November 20th, 2014
Today's Question - In the following series of anagrams the number "7" substitutes for the same letter of the alphabet in each case. Find out what letter is replaced by "7" and rearrange the letters to form words. XLYL 7 DFYF 7 RFWD 7 GMDO 7 DLEI 7 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) No Comments Friday Wonder Woman on Special Mission
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Corner Answer - Thanksgiving is on a Thursday because - Well in a way - because that\'s when the Pilgrims had it. Not at first of course - the First Thanksgiving was a three-day event. Then for many decades it was different days in different places. Finally, New Englanders put it on "Lecture Day" (Thursday) to avoid conflict with the Sabbath but keep a religious note. (Lecture Day was that day of week when preachers would circulate to read or lecture to the people. Sometimes the preacher was not a trained and ordained minister. Rather he might be the only one in the village who could read and write. That made him the \xe2\x80\x9cperson\xe2\x80\x9d to go to for help and advice. The 16th and 17th century British pronunciation of \xe2\x80\x9cperson\xe2\x80\x9d sounded liked \xe2\x80\x9cparson\xe2\x80\x9d\xe2\x80\xa6.a name we find synonymous with preacher.) George Washington kept the tradition when he declared the first national Thanksgiving and most Presidents followed suit. Finally, FDR and Congress wrote it into law as the fourth Thursday in November to lengthen the Christmas Shopping Season coming out of the Depression. \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments November 25, 2014 Page 3 of 3Doesn't match Missing info Like question