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Puzzles really help newspapers. They help the print edition because most people agree it's more satisfying to solve a puzzle on paper than on a screen. And yes, there are some advantages to solving them on a computer, but still there's a tactile pleasure you get from filling in squares on paper. If you can get 2, 3, 4% of your circulation from a puzzle feature like that, you know, that's pretty good...
...yes, the book's claim to be a "history of the universe," while not verifiable by the laymen for which Potter writes, at least feels like it might be truer than not. He occasionally gets lost in the weeds - a digression on the many variations of early man (homo ergaster, homo heidelbergansis, etc.) is eye-blurring, and humorously close to tales of Biblical lineage ("...And Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judas..."). There's too much in here to internalize on one reading, so - and what more praise does a book need - you're going to have to read...
...entire food industry. “My father was some sort of food god,” she said. Cardullo’s colleagues said they would remember her generosity. “Whenever she was asked to help the association, you always knew that she would say yes,” said John P. DiGiovanni, president of the Harvard Square Business Association. Cardullo-Tavilla added that if someone came into the store with only five dollars, her father would make sure the customer got a sandwich that was worth his money. DiGiovanni also said that he admired Cardullo?...
...live examples on the piano, are simple yet informative, easy to digest without sounding like excerpts from “Classical Music for Dummies.” Kapilow is remarkably straightforward with his comments and makes the information easy to retain through funny quips—“Yes, ‘bum’ is the first word of this song”—and activities like creating sixteenth notes by slapping on the thighs. The techniques behind musical phrasing and motifs are brought down to the comprehensible level of his junior audience. The ensemble itself...
...have to pay to get into this?” Yes, each attendee was charged 3 dollars, which all went to the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter...