They're in charge
Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi
Japan
This Michigan city's civic center has 6 complexes, including the Joe Louis Arena & the Ford Auditorium
Detroit
Megrim is a similar alternate word for this pain
Migraine
A 1998 study reports half the "vegetables" we eat are these, & half of those are deep-fried
Potatoes
A male goose you might take a look at
Gander
President Jacques Chirac
France
The name of this Minnesota city comes from an Indian word for "water" & the Greek word for "city"
Minneapolis
To decaudate is to do this, like an old farmer's wife did to a trio of blind mice
Chop off their tails
Over 70% of teens know Al Gore is vice president; 90% know this man starred in "Titanic"
Leonardo DiCaprio
Garbology is the study of this, not of Greta Garbo movies
Garbage
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
Germany
Areas of this Texas city include Hollywood Park, Castle Hills & Alamo Heights
San Antonio
This term for a disturbance may be a combination of "ruction" & "rumpus"
Ruckus
The USA's largest private employer, it has over 700,000 workers, most stocking shelves & pushing carts
Wal-Mart
A small cave, perhaps a "blue" one
Grotto
Prime Minister John Howard
Australia
It's home to the University of Kentucky & to horseracing's Toyota Blue Grass Stakes
Lentigines are these & they may be spotted on a youngster
Freckles
The national average is about 1,000 (500 verbal, 500 math) of a possible 1,600 on the test abbreviated this
SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
It's the slang term for a newcomer to India, even if his first name isn't Merv
Griffin
President Arpad Goncz
Hungary
The name of this city at the hub of California's San Joaquin Valley is Spanish for "Ash Tree"
Fresno
Decorticate a dogwood & you remove this from it
its bark
Good news! About 60 million U.S. Christians are this type, from Greek for "good news"
Evangelical
Perhaps from the Latin for "throat", it's a noise made by brooks & babies
Gurgle