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...Brunot got nearly $1.5 million. Coleco Industries Inc. took over after Selchow collapsed in the 1980s and when Coleco went bankrupt, Hasbro Inc. swooped in. In 1994, scandal rocked the Scrabblesphere when Hasbro announced plans to remove nearly 200 words deemed too offensive for the official Scrabble dictionary. The list of words ranged from ethnic slurs to playground phrases like "turd," "fart" and "fatso." Hasbro eventually compromised and published two officially sanctioned dictionaries - one for "recreational and school play" and the other for official tournaments and clubs; the latter contains a total of 120,302 words, dirty ones included...
...fairness to Matt [Hoyle], we were giving up all sorts of chances,” Donato added. “[Goaltending] is way down the list of issues that we had with the game...
...This production of “Chess” has attempted to do more than the stereotypical rock musical (think “We Will Rock You”). Bala hopes to appeal to a broader audience looking for an intelligent and engaging musical. “The list of rock musicals is very short,” Wanger says. “The list of musicals that deal with political issues realistically is short too. The intersection of the two is even shorter; it’s really only this show...
...Reeve said that he was happy to see scientists on the list...
...Under current law and policy, the CIA has a secret list of approved interrogation techniques distinct from the Army manual. But at the same time, the agency is prohibited by law from using techniques that are "cruel, inhuman or degrading." In recent years, the Bush Administration has interpreted those terms as permitting techniques like "waterboarding", an approach that is widely considered torture, in which detainees experience simulated drowning. The CIA has since said that it has suspended the use of this particular technique, though earlier this year Bush vetoed a bill requiring the CIA to operate under the field manual...