So I'm going to think of today's puzzle by Mr. Madison as an homage to one of the great constructors.
FERRARA, Italy — The Italian art historian Roberto Longhi described Francisco de Zurbarán as "the greatest constructor of form with light, after Caravaggio and before Cézanne".
What we do have in this country is a long tradition of dogged inventiveness, going as far back as Brunel and the great Victorian engineer-constructors.
Through the process I developed a great appreciation for puzzle constructors and the patience it takes to create a good one.
Relieved of her ballast of 750 kg and without a crew, she shot up to a great height (calculated by the constructor to have been some 2000 m), and was carried away in a north-westerly direction.
It's great news for Ferrari's constructors' title aspirations.
During the last years of his life, his major paintings were The Constructors (1950) and The Great Parade (1954).
"I'm so proud to have contributed to the work of this great team, to get the first constructors' championship is a huge achievement," said Hamilton, 29.
Come compete with like-minded puzzleheads, nosh on delicious desserts (but not the brownies — those are mine, all mine), and meet some of your favorite constructors while raising money for a great cause.
In other news, the "American Red Crosswords" project, captained by Michael Sharp/Rex Parker, is now a handy dandy iPhone/iPad app! Donate to help out the victims of Hurricane Sandy and download 24 really great puzzles authored by some of the best constructors in the business: "American Red Crosswords" is now on iPhone/iPad!
The experience of developing a speaking proficiency scale for Chinese learners of English, however, has proved that constructors of a national framework would face great challenges in the way in which reference levels are described and scaled (see Yang et al. 2012).
