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What is the only state without By Kane Casolari
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DOWN 47. Take dinner
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This Week in History This Week’s

Celebrity
Birthdays
Actor Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings films, The Goonies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Grand Canyon photo: Martin St-Amant (CC By 3.0)

The Grand Canyon—designated a National Park 90 yea rs ago this Thursday.
• February 25, 1919: Oregon be-
comes the first U.S. state to insti-
tute a gasoline tax, at a rate of one
cent per gallon.
• February 26, 1919: The United •
States Congress establishes Grand
Canyon National Park.
• February 27, 1844: The Domini-
can Republic becomes its own
country, gaining i ndependence
from Haiti.
• March 2, 1899: Mount Rainier
• February 28, 1939: An editor of
Webster’s New International Diction-
ary notices one of the most fa-
mous errors in dictionary history: •
the non-word “dord.” The word,
defined as “density” was sup-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 25, 1971
Political columnist Robert Novak . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 26, 1934
Singer Johnny Van Zan t (Lynyrd Sk ynyrd) . . . . February 27, 1959
Actor Robert Sean Leonard, best known as Dr. Wilson on House . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 28, 1969
Musician Roger Daltrey (The Who) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 1, 1944
Actress Jennifer Jones (The Towering Inferno, The Song of Bernadette) . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2, 1919
Olympic gold medal-winning runner Jackie Joyner-Kersee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 3, 1962
posed to read “D or d,” indicat-
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ing that “density” could be abbre-
viated with either a capital or low- Historic
ercase “D.”
Birthdays This
March 1, 1974: Seven former
aides of P resi dent Ri chard
Week
Nixon—known as the “Watergate
Author Anthony Burgess (A Clockwork Orange, Earthly Powers) . . . . . . . . . . . .
Seven”—are charged with con- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 25, 1917
spiracy and obstruction of justice Dramatist Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (Tamburlaine, The Tragical History of
for their roles in covering up the Doctor Faustus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 26, 1564
Watergate scandal. Author and Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck (Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of
Wrath) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 27, 1902
Chemist Linus Pauling, one of the few people ever to have won two Nobel
becomes the fifth National Park Prizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 28, 1901
in the United States. Sportscaster Harry Caray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 1, 1914
Author Dr. Seuss (The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish) . . .
March 3, 1849: The United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2, 1904
federal government creates the Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell . . . . . . . . March 3, 1847
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• By the Numbers looks at sonnets and other things related to

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• Plus the usual assortment of puzzles and games, including a
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—WORD SEARCH— —MAZE— —CROSSWORD PUZZLE—
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—SCAVENGER HUNT LOCATIONS—

A. Page 8 (Szott’s Carpet & Flooring Outlet ad)
B. Page 6 (“By the Numbers: 13”)
C. Page 8 (D’s Sewing Center ad)
D. Page 5 (Total Gym ad)
E. Page 3 (DirecTV ad)
F. Page 1 (“Little-Known March Holidays”)

—SUDOKU — —NONOGRAM—
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“Hotel California”—The Eagles 1. The vernal equinox
“Mississippi Queen”—Mountain 2. Dover
“New York Minute”—Don Henley
3. Jim Lovell
“Ohio”—Crosby, Stills, Nash, &
Young 4. The Colorado River
“Sweet Home Alabama”—Lynyrd 5. Green Eggs and Ham
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