The New York Times Historic Headlines
April 19, 1906: "Over 500 dead, $200,000 lost in" this disaster-- "nearly half the city is in ruins"
The San Francisco Earthquake
Idiomatically pigs do it "in the mud" & people do it "in luxury"
wallow
Calcutta was replaced as capital by this city that now has "Old" & "New" sections
Delhi
Legend says he drove the snakes out of Ireland
St. Patrick
This desert covers much of the African country of Mali
The Sahara
June 29, 1914: "Heir to" this country's "throne is slain with his wife by a Bosnian youth" (leading to World War I)
Austria-Hungary
A bank employee who accepts your deposit
a teller
In 1955 it beat out Aberystwyth to become capital
Cardiff
Patron Saint of Animals & Italy, in 1979 he was proclaimed the Patron Saint of Ecology as well
St. Francis
It's the only country Portugal borders
Spain
The tragic headline for April 20, 1995: A deadly "car bomb attack in" this city "wrecks 9-story federal office building"
Oklahoma City
It's the aerosol foam used to control & style hair
mousse
Colombo remains the executive capital of this country, but the legislature has moved
Sri Lanka
This dragon slayer is a Patron Saint of Boy Scouts
St. George
From about 60 miles away, Mount Fuji towers over this capital city
Tokyo
February 14, 1935: this man "guilty, sentenced to death for the murder of the Lindbergh baby"
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
The soroban, the Japanese type of this adding device, used rods with 1 bead above the partition & 4 beads below
abacus
Dodoma has officially replaced Dar Es Salaam as its Capital
Tanzania
This gospel writer is the "beloved" Patron Saint of physicians
St. Luke
Cities in this country include Chennai & Mumbai, formerly Madras & Bombay
India
A medical milestone December 4, 1967: "Heart transplant keeps man alive in" this country
South Africa
Originally referring to one who fled the French Revolution, it now means any political refugee
Emigre
Until Manila took over, this city named for a Philippine president was capital
Quezon City
As the first person in the New World to be canonized, she's the Patron Saint of the Americas & of Peru in particular
St. Rose of Lima
The 224-mile-long Shannon River flows through this country
Ireland