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    | WBZ, based in this New England city, was one of the USA's first commercial radio stations | Boston 
 
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    | In 1998, to improve auto traffic in this Asian capital, bikes were forbidden on Xisidong Ave. | Beijing 
 
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    | In Death Valley it's the heat, not this, as this averages less than 5% | humidity 
 
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    | One explanation for this Laker's jersey switch from 8 to 24 was that 24 was his high school number | Kobe Bryant 
 
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    | This unit of the fineness of gold is often spelled differently from the weight unit for gems | karat 
 
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    | As the year 1450 dawned on the Christian calendar, it was year 5210 on this one | the Hebrew 
 
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    | Carl Kasell reads the news on this NPR program, the USA's most-heard A.M. news magazine | Morning Edition 
 
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    | Ground professional who says things like "Maintain two thousand, heading two two zero, runway 22 right" | air traffic controller 
 
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    | North Central China has a climate like Kansas & also gets these choking "storms" in spring | dust storms 
 
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    | In 2008 this NASCAR driver doubled up on his 8 & took the wheel of the 88 car; his dad could race some, too | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 
 
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    | A company called Ace is a major maker of these machines--ooh, this one has "Afternoon Delight" | karaoke 
 
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    | In 1450 King Christian I of Denmark was also declared king of this other Scandinavian nation | (Emily: What is Denmark?) 
 Norway
 
 
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    | The call letters of NYC's 1010 WINS stand for the International News Service of this 1930s newspaper tycoon | (William Randolph) Hearst 
 
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    | Traffic on the Internet can be measured by "sniffing" bunches of data collectively called these | packets 
 
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    | In the upslope type of this visibility killer, air rises enough to cool to its dew point, causing condensation | fog 
 
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    | This legendary no. 8 for the Yankees said, "When you come to a fork in the road...take it" | Yogi Berra 
 
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    | It follows "go" in the name of a miniature racing car | kart 
 
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    | With English defeats at Caen & Cherbourg, this long war was nearing its end by 1450 | the Hundred Years' War 
 
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    | The U.S. has ABC news radio; so does this country, where you can listen on 99.9 FM from Tuggeranong | Australia 
 
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    | During the filming of "Traffic", this actress' real-life pregnancy was incorporated into her role | Catherine Zeta-Jones 
 
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    | The photo seen here captures a devastating 2007 one of these, also the title of a 1997 film | ice storm 
 
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    | Last name of the QB who wore No. 8 for the Saints; his sons have had more NFL success wearing 18 & 10 | (Archie) Manning 
 
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    | In Eastern religion, the total effect of your actions in various existences | karma 
 
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    | In 1450 he teamed up with investor Johann Fust with the intention of printing books | Gutenberg 
 
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    | "As It Happens", produced by this network, campaigns for official status for the beaver | (Alex: And the network in Canada is [*], CBC.) 
 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
 
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    | In 1910 Congress passed the White Slave Traffic Act named for this Illinois representative | (Alex: Famous [*] Act.) 
 Mann
 
 
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    | Legend says after pitcher Denton Young warmed up against a fence, someone said the fence looked like this had hit it | (Scott: What is a hailstorm?) (Alex: No.  What is [*]?  Hence, his nickname.  "Cy" Young.  Cy Young.  You had to be into baseball for that one.)
 
 a cyclone
 
 
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    | Not an '80s British synth-pop group, this "Yaz" who wore No. 8 won the A.L.'s 1967 Triple Crown | Carl Yastrzemski 
 
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    | In 1959 this conductor headed the Berlin Philharmonic, Salzburg Festival & Vienna State Opera | Herbert von Karajan 
 
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    | The University of this port city, today Spain's second largest, was founded in 1450 | (Emily: What is Toledo?) 
 Barcelona
 
 
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