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BIBLICAL CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

200

'The shortest of the four gospels (4)'

Mark

400

'Food from heaven (5)'

manna

600

'Water turned to wine (7)'

a miracle

800

'Jesus as the "anointed one" (7)'

Messiah

1000

'Noah's long-lived granddad (10)'

Methuselah

EDUCATION

200

'In 1955 Rudolph Flesch wrote "Why Johnny Can't" do this, attacking current teaching practices'

read

400

'Although best known for his 1828 dictionary, he wrote textbooks on science, grammar & history'

Noah Webster

600

'It was originally called the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 & provided free education for vets'

the G.I. Bill

800

'In 1971 the Supreme Court ruled doing this to integrate "the dual school systems" of the South was constitutional'

busing

1000

'In 2009 the Dept. of Education announced a $4.35 billion fund for state grants called "Race to" this'

the Top

DESIGNER NAMES

200

'She'll always be DKNY to us: Donna ____'

Karan

400

'No relation but same last name: maker of bridge apparel Anne ____ & designer Calvin ____'

Klein

600

'No relation but same last name: shoe designer Kenneth ____ & swimwear designer Anne ____'

Cole

800

'A fashion footwear mogul: ____ Madden'

Steve

1000

'Seen here, her logo includes her first initial:
____ Burch'

Tory

1901-1910

200

'In 1909 Henry Ford produced over 10,000 of this car, saying customers could get it in "any color...so long as it is black"'

the Model T

400

'On July 2, 1903 the U.S. signed a treaty with Cuba to lease this 45-square-mile section of land'

Guantanamo

600

'On Jan. 1, 1902 the first postseason college football game was played in this city; Michigan beat Stanford, 49-0'

Pasadena

800

'Literature of 1902 included this Owen Wister novel of life in Wyoming'

The Virginian

1000

'Phenol formaldehyde was introduced as this material named for its inventor; it became popular as cookware'

Bakelite

HMM... PRONOUN TROUBLE

200

'It's the nominative singular pronoun'

I

400

'In 1977 Carly Simon sang this pronoun "Does It Better"'

Nobody

600

'It's the objective case of they, used as a direct or indirect object'

them

800

'A sovereign may use the "royal" this pronoun in formal speech; are you not amused?'

we

1000

'Use the first 4 letters of a 1980s British prime minister's name to get this demonstrative pronoun'

that