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| A PRAYER TO BE NAMED LATER |
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| Christmas 1977 wasn't very merry for this silent film star who died that day |
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| Sal Paradise found, we got the beat writer, '50s 'Frisco fun |
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| On Dec. 26, 1919 the Red Sox traded this man to the Yankees for cash; the cash would not equal his 714 home runs |
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| It's the common word for a prayer of thanks before meals |
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| (Alex reports from the National Archives.) In 1940 in a letter to the President, this then 14-year-old future world leader asked FDR for a $10 bill, yet he doesn't cash the checks we send him for Guantanamo |
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| Notorious pirate Charles Gibbs made an 1831 exit by hanging at this New York island later famous as an entrance |
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| A sentimental or romantic song |
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| The big chief looms large, sanity is a relative term, a small-time crook is treated ratched-ly |
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| In 1996 the Hornets traded the rights to this then H.S. scoring phenom to the Lakers for Vlade Divac; ouch |
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| Its Catholic version forgives trespasses & trespassers; in some Protestant versions, debts & debtors |
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| (Alex reports from the National Archives.) American history might have been very different if this future country had agreed to the offer of statehood contained in Article 11 of the Articles of Confederation |
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| Charles Arthur Floyd, better known as this, was shot dead by G-men in 1934 |
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| Proverbially, it doesn't stand a chance in hell |
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| Lara, but not Flynn Boyle, remembrance of things Pasternak, title physician, heal thyself |
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| In 1988 the Oilers sent this "Great One" (& 2 others) to the L.A. Kings, getting 2 players, 3 picks & $15 mil. in return |
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| The Vidui prayer is recited on this holiest Jewish day & also on one's deathbed |
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| (Alex reports from the National Archives.) Well, we're not going for mood lighting on this one, but there has to be dim lighting in order to protect & preserve the important documents. Here's the clue.) No one knows how it got there, but there is a handprint in the lower left-hand corner of this important national document, just beneath the concluding words, "and our sacred honor" |
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| As a consequence of his drug & alcohol problems, this jazz pioneer was confined to a mental hospital in 1946 |
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| Heavy material placed in a ship's hold |
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| Lockwood tells the tale, Yorkshire putting, Heathcliff is one wild cat |
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| In '04 the Rangers traded this 3B to the Yanks for Alfonso Soriano & a minor leaguer; he's since had a controversy or 2 |
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| In 2000 Venka-Tachalapathi Samuldrala became the first of this faith to open the U.S. House with an invocation |
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(Alex reports from the National Archives.) One of the Archives' treasures is a 1912 wax cylinder recording, like this one, of this American president talking about his Progressive Party's movement for social & industrial justice
"Are the American people fit to govern themselves, to rule themselves, to control themselves?" |
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| He was executed in London January 30, 1649 |
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| "Giselle" or "Les Sylphides" |
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| The Trask at hand, California dreamin', raising Cain (& Abel, metaphorically) |
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| In 1993 the 49ers sent this QB (along with a safety & a 3rd round pick) to the Chiefs for a 1st rounder |
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| A prayer of this saint included the line "Who am I, worm of the Earth..."; always with the animals |
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| (Alex reports from the National Archives.) The Constitution was signed by representatives of each of the 13 colonies, except for this one which opposed increasing federal power; because it was the last to ratify, it is now our 13th state |
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