Word: sensationalize
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Shortz is indeed a tall, genial fellow and the best salesman crosswords could have. A puzzler from youth, he took a doctorate of Enigmatology (in a course of study he invented for himself) at Indiana University, was named the fourth crossword editor of the Times in 1993. That was the...
Over the past several years, I’ve lost my cell phone more times than I care to admit. My friends consider me—endearingly, I hope—a clumsy, irresponsible fool. They shake their heads when I admit that voicemails have gone unheard; my mother sighs...
Charles Frazier, the author of the blockbuster "Cold Mountain," hasn't published a book since 1997. That book, which became an international bestseller and a National Book Award winner, left booksellers longing for his next effort. That might account for the fact that Frazier garnered an $8 million advance, based...
?Rain, Korea's musical sensation
Nike also scooped up such world-class stars as Brazilians Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, British sensation Wayne Rooney and American Landon Donovan to wear the company's boots. It paid marquee European clubs--Manchester United and Arsenal in England, Juventus in Italy and FC Barcelona in Spain--to wear the Swoosh...