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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]
By early 1997, Parker’s puzzle became the "Universal Crossword" syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate to newspapers and clients worldwide. In 1999, together with Universal Press Syndicate’s Uclick division, Parker founded The Puzzle Society, and is the founder and senior editor of the Universal Uclick line of crossword puzzles and games.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. Burmese politician (born 1945) In this Burmese name, the given name is Aung San Suu Kyi. There is no family name. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် Aung San Suu Kyi in 2019 State Counsellor of Myanmar In office 6 April 2016 – 1 February 2021 President ...
An American-style 15×15 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 ...
Benton was an unflagging advocate for "hard money", that is gold coin (specie) or bullion as money—as opposed to paper money "backed" by gold as in a "gold standard". "Soft" (i.e. paper or credit) currency, in his opinion, favored rich urban Easterners at the expense of the small farmers and tradespeople of the West.
The Puzzle Palace is a book written by James Bamford and published in 1982. It is the first major, popular work devoted entirely to the history and workings of the National Security Agency (NSA), a United States intelligence organization.
The Butter Battle Book – Dr. Seuss, 1984; Children of the Book – Peter Carter, 1982 [38] The Clay Marble – Minfong Ho novel, 1991; Fallen Angels – Walter Dean Myers novel, 1988; Habibi – Naomi Shihab Nye novel, 1997; I Had Seen Castles – Cynthia Rylant, 1993; Soldier's Heart: A Novel of the Civil War – Gary Paulsen novel, 1998
The Udyoga Parva (Sanskrit: उद्योग पर्वः), or the Book of Effort, is the fifth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahābhārata. [1] Udyoga Parva traditionally has 10 parts and 199 chapters. [2] [3] The critical edition of Sabha Parva has 12 parts and 197 chapters. [4] [5]