Knowledge Check Prompt and Ancient Questions
A list of numeric and factual questions covers topics from what a sponge is to the location of Statuary Hall in Washington. It includes asking for area codes, oceans by size, debt securities, and a Julius Caesar remark about Britain invasion in 55 B.C.
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Seattle
Pacific
Atlantic
Connecticut
Denmark
Washington
Statuary Hall
Front Royal Magistrates Disavow Letter Regarding Police Warrant Ordinance
Alfred M. Figgins and Mae H. Lang dispute a town council letter about an ordinance to replace common law warrants for assaults on police officers. Lang favors quick passage. Figgins says he learned of the letter and does not endorse or oppose changes to Virginia criminal codes.
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Front Royal
Alfred M. Figgins
Warren County
William A. Lillard
Mae H. Lang
26Th Judicial District
Virginia Supreme Court
Commonwealth of Virginia
Opening bid misstep costs South in bridge lesson
Oswald and James Jacoby describe a deal where South’s chatter cost him a slam. After a risky opening bid, an early diamond and four tricks set up a loseable outcome, teaching that silence and precise trump management could have saved four tricks and a better contract.
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South
West
Doctor speech shocks expectant mother sparks report
Dear Abby letters recount a Bakersfield obstetrician who insulted a 19-year-old pregnant patient, claiming there is nothing beautiful about childbirth and describing a headless birth. Readers are urged to report the doctor to the County Medical Society grievance committee.
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Abby
Vicki
Bakersfield
Cal
Victorville
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Dear Abby
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Federal Communications Commission
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Foremost Industries, Inc