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Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
Nisei (二世, "second generation") is a Japanese-language term used in countries in North America and South America to specify the ethnically Japanese children born in the new country to Japanese-born immigrants (who are called Issei ). The Nisei are considered the second generation and the grandchildren of the Japanese-born immigrants are ...
An American-style crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter ...
This guide below focuses on tips for second-generation Americans, but it can be helpful for anyone who wants to have productive conversations with their loved ones about misinformation. 1. Don't ...
Unlike in some easier puzzles in other outlets, the number of words in the answer is not given in the clue—so a one-word clue can have a multiple-word answer. [ 26 ] The theme, if any, will be applied consistently throughout the puzzle; e.g., if one of the theme entries is a particular variety of pun, all the theme entries will be of that type.
Retrieved 2009-03-08. Eugene T. Maleska, who kept sharp-penciled readers hopscotching down and across as the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times, died on Tuesday at his home in Daytona Beach, Fla. He was 77 years old and also had a home in Wareham, Mass. He died of throat cancer, said his wife, Carol Atkinson-Maleska.
General Electric. RCA. Some examples of 1960s second generation computers from those vendors are: the IBM 1401, the IBM 7090/7094, and the IBM System/360; the Burroughs 5000 series; the UNIVAC 1107; the NCR 315; the CDC 1604 and the CDC 3000 series; the Honeywell 200, Honeywell 400, and Honeywell 800;
James VI and I (1566–1625), King of Scots and of England and Ireland. Christine James (born 1954), Welsh poet and academic. Clive James (1939–2019), Australian author, poet and memoirist. Ernst Jandl (1925–2000), Austrian writer, poet and translator. Klemens Janicki (1516–1543), Polish poet in Latin.