TURKMENISTAN, THE COUNTRY
MAGAZINES
MUSICAL DICTIONARY
ACRONYMS
INTERNATIONAL STARS
200
'Decade during which Turkmenistan most recently became an independent country'
the 1990s
200
'This newspaper's Sunday mag features "What They Were Thinking", "The Way We Live Now" & a tough crossword'
The New York Times
200
'In song, "A pretty girl is like" one'
a melody
200
'Acronymically, "KISS" means "Keep it" this way, "stupid"'
simple
200
'Antonio Banderas'
Spain
400
'The Turkmen language was 1st written in this script, then Latin, then Cyrillic, & now it's going back to Latin'
Arabic
400
'Attention, cheaters: A Michigan magazine for new parents is cleverly titled these "notes"'
Crib Notes
400
'The treble one is also called the G one'
Clef
400
'"Serpentine" acronym for a 1985 law that maintains health insurance if you're fired'
COBRA
400
'Arnold Schwarzenegger'
Austria
600
'This crop is "king" in the country's agricultural economy'
Cotton
600
'John Rocker got in trouble for remarks quoted in the Dec. 27, 1999 issue of this magazine'
Sports Illustrated
600
'The crwth of this country is a type of lyre played with a bow'
Wales
600
'Astrophysicists have postulated the "weakly interacting massive" one of these, or WIMP'
particle
600
'Salma Hayek'
Mexico
800
'After joining the IMF, Turkmenistan replaced this unit of currency with the manat'
the ruble
800
'In Ebony's first 50 years, 1945 to 1995, this pop superstar graced the cover a record 17 times'
Michael Jackson
800
'The wide end of a trumpet'
the bell
800
'One of Mobil Corporation's ancestors was SOCONY, this "Company of New York"'
Standard Oil
800
'Jean-Claude Van Damme'
Belgium
1000
'Fresh water is tough to get; this large "sea" forming the western border is salt water'
the Caspian Sea
1000
'Milton Friedman, or a London magazine founded in 1843 that might discuss his views'
The Economist
1000
'Meaning "music loving", it follows Berlin & Vienna'
philharmonic
1000
'In NYC acronyms, Soho is joined by Brooklyn's DUMBO, "Down Under" this structure's "Overpass"'
the Manhattan Bridge
1000
'Natalie Portman'
Israel
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