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...create several theme answers that fit symmetrically into the grid. Next, he recommended finding long words that form “fun, interesting answers.” As an example, Mahowald showed the group how he had constructed the grid for a crossword that will be printed in the Los Angeles Times. He said the New York Times rejected the puzzle because its theme answers were all colloquial phrases. A former intern for Shortz at The New York Times, Mahowald said the newspaper receives about 70 submissions a week. “A lot of them are just really...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Puzzle Over Crosswords | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

...sorry lot, us D.C. dwellers. Not sexy enough for Los Angeles, we settle for the pancake makeup of a cable news studio. Not rich enough for New York, we inflate our importance with proximity to political power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Coolest D.C. Party Is Still Lame | 4/27/2008 | See Source »

...laughter was done, those who were famous, important or otherwise worked for someone famous or important, scurried outside into a light drizzle for the three-block walk to the Bloomberg after party. The financial wire service had transformed the Costa Rican Embassy into a rough approximation of a hip, Los Angeles nightclub, with neon lights, lots of vodka and nubile ladies who silently walked around dressed in form-fitting airline stewardess costumes. One wall of the main room had a series of stairs that led to the ceiling, at the top of which Rick Davis, the campaign manager for John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Coolest D.C. Party Is Still Lame | 4/27/2008 | See Source »

...left trying to hold the system together like MacGyver - with duct tape and scissors and string." TIME caught up with air traffic controller Melvin S. Davis, a 22-year veteran and the facility representative for Terminal Radar Approach Control for Southern California, which serves airports in Los Angeles, Burbank, Ontario, Orange County, Palm Springs and San Diego...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Air Traffic Controller Sounds Alarm | 4/26/2008 | See Source »

...Aaron Sonderleiter and Chris Rutherford. Signers have left comments like, "The revolution will be served on a paper plate," "This is for you, Taco Zone. Your al pastor tacos have warmed my soul on many a cold night," and "Quit punishing people for bringing us taco-induced joy! Viva los taco trucks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Taco Truck War | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

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