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1. | ___, parents keep an eye on their small children. Sometimes, however, parents are distracted. | 4. | OJ Simpson was found guilty on all 12 counts in the trial in a Las Vegas ___ court. | 6. | Nothing is more ___ than your good name. | 8. | ___, OJ was found guilty of robbery on the same day (Oct. 3) that he had been found innocent 13 years ago of a double murder. | 10. | Millions of ___s of woodland burn almost every year throughout California and other western states. | 12. | The district ___ was confident that the suspect would be convicted and put away for at least 20 years. | 14. | In a ___ trial, a jury awarded millions to the Goldman family for the loss of their murdered son Ron. (The jury found OJ Simpson responsible.) | 15. | The suspect finally ___ed to the detectives that he had buried the body in the woods. | 18. | ___es were important characters in Shakespeare's "McBeth" and in the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz." | 20. | People who ___ baseball cards and stamps as youngsters often succeed in business as adults. | 22. | The most valuable piece of ___ on the Monopoly board is "Boardwalk" ($400). "Park Place" is second, at $350. | 23. | The boy's ___ in playing with matches resulted in a huge fire that destroyed dozens of homes. |
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2. | The judge ___ed that OJ Simpson would be handcuffed and sent straight to jail if convicted on even one charge. | 3. | The wind ___ed for hours as the hurricane slowly approached the Gulf Coast cities. | 4. | Jay Leno, the comedian on TV's Tonight show, has a huge ___ion of classic cars and motorcycles. | 5. | Hurricane Ike caused a huge amount of ___ to the homes and buildings on Galveston Island. | 7. | If Measure TT passes, it will make the Pasadena school ___ eligible for $115 million in funds to improve local schools. | 9. | LA County's Metropolitan Transit ___ (MTA) has a website with a "Rider's Guide" in 10 languages. | 11. | MTA ___s that Measure R (a half-cent sales tax increase) will generate $40 billion to help relieve traffic congestion. | 13. | The district attorney decided that the parents were not ___ for the destruction that their young boy had caused by playing with matches. | 16. | Every year, fire ___s millions of acres and thousands of structures throughout the nation. | 17. | Children should learn early not to play with ___es, fire, or firecrackers. | 19. | Kids get a big ___ out of seeing things burn or explode. (So do adults.) | 21. | The woman ___d Wendy's because she found part of a human finger in the fries. (Her hoax ended in a jail sentence.) |
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