LETTERS FROM AUTHORS
Describing a book he was writing in 1881: "it's all about a map, and a treasure, and a mutiny, and a derelict ship"
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Tom Bradley International Terminal
LAX
After being tried for treason, this royal lost her tete on Oct. 16, 1793
Marie Antionette
This word for an inability to eat is from the Greek for "without" & "appetite"
anorexia
SiriusXM channels include Met Opera Radio, Real Jazz & Hair Nation, devoted to hair bands of this decade
The 80's
This author to Marlon Brando: "Dear Marlon, I'm praying that you'll buy 'On the Road' and make a movie of it"
Kerouac
The Qantas London Lounge
London Heathrow
After this pirate was killed on Nov. 22, 1718, his head, awesome facial hair & all, ended up on the bowsprit of a ship
Blackbeard
Mrs., en Espanol
Senora
VOA for short, it began broadcasting in 1942 as part of the office of war information
voice of America
He wrote Orwell both praising & criticizing "1984" & made reference to his own "Brave New World"
Huxley
An interfaith chapel named for the 40th president
Reagan National
On Feb. 12, 1554 she got way too much taken off the top; hope the near-week-&-a-half as queen was worth it
Lady Jane Grey
It's the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet, though you'd think it'd be the last one
zeta
This "White Christmas" crooner came to national fame with his 15-minute radio show, starting in 1931
Bing Crosby
His "The Innocents Abroad" was based on letters he wrote to newspapers as a traveling correspondent
Mark Twain
Cafe Eiffel & Galeries Lafayette Royal Quartz Paris
Charles De Gaulle
On Aug. 23, 1305 both his life & his freedom were taken; getting beheaded was but one of many steps in the process
William Wallace
This 5-letter word is Spanish for beach; it's also the sandy, flat floor of a desert basin
playa
Celebrating its 95th birthday in 2020 is this show first broadcast on WSM "that made country music famous"
Grand Ole Opry
She wrote to husband Leonard before taking her life: "I feel certain that I am going mad again"
Virginia Wolfe
Idlewild Wine Bar
JFK
After his death in 43 B.C., this Roman orator made a final appearance on the speakers' platform at the Forum--well, his head & hands did
Cicero
An unwelcome guest is considered this 3-word Latin phrase
persona non grata
Celebrating its 95th birthday in 2020 is this show first broadcast on WSM "that made country music famous"
Marconi