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Instructions To Authors May 2014

Instructions To Authors

Word Ways

Instructions to authors and back cover of this issue.


Anagram Sudoku (No.1), Mark J.P. Wolf May 2014

Anagram Sudoku (No.1), Mark J.P. Wolf

Word Ways

The Anagram Sudoku is a new type of word puzzle that I invented recently. It officially makes its debut in this issue of Word Ways, and will later appear, with others, in my work-in-progress book, 101 Enigmatic Puzzles.


Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 47, Number 2 May 2014

Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 47, Number 2

Word Ways

Front cover and publication information for this issue, including the table of contents.


Poetic Quiz, Anne Rulon-Miller May 2014

Poetic Quiz, Anne Rulon-Miller

Word Ways

A poem.


Greek And Latin In College Curricula, John E. Ross Apr 2014

Greek And Latin In College Curricula, John E. Ross

Manuscripts

One of the changes in college curricula has been the lessening emphasis upon the study of the classics in literature and language. R. Freeman Butts discusses the historical setting of this change in his recent book The College Charts Its Course. Mr. Butts places an emphasis upon two aspects of this condition in education: "the origins of the traditions that a liberal education should be predominantly linguistic and literary in character," and "the rapidly changing social and intellectual conditions of the nineteenth century weakened this conception of a liberal education in the American college and gave rise to many innovations …


They, Inc., Jeanne Gass Apr 2014

They, Inc., Jeanne Gass

Manuscripts

"Well, look who's here. Our new tenderfoot himself." Abby eased gently into the big wine-colored chair.
The man across the room scowled and fiddled with his hands and looked at the floor.
Emmie sighed ever so slightly. "I told them we could handle this assignment ourselves."
The man muttered. "Well. This was an important case."
Abby sniffed delicately. Emmie put her hand up' to her mouth and whispered, "It's all right, Abby. They probably had to give him something to keep him busy. He won't hurt anything."
"Mustn't have professional jealousy, you know," the man added defensively.


Volume 9, Issue 1: Full Issue Apr 2014

Volume 9, Issue 1: Full Issue

Manuscripts

Full issue of the March 2014 issue of Manuscripts. Includes work by: Joseph Berry, Mary Wiley, Jeanne Gass, John Ross, Mary Margrette Schortemeier, Helen Hughes, Jean Pastor, Marijane Badger, Hariet Bishop, Jack Kilgore, Jean Bowden, Dean Wildman, Elizabeth Clark, Rachel Whelan, Robert L. Harris, Ed McNamara, Frances Shemelson, Josephine Rosenfeld, Geraldine Staley, Tom Wagle, Keith White, Betty Lee Snyder, James Hawekotte, Riley Sullivan, Ardath Weigler, John Rock, and Jim Mitchell.


An Overview Of Universal Basic Income: Discussion On The Benefits Of A Single System Welfare Standard, Zachary Quintero Apr 2014

An Overview Of Universal Basic Income: Discussion On The Benefits Of A Single System Welfare Standard, Zachary Quintero

Undergraduate Research Conference

In the past two decades there has been renewed interest in the proposition of a Universal Basic Income. A UBI is a system of direct monetary payments from government coffers to all citizens of a state or locality with the purpose of providing a sum for essential livelihood. In contrast to most current social welfare programs, the UBI requires no means test for the citizen to become a recipient. This idea has attracted attention for the radical simplicity of its design and implementation. Beginning with a discussion of the principles of the UBI, the paper then analyzes how Basic Income …


A Name Puzzle, Harold Jacobs Feb 2014

A Name Puzzle, Harold Jacobs

Word Ways

A puzzle.


Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 47, Number 1 Feb 2014

Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 47, Number 1

Word Ways

Front cover and publication information for this issue including the table of contents.


Asatrain? Elementary!, Jeremiah Farrell Feb 2014

Asatrain? Elementary!, Jeremiah Farrell

Word Ways

A crossword puzzle.


X'S Things, Darryl Francis Feb 2014

X'S Things, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

In the November 2013 issue of Word Ways, the plea was made for other items like XANTHIPPE'S SHREW - that is, a name beginning with X, followed by an apostrophe, an S, and then a final term.


