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ASSERTING AUTHOR-ITY

200

'In 2007 Forbes estimated her earnings at $1 billion; Author! Author!'

J.K. Rowling

400

'Ginsberg called this fellow Beatnik "American lonely prose trumpeter of drunken Buddha sacred heart"'

(Jack) Kerouac

600

'This Irish novelist's July 4, 1931 marriage occurred 27 years & 18 days after the first date with his intended'

(James) Joyce

800

'Born in 1919, he "caught" acclaim in 1951 & published all of 1 novel & 13 short stories; tends to keep to himself'

(J.D.) Salinger

1000

'"Anathem" is a 2008 bestseller by this author of "Snow Crash"'

Neal Stephenson

ONE-BUTTON TEXT MESSAGING

200

'You can text the name of this TV network by using only the 2 on your phone; it's spelled on the button'

ABC

400

'Friendly greeting spelled out on your cell's 4 button'

hi

600

'Use the 3 button for this nickname of the banking system headed by Ben Bernanke'

Fed

800

'Day of the week whose abbreviation can be texted using only the letters on the 6 button'

Monday

1000

'To text the 2-letter postal code of this U.S. state, get your thumb on the 9'

Wyoming

ECON 101

200

'Ursine term for an investor who expects share prices to fall'

bear

400

'Rhyming with but less severe than a depression, it's 2 consecutive quarters of negative economic growth'

a recession

600

'It's the 4-letter word for the degree of hazard involved in making a loan or investment'

risk

800

'Alliterative term for what you've got when spending equals income'

a balanced budget

1000

'This 3-word concept describes the relationship between buyers, sellers & producers'

supply and demand

AT BAY

200

'In 2000 Virginia & Maryland reached an agreement to stop pollution & increase the blue crab population in this bay'

the Chesapeake Bay

400

'Great Peconic & Napeague Bays are at the tip of this New York island'

Long Island

600

'Fighters at this Cuban bay in 1961 were ransomed back to the U.S. for $53 million'

the Bay of Pigs

800

'The 2000 Census recorded only 5 residents in this Alaskan bay, though thousands work the oil rigs'

Prudhoe Bay

1000

'The name of this Jamaican bay is from the Spanish manteca, "hog's butter", recalling its early function as a lard center'

Montego (Bay)

HOOKUPS

200

'If you use a TV antenna, you'll need to hook up a converter box for the June 12, 2009 transition from analog to this'

DTV

400

'This 10-letter item seen here can be hooked up to a motion sensor in the backyard to detect intrusion'

floodlight

600

'A drain hose on this, such as a Kenmore, may connect to an inlet on the garbage disposal unit'

a dishwasher

800

'Radio Shack says its Monster XPMS speaker cable is perfect for this home video setup with stereo audio on all sides'

surround sound

1000

'To hook up a DVD player, you may need an RGB cable, RGB standing for these primaries'

red, green & blue