THE NEW YORK TIMES HISTORIC HEADLINES
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A LA CART
200
'This country is the invadee in the 1990 headline seen here'
Kuwait
200
'"The Twilight Zone",
"Twin Peaks",
"20/20"'
The Twilight Zone
200
'In the days following Hurricane Katrina, this venue sheltered nearly 25,000 evacuees'
the Superdome
200
'The meaty-clawed Maine type of this crustacean is also called the American type'
a lobster
200
'In a 12th century French tale of this knight, he rides humbly on a cart in pursuit of Guinevere'
Lancelot
400
'It's the capital city on the losing end of a 1971 headline'
Taipei
400
'"The Drew Carey Show",
"The Bob Newhart Show",
"The Bernie Mac Show"'
The Bob Newhart Show
400
'These enormous cargo ships can hold over 300,000 tons of oil'
supertankers
400
'A rich filling called ganache is often used in these chocolates made to look like fancy fungi'
truffles
400
'Dickens novel in which Sydney Carton finds himself riding in one of the "death-carts"'
A Tale of Two Cities
600
'This man's 1986 travel itinerary made the front page'
Ferdinand Marcos
600
'"Reba",
"Seinfeld",
"Maude"'
Maude
600
'When a massive star dies out, it may explode & become one of these, billions of times as bright as the sun'
a supernova
600
'Delectably fatty toro, from the belly of this fish, is a sushi delicacy'
tuna
600
'Appropriately, Dr. Watson gets a ride in a dogcart in this novel'
The Hound of the Baskervilles
800
'Last name of the 1953 headline pair seen here'
Rosenberg
800
'"Saturday Night Live",
"Monday Night Football",
"60 Minutes Wednesday"'
Monday Night Football
800
'It's what Freud called the conscience or moral part of the personality'
a superego
800
'It's the Italian name for the salad green seen here also called roquette'
arugula
800
'The line in "Hamlet" "Full thirty times hath Phoebus' cart gone round" refers to this god's chariot'
Apollo
1000
'In headlines from 1912 & '13, respectively, very different fates befall these two men'
Scott & Amundsen
1000
'"CSI: NY",
"CSI: Miami",
"NCIS"'
CSI: Miami
1000
'Seymour Cray was hailed as "the father of" this'
the supercomputer
1000
'The name of this beef cut next to the rib implies that it melts in your mouth'
tenderloin
1000
'In a bit of optimism at the end of his "Return of the Native", newlyweds Diggory & Thomasin ride off in a dogcart'
Thomas Hardy
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