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...Mattel's promotions manager. Chew, who contends that the announcement of the new version brought extra attention to the game, says the initial shock of the rule change has since worn off. "I've had [Scrabble] tournament directors calling me to say they haven't ever had so much interest," Chew says. "There's an understanding now that the publicity is good." (Watch TIME's video "Inside the Mind of a Sudoku Master...
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST...
...issue of financial conflicts of interest among faculty was also raised at yesterday’s meeting, as Harvard moves towards a University-wide policy in the face of what Vice Provost for Research David Korn ’54 described as increased financial scrutiny...
While each of Harvard’s schools currently have its own policies regarding financial conflicts of interest, Korn said that the committee chose to follow Stanford University’s lead and adopt a standardized policy across the entire University that still leaves room for flexibility on a school level...
...business around the dead, as Yoshida has, is an unglamorous and oft-maligned profession, as depicted in Departures, the Japanese film that won an Oscar last year for Best Foreign Film, which follows an unemployed cellist who takes a job getting corpses ready for funerals. "The film has created interest in this profession," says Ichinose, "but most people still tend to avoid the topic...