Colloquy Feb 2014

Colloquy

Word Ways

A collection of responses to previously published articles.


The National Puzzlers' League, A. Ross Eckler Feb 2014

The National Puzzlers' League, A. Ross Eckler

Word Ways

The editorship of Word Ways brought me into contact with the National Puzzlers' League. Founded in New York City on July 4 1883 as the Eastern Puzzlers' League, this organization has for more than a century been dedicated to the construction and solution of rhymed word puzzles, a pastime as popular in the nineteenth century as the crossword is today.


Perfect Roman Windows, Tristan Miller Feb 2014

Perfect Roman Windows, Tristan Miller

Word Ways

The February 2000 issue of Word Ways introduced readers to the concept of Roman windows - text passages which coincidentally contain all seven letters used in Roman numerals.


Anagramming Co-Authors, Solomon W. Golomb Feb 2014

Anagramming Co-Authors, Solomon W. Golomb

Word Ways

A British mathematician, I.J. Good, who was a veteran of the World War II codebreaking group at Bletchley Park, once published a paper listing "k. Caj Doog" as co-author (an obvious rearrangement of the letters of Jack Good). When asked subsequently about the status of his collaborator, Good replied that he lost contact with Doog after the Chinese Communists overran Tibet.


Punk Whiz 22, . Anil Feb 2014

Punk Whiz 22, . Anil

Word Ways

A Pun Quiz.


Kickshaws, David Morice Feb 2014

Kickshaws, David Morice

Word Ways

A collection of linguistic kickshaws.


Anagram Quiz 11, . Anil Feb 2014

Anagram Quiz 11, . Anil

Word Ways

The clues are both anagrams and 'definitions' of the answers.


Book Review: Schottenfreude, Tristan Miller Feb 2014

Book Review: Schottenfreude, Tristan Miller

Word Ways

Review of Ben Schott's Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition.


More Magic - Part I, Oscar Thumpbindle Feb 2014

More Magic - Part I, Oscar Thumpbindle

Word Ways

Once again Word Ways has received a manuscript from the elusive Thumpbindle. We still have not met him face-to-face but admire his ability to rehash old topics with a fresh twist. The Editor.


"This Is A Misprint" New Funny Bloopers And Arch Ripostes, Don Hauptman Feb 2014

"This Is A Misprint" New Funny Bloopers And Arch Ripostes, Don Hauptman

Word Ways

Decades ago, ads touting merchandise at bargain prices often came equipped with a screaming headline: "This is not a misprint!" A Google search reveals that the phrase is still in use, though the word misprint has a somewhat archaic ring.


Half-Alfabed Libaglamce, . Anil Feb 2014

Half-Alfabed Libaglamce, . Anil

Word Ways

Half-alphabet lipograms (HALs) limit words to half of the alphabet. The title is limited to A-M. Any other way of dividing the alphabet in two is also included. The challenge is to convert ordinary prose into HALs by crook or innuendo and leave the text readable.


Book Review Feb 2014

Book Review

Word Ways

A review of The Little Dictionary of Big Words You Should Know by Dr. Ian Wilson.


Eye Sea Ewe, Daniel W. Galef Feb 2014

Eye Sea Ewe, Daniel W. Galef

Word Ways

One thing I have gotten tired and sick of over the course of several hundred meetings and introductions is spelling my name.


Poetic Quiz, Ann-Rulon Miller Feb 2014

Poetic Quiz, Ann-Rulon Miller

Word Ways

A Poem.


Ei Bin Der, Ei Dann Dat, Daniel W. Galef Feb 2014

Ei Bin Der, Ei Dann Dat, Daniel W. Galef

Word Ways

Words (German and English) that share both a spelling and a pronunciation (roughly).


Quatrains On Anagrams, Daniel Galef Feb 2014

Quatrains On Anagrams, Daniel Galef

Word Ways

Below are ten simple quatrains, the title of each of which has been struck out in favor of a series of underscores denoting the position of the letters.


Answers And Solutions Feb 2014

Answers And Solutions

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the puzzles in this issue.


Instructions To Authors Feb 2014

Instructions To Authors

Word Ways

Instructions to authors and back cover of this issue.