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C8 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST.THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 , 2019

ACROSS 1 Co. with brown trucks 4 Fearsome Tolkien beasts 8 Run off at the mouth 14 New Deal prog. 15 Guthrie genre 16 Unprincipled 17 Rapper __-Z 18 Fireplace outlet 19 Accompany 20 Yellowfin tuna 21 Great quantity 22 Highest-ranking elected woman in U.S. history 23 McConaughey of “True Detective” 25 Nickname for Israel’s Netanyahu 26 Sported 27 Beach in a 1964 hit song 31 Start of a Poitier film title 34 Author/ aviator __ Morrow Lindbergh 36 Film crew member 37 V-formation flier 38 ’90s game disc 39 Pipe up 40 __ the finish 41 Snapchat’s ghost, e.g. 42 Shoes with swooshes 43 Color from a bottle 45 British WWII gun 47 Magician Weasley and anchorman Burgundy 48 Have 52 Like some wedding photos 55 Hook or Cook: Abbr. 56 Quid pro __ 57 Maryland state bird, e.g. 58 Dos cubed 59 Lines at a checkout counter? 60 Money maker

61 Not nice at all 62 Bother a great deal 63 Great times 64 Uruguay’s Punta del __ 65 __ de deux

DOWN 1 Clear, as a printer 2 Czech Republic capital, to Czechs 3 “Don’t beat around the bush!” 4 A bit out in the ocean 5 Painter’s tool 6 ... in a board game 7 Present in a biased way 8 Reed instrument 9 Pond protozoan 10 ... in a ball game 11 Gusto 12 Back muscles, briefly

13 K-12 appropriate 24 ... on a game mat 25 ... on a game card 28 Actor Estrada 29 “Dibs!” 30 Long-limbed beasts 31 “So ready for the weekend!”

32 Chaplin named for her grandmother 33 Relax in the hot tub 35 Yuletide libation 39 14 British pounds 41 Big name in advice 44 __ training

46 Tails partner 49 Furnish with gear 50 Sporty Toyota until 2002 51 Laundry day casualties 52 Rooster topper 53 Seed covering 54 Jazz singer Simone 55 Show up

LA TIMES CROSSWORD By Joseph Ashear

WEDNESDAY’S LA TIMES SOLUTION

TODAY’S NEWS

The Washington
Capitals are off to a
great start for the 2019-
2020 National Hockey
League (NHL) season.
The Caps’ record going into last night’s
game with the Philadelphia Flyers was
a league best 13-2-4 (13 wins, 2 losses
and 4 overtime losses).
One reason Washington is playing
so well is veteran defenseman John
Carlson, who is leading the team in
points scored with eight goals and
21 assists, for a total of 29 points.
It’s unusual for a defenseman to be
such a scoring threat. Most
defensemen in the NHL stay back and
make sure the opposing skaters do not
get good shots on net. They leave most
of the scoring to centers and wingers
such as Jakub Vrana and Alex

Ovechkin. That was certainly true in the early days of the NHL. For example, Doug Harvey of the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers won the Norris Trophy seven times in the 1950s and ’60s for being the NHL’s best defenseman. But Harvey never scored even 10 goals in any one season during his 19-season career. One player changed that: Bobby Orr. Orr arrived at the beginning of the 1966-1967 season as a teenager for the struggling Boston Bruins. Orr was a star right away, being named the Rookie of the Year in his first season and the NHL’s best defenseman in his second and third. In his fourth NHL season, however, Orr took off. He led the NHL in scoring with 33 goals and 87 assists for a total

of 120 points. No defenseman other than Orr has ever led the NHL in points scored. Orr also led the Bruins to their first Stanley Cup championship in almost 30 years. But Orr was just getting started. He scored more than 100 points in each of the next five seasons. In 1974-1975, he led the NHL in points scored again with 135 points (46 goals and 89 assists). That season, he also won his eighth Norris Trophy. Sadly, Orr’s magnificent career was cut short in his 10th season at age 27 by a serious knee injury. He played only parts of two more seasons. But Orr had changed the game of hockey by setting NHL defensemen free. He had shown with his lightning rink-length dashes and brilliant stickhandling that a defenseman could

be an offensive force while scrambling back to help on defense. Others followed Orr’s example. Paul Coffey was one of the fastest skaters in NHL history. He topped Orr’s record for goals by a defenseman when he put 48 pucks in the nets for the Edmonton Oilers during the 1985-86 season. Denis Potvin (1973-1988), Ray Bourque (1997-2001) and Brian Leetch (1987-2006), as well as others, were defensemen who could also score. Now Carlson is scoring big time for the Washington Capitals. He’s following the example of Bobby Orr. [email protected]

Bowen writes the sports opinion column for KidsPost. He is the author of 24 sports books for kids. The title of his latest book is “Speed Demon.”

