The rules of word game Scrabble are being changed for the first time in its history to allow the use of proper nouns, games company Mattel has said. Place names, people's names and company names or brands will now count.
The rules of word game Scrabble are being changed for the first time in its history to allow the use of proper nouns, games company Mattel has said.
Place names, people's names and company names or brands will now count.
Update: Mattel has assured us that it's not tossing out the old rules, just releasing a new version of Scrabble for dummies.
More troubling, it seemed to me that the media tempest was spawned by a deliberate attempt by Mattel to mislead the public to generate publicity for its new game. The company surely succeeded.
If I were president, I would have come forward with a proposal [on immigration]. And people keep coming to me and saying what's your proposal? I say look, I lost the election. Hello. You know, I'm reminded of that every day.
Gosh, if only he were in a position to be able to make proposals about laws and stuff.
The creation of the Foundation for Male Studies was announced on Wednesday at Wagner College in New York, along with a proposal for male studies as a new discipline. ... "This came out of the contentious business of gender studies," says Lionel Tiger, professor of anthropology at Rutgers University. "It’s not men’s studies as contrasted with women’s studies. It’s a study of males without all the ideology and self-righteousness of feminists about turning over patriarchy."
The creation of the Foundation for Male Studies was announced on Wednesday at Wagner College in New York, along with a proposal for male studies as a new discipline.
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"This came out of the contentious business of gender studies," says Lionel Tiger, professor of anthropology at Rutgers University. "It’s not men’s studies as contrasted with women’s studies. It’s a study of males without all the ideology and self-righteousness of feminists about turning over patriarchy."
As always, let's all shed a tear for the oppressed males everywhere who have been all but ignored in academia. Sniff.