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Vocabulary Building Blocks: (57 Across) astute (Adjective) Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; keen in discernment. Synonyms: acute, cunning, sharp, shrewd. Derived from Latin: astus cunning. The adverb form is astutely. The noun astuteness, means the quality of being
astute.
Did You Know? (25 Across) CNN or the Cable News Network, was founded in 1980
in Atlanta, Georgia by businessman Ted Turner. CNN was the first television network to air around
the clock news reports. The highly regarded international network now belongs to
the media behemoth, AOL Time Warner, and is home to the popular news
personalities, Wolfe Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Lou Dobbs, and Larry King, among
many others.
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