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[Diagram of four squares of four different sizes. - Labelled 'base', '9 pcs.', '4 pcs.', and 'cap'. The base has 36 circles in it, '9 pcs' has 16 circles in it, '4 pcs' has 4 circles in it, and the 'cap' has none.]
[Diagram of four squares of four different sizes. - Labelled 'base', '9 pcs.', '4 pcs.', and 'cap'. The base has 36 circles in it, '9 pcs' has 16 circles in it, '4 pcs' has 4 circles in it, and the 'cap' has none.]
<u>Phil</u> showed me a model of <u>HASSLE</u>. It is similar to the sketch  <br>
of (10/26) except that the strings are proportioned differently.  <br>
After piling the cylenders, the handle must be rested  <br>
on edge next to them without knocking them over.  <br>
This will be packaged in the same way as the puzzle  <br>
<u>WIT'S END</u> (he gave me one). He asked me to think of a game  <br>
or a puzzle using wood and fitting in the same package. They  <br>
would like to have 3 of them to sell at $2 each or 3 for $5.
I told Phil about my puzzle <u>HABITAT</u> and its resemblance  <br>
to <u>THE PYRAMID PUZZLE</u>. He thought that as a sculpture  <br>
it would be quite different. He thought tho that we  <br>
should present it to <u>Bob Hallowell</u> and not Mag-Nif,  <br>
or possibly to <u>Carl Eisenberg</u> who, like Hallowell, is  <br>