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Across:

1. ___, the US flag had 13 stripes and 13 stars.
4. The General Accountability Office (GAO) is a federal government ___ that Americans can be proud of. (It actually helps SAVE taxpayers' money.)
6. Boys love ___ girls and girls love ___ boys. But when girls and boys turn into old folks, they're not so ___.
9. Susan ___ed at her supervisor's demand that she make coffee for him.
10. Pixar Studios has created many popular ___d films, such as "Toy Story," "Nemo," "The Incredibles," and "Wall-E."
11. ___ radio and TV programs have too many ___s. (That's why they're free.)
14. If your parents don't ___ of your new boyfriend, you'll have to sneak around to be with him.
15. Generally speaking, the more you ___, the more you sell.
16. Unless you learn a second language at an early age, you will probably speak that language with an ___.

Down:

2. GEICO, Allstate, Liberty Mutual, and State Farm are popular ___ companies.
3. ___ is known as the city that never sleeps.
5. The ___ for the United Nations is in Manhattan.
7. You have to be ___ to figure out magic tricks.
8. The Komodo dragon in Indonesia is the world's largest ___.
12. The media is covering Obama's presidential ___ more closely than McCain's.
13. President George W. Bush made it clear that he knows how to make decisions by proclaiming, "I am the ___r."