PROFILES
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
FAMOUS LAST WORD
THE NEW YORK TIMES IN THE 21st CENTURY
IN COURAGE
200
'In happier times the royal Grimaldi family of this country kicked up its heels'
Monaco
200
'A pair of pliers is an example of this type of simple machine'
a lever
200
'In the Pledge of Allegiance'
all
200
'A local news blog that debuted in 2007 is called this "room", conjuring up visions of fedoras & copy boys'
city room
200
'It's a cosmetic used to color the cheeks'
rouge
400
'This spy novelist is seen here with a drink in hand, though it looks more like wine than a vodka martini'
Ian Fleming
400
'Types of these fast-moving air currents found in the troposphere include polar & subtropical'
the jet stream
400
'In the constitutional text of the presidential oath of office--a 6-letter word'
States
400
'Between 2001 & 2010 the Times won 26 Pulitzers, including one in 2009 for covering the stunning downfall of this governor'
Eliot Spitzer
400
'It's another name for the mountain lion'
cougar
600
'Let the name of this French scientist ferment in your brain'
Pasteur
600
'Thin slabs of itacolumite, a rare kind of this "grainy" rock, can actually be bent or squeezed out of shape'
sandstone
600
'In the first sentence of a Miranda warning'
silent
600
'The 1st Timescast of newsroom video aired in 2010 & 1 story discussed was this tech co.'s rocky relationship with China'
Google
600
'Impel or goad'
urge
800
'This Massachusetts man was still a student at Yale when he spoke with Vice President Hubert Humphrey'
John Kerry
800
'In 1911 Heike Onnes first observed superconductivity when he cooled this slippery element to -452 degrees Fahrenheit'
mercury
800
'In "America the Beautiful"'
sea
800
'Around this event in the fall of 2010, nytimes.com ran a "word train" to gauge readers' moods--no. 1 was "disgusted"'
the mid-term election
800
'This carpenter's tool bores holes in wood'
auger
1000
'This soprano is seen in profile; the gentleman blindfolded next to her is Aristotle Onassis'
Maria Callas
1000
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands by a display of the sun.) Nuclear fusion in the sun's core produces energy that eventually flows to the photosphere - first, by radiation and then by heat currents using this process, also used in a type of oven'
convection
1000
'In the "Flintstones" theme'
time
1000
'In 2011 the Dealbook feature reported on this Wall St. bank's failed plan to let U.S. clients invest early in Facebook'
Goldman Sachs
1000
'It's just "I" in Latin'
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