No. 187: "Photo Fun"
I give the caption, you briefly describe the Associated Press photo: "Protesting the export of trash by New York to Pennsylvania, demonstrators gathered outside a hotel in Harrisburg, Pa., yesterday to assail Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who was inside at a Republican dinner."
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Thursday's question (No. 186)--" 's Cool":
Joining a national trend, the superintendent of schools in West Greenwich, R.I., ordered these turned off during the day. What?
"Moral compasses."--Jennifer Miller
"Those lunchroom slot machines that the gambling industry had such high hopes for."--Jay Majors
"Really big pagers, set on 'vibrate.' "--Dianne Carter
"The students' libidos, as per the instructions of Wendy Shalit."--Greg Narver (Darren Thorneycroft, Carrie Rickey, Colleen Werthmann, Charlie Glassenberg, Aaron Schatz, Brad Spencer, and Chris Thomas had similar answers.)
"The natural spark of joy within young people."--Daniel Radosh (similarly, David Finkle, Gabriel Nelson [grade 6], Charles Star, David Ballard, Judith Spencer, Andrew Milner, Daniel Krause, and Marshall Efron [Sponsored today by Pedigree Dog Food. "Recommended by top breeders."])
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