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No. 324: "Mad About Beef"

Fill in the blank as Donald Gregg, a former American ambassador to South Korea, comments on some recently declassified documents by offering this personal anecdote: "My residence had just been broken into by six students angry about beef quotas. They tried to burn my house down. And I thought, 'God Almighty, if they get this mad about beef, what will they do when they learn we have _________ here?' "

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Tuesday's Question (No. 323)--"Smooth Talker":

"We deal in the basics, and all those basics are necessary necessities," said a smiling CEO, patiently explaining to some CNNfn reporter that the company would thrive even in an economic downturn. Why was that CEO smiling?

"Tina honestly believes Talk will still be around in January."--Daniel Radosh

"Prozac? No, Saint Johnswort?"--Al Cloutier

"Because he knew he'd never have to answer another question from that bitch Lou Dobbs."--Tim Carvell

"I like to smile also but not when I have to be patient. Then I frown a little."--Jon W. Davis

"Hey, what a CEO and a CNNfn reporter do in the privacy of a live broadcast is none of our business, you know?"--Floyd Elliot

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