Good morning, Whitewater.
Friday brings a one-third chance of afternoon snow, with a daytime high of twenty-two. Sunrise is 6:53 and sunset is 5:24, for 10h 30m 44s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 35.9% of its visible disk illuminated.
Horses are valuable in polo, and so valuable that there’s an Argentinian polo club that clones horses, to get what some players believe are just the right ones. Are they, really?
On this day in 1935, the State of Wisconsin intervenes in the marketplace to set a minimum price for gasoline:
1935 – Gasoline Price Wars Quelled
On this date, in an effort to stop gasoline price wars, the state of Wisconsin established a minimum price of 16 cents per gallon for gasoline. [Source: Janesville Gazette]
Puzzability‘s Valentine’s series concludes today:
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This Week’s Game — February 9-13
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Hearts and Letters
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Naturally, there’s romance in the mix this Valentine’s week. For each day, we started with a word, added the eight letters in the words TRUE LOVE, and rearranged all the letters to get a new phrase. Both pieces are described in each day’s clue, with the shorter one first.
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Example:
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Pool length; track and field athlete with a long stick
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Answer:
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Lap; pole vaulter
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What to Submit:
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Submit both pieces, with the shorter one first (as “Lap; pole vaulter” in the example), for your answer.
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Friday, February 13
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