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  2. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    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, while the black squares are used to ...

  3. History of the battery - Wikipedia

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    The NCC improved Gassner's model by replacing the plaster of Paris with coiled cardboard, an innovation that left more space for the cathode and made the battery easier to assemble. It was the first convenient battery for the masses and made portable electrical devices practical, and led directly to the invention of the flashlight.

  4. The New York Times crossword - Wikipedia

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    In addition to the primary crossword, the Times publishes a second Sunday puzzle each week, of varying types, something that the first crossword editor, Margaret Farrar, saw as a part of the paper's Sunday puzzle offering from the start; she wrote in a memo when the Times was considering whether or not to start running crosswords that "The ...

  5. Pointing and calling - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese variant became much more complex including pointing (using both forefinger and middle finger instead of forefinger-only as in Japan, and used when checking signals, doors, speed and other major aspects) and caution (bending the right elbow by 90° and lifting the forearm upright, used when a checking procedure is finished or caution ...

  6. Timothy Parker (puzzle designer) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Can I get in trouble for giving the middle finger to police ...

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    The First Amendment includes the middle finger While other cases had discussed the protection of vulgarity, like giving the middle finger, the 2019 case of Debra Lee Cruise-Gulyas v.

  8. FBI mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    The left hand is held with the thumb, first finger and second finger mutually at right angles. The Thumb represents F - Thrust (or resulting Motion). The First finger represents B - Field. The Second finger represents I or V - Current (in the classical direction, from positive to negative).

  9. Big Ten changing way it officiates onside kicks after ... - AOL

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    The Big Ten is tweaking the way it officiates onside kicks after a controversial call near the end of Michigan’s 27-24 home win over Minnesota in Week 5.. The Gophers had a chance to tie or take ...