Word: tiling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...board is green and white floor tile, inlaid into the table. Green and white are what they use in championship play, Roach has explained. "You stare at a red and white board for four hours, and you'll go blind. I don't know why they still sell red and white boards in dime stores." His checkers are red and butterscotch, instead of red and black, because "black is nauseating...
...time, with an estimated 90 million games sold over three decades. Then Butts' wife died, and the widower, who is a retired architect, found that even his own creation was no consolation since at least two people are required to play. So he went back to the tile board to see if he still had the magic touch. The result is called, appropriately, Alfred's Other Game. Related to Scrabble, though not quite zygomorphically (40 points in the original, 55 in the new), A.O.G. can be played alone or with company, "sort of simultaneous solitaire," Butts explains. Meanwhile, thanks...
...ethnic, Mom and Pop fish stores are disappearing from large cities, but they are being replaced to some extent by Korean-operated shops and elaborate seafood departments in supermarkets. Grand Union has had Graphic Designer Milton Glaser give special attention to its new seafood departments, with lots of white tile and ice for whole and cut fish. The results are good, according to Steve Osder, director of seafood merchandising for the 75 markets in the East and Southeast. "We have had a 25% increase in the amount of fresh seafood in the past two years," he says. Frozen fish sales...
...victims of torture, the world is a minefield of horrifying memories. One woman panics whenever she sees a dark Ford like the one that hauled her away to severe beatings and a gang rape. Some survivors have trouble entering bathrooms, because the tile, lighting and smell summon up images of their torture chambers. "How do you cure torture?" asks Genevieve Cowgill, 44, director of the Canadian Center for Investigation and Prevention of Torture. "It's not something you can simply talk victims...
...indicates that the student is not clear to continue the registration process: they will not be able to tile a study card until payment is received," she added...