Category: Miscellaneous

  • Life’s a Parade!

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    By Aileen Marshall Have you ever watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and wondered who all those people under the giant balloons were? I had the privilege to find out for myself in 2002. A Macy’s employee I knew invited me to join the balloon vehicle team. It has been a real thrill these past…

  • Over the Moon

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    By George Barany and Ellen Ross George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) and Ellen Ross is a Chicago-based writer/humorist/blogger. This puzzle, which celebrates a recent birth in a well-known American family, may be found specifically at http://tinyurl.com/moonpuz, which includes links to on-line solving, the solution, and a “midrash” that explains much about it. More…

  • Princip of the Thing

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    By George Barany and Brent Hartzell GB is a Rockefeller alum (1977), BH holds a master’s degree (1994) in public policy from the University of Minnesota. For more puzzles and for the solution to this month’s puzzle, visit http://tinyurl.com/gbpuzzle Click here to download this month’s puzzle !

  • Covert Operations

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    By George Barany and Kurtis Scaletta GB is a Rockefeller alum (1977) and KS is an author of children’s books. For more puzzles, visit http://tinyurl.com/gbpuzzle. The solution for this specific puzzle is found at http://tinyurl.com/covertoperationsol, and a detailed explanation will be available at the beginning of August. Click here for this month’s puzzle!

  • Sea Change

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    By Michael Hanko and George Barany MH is a NYC voice teacher, writer, and performer; GB is a Rockefeller alum (1977). For more puzzles and for the solution to this month’s puzzle, visit http://tinyurl.com/gbpuzzle or click here  http://www.chem.umn.edu/groups/baranygp/puzzles/seachange/puzzle.pdf to view this month’s!

  • Doubly Distinguished

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    By George Barany, Jed Fisher, Micheel Hanko, and Marjorie Russel GB is a Rockefeller alum (1977); JF is a native New Yorker transplanted to the mid-west, where at the University of Notre Dame he continues to read, think, and write about important minutiae at the interface between biology and chemistry; MH is a NYC voice…

  • RU Familiar with RU?

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    by George Barany and Marjorie Russel

  • Crossword of the Month

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    By George Barany and Friends Fall Classic 2013  

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