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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Don't Forget to Buckle Your Truss

Due to the circumstances of last weekend, there was only one clue as to the headline theme last week. It was: "[W]e'll say then when you solve it, you might very well declare: 'It's about time!'" That proved to be enough, fortunately.

Here is the solution, courtesy of reader M.H. in Kirkland, WA:

Watch-related terminology:

Gerrymandering: Newsom Is on the Case—The protective shell around the watch components

Trade Wars: Inflation Numbers Show Movement in the Wrong Direction—The mechanism that actually keeps time

Culture Wars: "Kennedy Center" to Crown Five New Honorees—The knob on the side of the watch

Big Brother: When Your Face Is Not Your Own—The portion of the watch displaying the time

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Quartz Crystal—The glass that covers the face

This Week in Schadenfreude: Trumpy Burger Seller Runs into a Small Complication (Two of Them, Actually)—Additional displays on a watch face beyond the time, such as a date display

This Week in Freudenfreude: The Learned Words of Learned Hand—An arm on the face of the watch pointing to some component of the time (e.g., the hour hand)

A buckle, from this headline, is also part of a watch.

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

J.F. in Fayetteville, NC
A.D. in Vass, NC
T.K. in Half Moon Bay, St. Kitts
A.A. in Branchport, NY
T.K. in Manchester, MO
S.K. in Ardmore, PA
G.W. in Avon, CT
J.M. in Eagle Mills, NY
T.F. in Craftsbury Common, VT
B.K. in Mystic, CT
G.M.K. in Mishawaka, IN
L.H. in Manchester, England, UK
C.W. in Atlantic Beach, FL
J.B. in Royston, England, UK
S.A. in Clinton, WA
M.B. in Denver, CO
R.R. in Westborough, MA
R.D. in Cheshire, CT
J.G. in Truro, England, UK
D.S. in Layton, UT
R.E. in Birmingham, AL
K.J. in Paw Paw, MI
D.L. in Uslar, Germany
M.S. in New York City, NY
S.J.V. in New York City, NY

J.N. in Zionsville, IN
D.M. in Lexington, NC
D.D. in Carversville, PA
B.B. in Buda, TX
S.F. in Pemberton Borough, NJ
D.E. in High Springs, FL
E.P. in Plainville, CT
M.K. in Long Branch, NJ
J.W. in York, England, UK
N.H. in London, England, UK
E.S. in Providence, RI
I.B. in Victoria, BC, Canada
M.K. in Maplewood, NJ
M.M. in Dunellen, NJ
M.F. in Norwood, MA
M.Z. in Sharon, MA
K.R. in Aliso Viejo, CA
W.S. in Louisville, KY
J.M. in Brookline, MA
J.T. in Philadelphia, PA
J.H. in Boston, MA
T.T. in Conway, AR
C.G. in Palo Alto, CA
E.S. in Maine, NY
M.W. in Chicago, IL

The 50th correct response was received at 5:37 a.m. PT on Friday.

For this week's theme, it relies on one word per headline, it's in the category History, and the "Nation of Immigrants" item is not part of it. For a hint, we'll say that blood, toil, tears and sweat would be helpful in solving it.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line August 22 Headlines. (Z)

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