Two of the editors went out to lunch one hot day, with this result. By
the way, this pattern is the same on which the puzzle for the World’s
Championship was made up. Can you do it in ten minutes, ten and
two-fifths seconds? That was the time it took William A. Stern II to
win the championship.
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