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...spell a word backward or use a proper noun. "Celebrity wars of words could now take place on a new battleground," Mattel spokeswoman Sarah Allen wrote in an e-mail. "It's another part of the process of expanding the brand - it's an evolution." In other words, you might be feeling pretty smug about laying down "Jay-Z" (23 points), but if your opponent responds by playing his wife Beyoncé, that would be worth a mighty 64 points, as he'd benefit from the 50-point bonus (commonly known as a Bingo) that's awarded for using...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Has Scrabble Changed Its Rules? | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

...many points can players rack up by using proper nouns? Here are a few heavyweight combos you might be able to put together under the new rules: • Barack (14 points) • Kyrgyz (26 points) • Jacko (18 points) • Shakira (64 points if you include the 50-point bonus for using all seven letters) • Venezia (69 points, with the 50-point bonus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Has Scrabble Changed Its Rules? | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

...bottom of the eighth, it looked as if the Crimson offense might finally get on the board when junior Sean O’Hara hit a hard line drive up the center with two outs and two men on base...

Author: By Madeleine Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Falls Flat In Season’s Home Opener | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

...going to be for the less staunch to find something in the bill to reject? It's worth noting that the 100%-confident Gregg and Democratic Senator Jack Reed were assigned to hash out compromise rules for derivatives - and failed. Even if they had succeeded, the House might not have gone along. And there are dozens of similar issues that need to be resolved for reform to pass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Financial Reform: Far from a Done Deal in Congress | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

...Ichinose speculates that the kodokushi trend might be connected to Japan's contemporary cultural habit of ignoring death, and a possible avenue of research for the Institute of Death and Life Studies. "I don't know why," he says, "but people don't want to see a dead body and, in general, they don't want to talk about death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's 'Lonely Deaths': A Business Opportunity | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

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