performance today, considering the situation health-wise,” Brand said. “Their record did not reflect the injuries and illnesses that it has suffered.” This did not stop freshman Caroline Vloka from taking the gold in the individual women’s saber. Having been suffering from what was thought to be the flu, Vloka defeated M.I.T.’s Robin Shin, 15-6, to take the No. 1 spot before being taken to University Health Services, where she was diagnosed with pneumonia...
...from Alabama Senator Richard Shelby, whose state is home to several transplant automakers. To him, the UAW seemed to consist of a bunch of overpaid featherbedders who couldn't match hubcaps with workers at transplants like Toyota and Mercedes Benz, who did not enjoy the Big Three's gold-plated benefits. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...couple circle one another, skipping imaginary jump ropes.The curtain opened to a collective gasp in the last piece, “Diamonds,” revealing a stage that at first glance did in fact resemble the interior of a diamond; a pale blue backdrop contrasted with the white-gold curtains, setting the scene for female dancers dressed entirely in white. “Diamonds” is danced to the quintessential Russian composer Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 3.” The dance is in the classical Russian style, with much promenading and magnificence...
...Adam R. Gold ’11, a Crimson editorial writer, is a physics concentrator in Adams House. His column appears on alternate Mondays...