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...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 all seven letters. (See pictures of video gamers...

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 »

...instance, despite its mixed popularity, Americans overwhelmingly prefer some reform to no reform at all. Should Obama seize upon this point, he would expose the Republicans as the “party of no” and highlight the Democrats as the enablers of the public will. By casting his legislative victory as a response to popular clamoring for reform, Obama would aid the reelection bids of those Democrats whose yea votes now threaten their seats in November...

Author: By John W. He | Title: Obama the Pitchman | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

...This jaw dropper may not rank up there with TIME's famous "Is God Dead?" cover in 1966, but from a restaurant owner's point of view, it's close. Nation's Restaurant News recently ran a special report on "feeding the needs of a new America," in which the long-running trade publication pronounces the average diner a piece of history, vanished to the same eternal twilight as the powdered wig, the liberal consensus and mounted cavalry. (See pictures of what the world eats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye to the Average American Eater | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

...gated communities, mirror-tinted SUVs and Xbox-equipped "man caves" requiring zero participation in public life. But these ever narrowing areas of interest, however great they may be - and things like all-Latin fried-chicken chain Pollo Campero or Bacon of the Month Club are really, really great - point out that we are no longer a single nation. And when you lose that, you lose the foods that go with it, like the old standards of roast beef and twice-baked potatoes and lobsters served with melted butter and a nutcracker. Globalists and gastronomes may be heartened at the thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye to the Average American Eater | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

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