In the NHL, sometimes the best o≠ense is a good defenseman

The Score

FRED BOWEN

The first public hearings into impeaching President Trump over allegations that he pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals had millions of Americans tuning into media on Wednesday. Democrats hoped for a day that would stand out from the fighting between political parties. But it was clear that many Americans’ views were already formed. Polls show that Republicans oppose impeaching (bringing charges against) or removing Trump from office. They still strongly approve of him as details have arisen about the administration’s move to hold up military aid while asking Ukraine to investigate former vice president Joe Biden. Democrats control the House of Representatives and probably have the votes to impeach Trump, but they would need about 20 Republicans in the Senate (where a trial would take place) to vote to convict him of “high crimes and misdemeanors” before he would be removed from office. “The next couple of days are one of the biggest opportunities for Trump to lose some of the approval that remains among Republicans and independents,” said Christian Robert Grose, a University of Southern California political scientist. — Associated Press

RICK BOWMER/ASSOCIATED PRESS A college student in Utah turns on a TV broadcast of Wednesday’s impeachment hearings.

Public hearings on

impeachment begin

CHIP SAYS

On this day in 1964, the Detroit Red Wings’ Gordie

Howe set a National Hockey League record with his

627th career goal. He ended his career with 801, which

has been beaten only by Wayne Gretzky.

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NICK WASS/ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson, above, is leading the team in points with eight goals and 21 assists. More than 40 years ago, the Boston Bruins’ Bobby Orr, left, was the first NHL defenseman to rule the rink with high scores.

What you just learned is that Sue does not share your idea of these Christmas and beach traditions. That’s it. Even her untruth wasn’t entirely a lie; hosting close, local friends is arguably not a “big Christmas ‘thing.’ ” I can think of two or three possible explanations for your ouster, none of them good news but all — to my uninvolved eye — understandable in their way.

Your brother loved you
dearly, while she was a good
sport for 20 years. Not that she
didn’t like you, just that your
brother drove the togetherness.
That is so common.

She and your brother had a
decently happy marriage but
there was a typical level of
strain built into it, too, and now
a year later, she is working hard
to rebuild herself.

Your brother was the love
of her life, and seeing you is too
painful a reminder for her still.

Here’s the thing: You don’t need to know which of these is accurate or whether it’s something else entirely. Your joy with these past traditions is just as real as it always was, and it will always be yours, held close among memories of your brother. That it isn’t carrying forward is best treated as a byproduct of change. It’s not just a choice between togetherness or animosity. Again, I am sorry for your losses. Maybe in time write Sue a note to say you’re glad she has found new traditions but you also miss her and hope to stay in occasional touch. Prop that door open and see.

Write to Carolyn Hax at [email protected]. Get her column delivered to your inbox each morning at wapo.st/haxpost.

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Adapted from an online discussion.

Dear Carolyn: My older brother died a year ago, and now it seems my sister-in-law, “Sue,” wants nothing to do with us. My husband, son and I always stayed with them for Christmas, in our old hometown, and we would rent a beach house together for a summer visit. Also included in the Christmas Day celebration was a family who are Sue’s longtime friends. This tradition lasted over 20 years. Last Christmas, Sue very understandably did not host anyone. She also didn’t come to the shore with us this summer, making excuses about work. When I called her last week about firming up Christmas plans, she said she just doesn’t feel like doing the big Christmas “thing” anymore. I suggested we visit anyway but take her out to dinner — she declined. I was disappointed but accepting. I guess Sue wasn’t counting on social media letting us in on the truth. From posts her friends made this week it’s clear that Sue will be hosting the usual dinner on Christmas Day and the only “tradition” she is letting go of is including us! If there had ever been animosity between us, I could understand her cutting us out, but we’ve never had anything but good friendship. Should I confront her about her attitude? Losing Sue is like losing even more of my late brother than I already have. — Can’t Understand Why

Can’t Understand Why: I am so sorry. I think you’re right to equate it to a kind of grief, because you essentially have lost another beloved family member. I don’t think confronting her is the way to go, though, nor is it

... practical, let’s say, to look at
this as an “attitude.”

Late

brother’s

wife keeps

her distance

Carolyn

Hax

NICK GALIFIANAKIS FOR THE WASHINGTON POST