01.18.09 -- the Acrostic

Americans

Sunday, January 18, 2009
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon, edited by Will Shortz
Shirley Chisholm was an American politician, educator and author. In 1968, she became the first African American woman elected to Congress. On January 25, 1972, she became the first major-party African American candidate for President of the United States. Today’s quotation is from her book The Good Fight.
The quotation: WE AMERICANS CAN BECOME A DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM A HARMONY OF MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN WHICH THE WHOLE WILL BE GREATER THAN ALL ITS PARTS AND GREATER THAN ANY SOCIETY THE WORLD HAS SEEN BEFORE IT CAN STILL HAPPEN
The author’s name and the title of the work: SHIRLEY CHISHOLM GOOD FIGHT
The defined words: SPIRIT; HALFWAY; ICEWATER; RWANDAN; LENAHORNE; EMINENT; YACHT; CHARISMA; HEMLINE; IMBALANCE; SEAWALL; HYBRID; ONTHEQT; LISTEN; MOTORCADE; GRAPHITE; OUTREACH; OLYMPICS; DEFENSE; FUNNIES; INBETWEEN; GABFEST; HARLEM; TAYLOR.
It can still happen!

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