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NOTABLE NAMES

200

'This telegraph inventor was a charter trustee of Vassar College'

Morse

400

'During a trip to Europe in 1804, this South American liberator vowed to fight for independence from Spain'

Bolívar

600

'At the Diet of Worms in 1521, he said, "I cannot and will not retract anything"'

Martin Luther

800

'This woman who led the birth control movement in the early 1900s was a founder of what became Planned Parenthood'

(Margaret) Sanger

1000

'For a time, this French author & philosopher lived at the court of Prussian king Frederick the Great'

Voltaire

THE MUSES

200

'Melpomene is the muse of tragedy & her sister Thalia, of this'

comedy

400

'Urania, the muse of this science, is sometimes shown wearing a cloak embroidered with stars'

astronomy

600

'Clio is the muse of this & is often depicted with a scroll, perhaps to record the deeds of men through the ages'

history

800

'This patron of epic poetry is usually pictured with a writing tablet, not a steam-powered circus instrument'

Calliope

1000

'The name of this muse is from the Greek for "delighting in dance"'

Terpsichore

CROSSWORD CLUES "O"

200

'Loud speaker
(6)'

orator

400

'Unit of fluid weight
(5)'

ounce

600

'To swing like a pendulum (9)'

oscillate

800

'Round trip
(5)'

orbit

1000

'Barrier, as to justice
(11)'

obstruction

THAT'S A RAP

200

'"I'm stayin' up all night hopin

Ke$ha

400

'On Jay Sean's hit "Down", this "diminutive" guy steps in to rap, "Honestly, I'm down like the economy"'

Lil Wayne

600

'On "Miss Me", this Degrassi alum raps, "I'll be at my table stackin' dollars to the perfect height"'

Drake

800

'This rapper born Calvin Broadus teamed with The-Dream on "Gangsta Luv"'

Snoop Dogg

1000

'On "Love The Way You Lie", Eminem raps, "Now you get to watch her leave out the window/Guess that's why they call it" this'

window pane

COURT DECISIONS 2010

200

'A court said 1998's Dickey-Wicker Amendment clearly bans federal funding for research on these embryonic cells'

stem cells

400

'The administration had trouble getting a moratorium on deepwater this past Judge Feldman'

drilling

600

'In July a judge blocked major provisions of this Southwestern state's SB 1070'

Arizona

800

'A court nixed these on Utah public roads to honor fallen state troopers--they imply a state religious bias'

crosses

1000

'In August a Montana federal judge ruled that these predators may not be hunted'

wolves