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  2. The New York Times crossword - Wikipedia

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    Times style is to always capitalize the first letter of a clue, regardless of whether the clue is a complete sentence or whether the first word is a proper noun. On occasion, this is used to deliberately create difficulties for the solver; e.g., in the clue [John, for one], it is ambiguous whether the clue is referring to the proper name John ...

  3. VUCA - Wikipedia

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    The results of a deliberately controlled environment are unexpected because of the non-linear interaction and interdependencies within different groups and categories. [ 16 ] In a sociological aspect, the VUCA framework is utilized in research to understand social perception in the real world and how that plays into social categorization and ...

  4. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Hanlon's razor - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] In 1996, the Jargon File entry on Hanlon's Razor noted the existence of the phrase in Heinlein's novella, with speculation that Hanlon's Razor might be a corruption of "Heinlein's Razor". [2] The link to Murphy's law was described in a pair of 2001 blog entries by Quentin Stafford-Fraser , citing emails from Joseph E. Bigler.

  6. Patrick Berry - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] His first New York Times crossword was published on Friday, September 17, 1999. [ 10 ] Wiley , the publisher of the For Dummies book series, approached Berry around 2003 to write a book of crossword puzzles; Berry wanted the book to include a how-to guide on crossword construction, an idea that Wiley approved.

  7. Vagueness - Wikipedia

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    Since the proof Evans produces relies on the assumption that terms precisely denote vague objects, the implication is that the assumption is false, and so the vague-objects view is wrong. Still by, for instance, proposing alternative deduction rules involving Leibniz's law or other rules for validity some philosophers are willing to defend ...

  8. Vagueness doctrine - Wikipedia

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    Vague laws may trap the innocent by not providing fair warning. Second, if arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement is to be prevented, laws must provide explicit standards for those who apply them. A vague law impermissibly delegates basic policy matters to policemen, judges, and juries for resolution on an ad hoc and subjective basis, with ...

  9. Fictitious entry - Wikipedia

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    The Māori language does not use the letters J, X or Z. Most listings of the members of the German parliament feature the fictitious politician Jakob Maria Mierscheid, allegedly a member of the parliament since 1979. Among other activities, he is reported to have contributed to a major symposium on the equally fictitious stone louse in ...