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Handy
Document Contains Lots of
Interesting Facts
Forget the clumsy syntax and odd
references to returning escaped
slaves to their owners (it's
corrected later), here's a nifty
and compact little compendium of
rules, regulations and other
factoids pertaining to all things
American. Don't ignore the later
"articles" either,
they're quite useful. Great
argument settler! Free at most
public libraries, government
offices. |
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KIDZ KORNER |
Write
Your Own News Story
(Fill in the blanks)
A raid by U.S. forces in
_____ killed _____
militants and ___
children today. According
to the U.S. military, all
the dead were members of
the ___ militia. But
witnesses in _____
reported seeing ____
children and ____
civilians among the dead.
After getting a report
that members of the ___
militia were in a house
in the ____ district, air
strikes were called in,
and the house and __
nearby houses were
destroyed. A military
spokesman called the
raid further evidence
that the United States
was winning the war in
_____. |
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FEATURE |
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In 1947, the United States
convicted a Japanese
officer, Yukio Asano, of
war crimes and sentenced
him to 15 years hard
labor for: |
A ) | Being mean |
B ) | Being an all
around bad guy |
C ) | Waterboarding |
Hint:
Michael Mukasey, phone
home. |
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The amount of
fuel carried by the
KC-135 Stratotanker, used
to refuel the B-52 bomber
in flight, would keep the
average family car
running for: |
A ) | one year |
B ) | 10 years |
C ) | 62.5 years |
Hint: get in
the back seat kids,
were going for a
very long ride! |
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TRAVEL |
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NASA Report: Both Pilots Fell
Asleep On Baltimore to Denver Red Eye
Awoke refreshed, ready to land. |
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