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The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.
Abbreviations, the use of a foreign language, variant spellings, or other unusual word tricks are indicated in the clue. A crossword creator might choose to clue the answer SEN (as in the abbreviation for "senator") as "Washington bigwig: Abbr." or "Member of Cong.", with the abbreviation in the clue indicating that the answer is to be ...
Frame 313 captures the exact moment at which Kennedy's head explodes. [173] Life magazine published frame enlargements from the Zapruder film shortly after the assassination. [ 172 ] [ 174 ] The footage itself was first publicly shown at the 1969 trial of Clay Shaw , and on television in 1975 by Geraldo Rivera . [ 175 ]
A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.
[33] [34] The population of the development at the time of the shooting was about 49% non-Hispanic white, 23% Hispanic (of any race), 20% black, and 5% Asian, according to Census figures. [35] Both George Zimmerman and Tracy Martin's fiancée were renting homes in the development at the time of the shooting. [ 13 ]
After turning into the wrong driveway, the group realized they had the wrong address, and began to back the vehicle out of the driveway to leave. Gillis was one of four people in the last car to pull away. [4] As the group was leaving, Monahan exited his home and fired two shots at the vehicle [4] [7] using a 20-gauge shotgun. [8]
Police alleged Arizpe was driving on the wrong side of the road and without headlights (the crash occurred at 9:15 p.m.). [186] 1993-01-01: Orsini, Michael (42) Maine (Augusta) Orsini exchanged gunfire with an Augusta police officer when the officer attempted a traffic stop. Orsini was shot several times and died at a hospital later that day. [187]
When the Safeway store reopened after the shooting, the staff erected a makeshift memorial. [42] At the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (the first to take place in Arizona), Giffords's intern, Daniel Hernandez Jr., was accompanied onto the field by the families of the shooting victims, and threw the ceremonial first pitch. [170]