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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: The N.I.S. Never Did Find Dorothy

This is pride month, as many readers will know, and we have a few items planned on that subject. For now, we'll relate a historical anecdote that will be familiar to a smaller subset of the readership. From the 1930s, either due to the movie The Wizard of Oz or to the writer Dorothy Parker (there are adherents for both origin stories), the question "Are you a friend of Dorothy?" was code for "Are you gay?" And that question was being asked often enough by frisky sailors that the Naval Investigative Service launched an investigation into who this "Dorothy" was, and why she was leading so many of our boys astray. As the headline notes, however, they somehow never did find her.

We gave two hints as to last week's headline theme. The first was: "[Y]ou might want to think about which bone is connected to the—brief pause—thigh bone, and is connected to the—brief pause—back bone." And the second was: "[T]he band that recorded 'New Orleans Is Sinking' and 'Wheat Kings' would likely have an advantage."

And here is the solution, courtesy of reader J.S. in Atlanta, GA:

To be Square? All the headlines contain a word that makes a new word if you add "-hip" to the end of it:

Legal Bytes: Courts Continue to Push Back against the Trump Administration—Courtship

TrumpWatch: What's a Little Nepotism among Friends?—Friendship

Texas Senate: Will the Stars Align for Democrats in the Lone Star State?—Starship

Polling: Guess Who the Leaders of the Democratic Presidential Field Are?—Leadership

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: This Theme Was Not a "W" for Most Readers—Whip

This Week in Schadenfreude: Even C + C Music Factory Isn't Interested—Chip

This Week in Freudenfreude: Aussies Stick to their EV Guns—Gunship

And, of course, the hint comes from the old spiritual "Dem Bones."

Correct. Although we intended "W" for the fifth headline, "Readers" also works, incidentally. From this item's headline, "S" works. And the Saturday clue refers to the band The Tragically Hip.

Here are the first 60 readers to get it right:

S.K. in Ardmore, PA
B.J.M. in Steep Falls, ME
D.E. in High Springs, FL
M.K. in Seattle, WA
J.T. in Philadelphia, PA
B.M. in Chico, CA
T.K. in Half Moon Bay, St. Kitts
D.D. in Bucks County, PA
G.H. in Acton, ME
M.M. in Dunellen, NJ
P.A. in Redwood City, CA
H.B. in Santiago, Chile
J.N. in Zionsville, IN
P.R. in Kirksville, MO
L.D. in Bedford, MA
B.B. in Avon, CT
H.B. in Croydon, England, UK
M.W. in Altea, Spain
R.S. in Milan, OH
R.S. in Landing, NJ
J.S. in Atlanta
K.G.W. in Lafayette, IN
G.M.K. in Mishawaka, IN
D.B. in Pittsboro, NC
M.L. in Everett, WA
J.H. in Pittsburgh, PA
R.P.E.H. in London, England, UK
H.B. in State College, PA
S.W. in Corvallis, OR
D.L. in Springfield, IL

G.W. in London, England, UK
P.W. in Tulalip, WA
H.H. in Fort Lauderdale, FL
S.R. in Robbinsville, NJ
T.T. in Conway, AR
S.G. in Durham, NC
R.D. in Cheshire, CT
P.R. in Havertown, PA
G.W. in Avon, CT
D.H. in Boston, MA
P.H. in Bozeman, MT
A.O'N. in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
J.G. in Dallas, PA
D.M. in Oakland, CA
K.J. in Toronto, ON, Canada
L.B. in Veldhoven, the Netherlands
M.Z. in Sharon, MA
J.B. in Los Angeles, CA
H.S. in Scranton, PA
S.C. in Vancouver, BC, Canada
L.A. in San Diego, CA
M.M. in Springfield, OR
P.K. in Tulsa, OK
S.B.M. in Paris, France
A.W. in Wilkes-Barre, PA
H.S. in Fort Lauderdale, FL
J.H. in Dallas, TX
C.D. in Fremont, CA
D.E. in New Orleans, LA
J.N. in Tucson, AZ

The 60th correct response was received at 9:19 a.m. PT on Sunday.

For this week's theme, it relies on one word per headline, and it's in the category Arts & Entertainment. For a hint, we'll tell you that you're not on the lookout for just ONE friend of Dorothy, but for THREE friends of Dorothy. And note that the "Never Forget" headline is not part of it. We're not going to make a game out of people's war service.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line June 5 Headlines. (Z)

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