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...management of the crossword franchise was severely traditional as well. On Sundays, for example, the Times devotes an entire page to puzzles. Maleska's selection of puzzles never varied. On top was a large, stately crossword, as imposing and exciting as Queen Victoria's bustle. Beneath it was one of three puzzles: an acrostic (twice as much work for half the fun), a diagramless crossword (you're given the clues but not the grid - why?) and, once in four weeks, Mel Taub's Puns and Anagrams - sort of a kindergarten cryptic. You never saw the features that made Games magazine...
...genes or series of genes to malfunction and that result in diseases like sickle-cell anemia and cystic fibrosis. Instead the changes nutritional geneticists are looking for are more like normal variations in the correct spelling of a word--say, theatre or theater, depending on whether you speak the Queen's English or American. "We all have these variants in our genes," says Ray Rodriguez, a geneticist at the University of California at Davis. "And they affect how we absorb, utilize and store various nutrients...
Decapitated in 1793, France's last Queen, Marie-Antoinette, seems a surprising muse for the modern nation. But Sofia Coppola's new biopic of the doomed monarch, now drawing crowds in French cinemas, is only one sign of burgeoning Marie mania. Michèle Lorin, founding president of the Queen's fan club, is thrilled by the new themed products on sale. "I'll admit I'm a publicity whore when it comes to the Queen," she says. Sweet Nostalgia Marie-Antoinette never suggested that the poor should "eat cake," but that hasn't stopped confectioner Ladurée from...
...biggest cruise ship ever built sailed out of Miami for the Caribbean last week, flaunting an over-the-top attitude that makes the Queen Mary 2 look restrained. Freedom of the Seas, as the Royal Caribbean cruise line has christened it, cost more than $800 million to build and can accommodate 4,375 passengers. How tough was the 160,000-ton ship to build? Imagine trying to combine all the services of a four-star hotel with the navigational mechanics of a commercial airplane and the security concerns of a small city. And make it all float...
...JUST NOT THAT BEAUTIFUL When Mary Louise Streep hit seventh grade, she refused to wear the glasses she had needed since age 4 because, she says, "I wanted to be pretty." She succeeded--she was chosen to be homecoming queen. But being unattractive is an accusation Streep has fought all her career, even in The Deer Hunter days, when she was a certifiable knockout. Frankel thinks one of the reasons Streep made a big popcorny movie like Prada is that with three daughters, she's critically aware of the well-patrolled borders of traditional beauty and the Minutemen-like function...