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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Iron Eagle

The hints for last week's theme were: (1) the theme words appear in the correct order, and (2) [BLANK]. We forgot to do a second hint on Saturday.

No matter, though, because the readers were onto us like white on rice. Here's the key, courtesy of reader D.D. in Carversville, PA:

The theme this week is the list of traditional anniversary gifts:

The Twenty-Eighth Amendment: Taking the Wood to Corrupt Future Presidents - Wood/5th Anniversary

J.D. Vance: More Proof of Trump's Tin Ear - Tin/10th Anniversary

Harris-Trump Debate(s): The Crystal Ball Is Murky - Crystal/15th Anniversary

GOP Messaging: Like a Bull in a Porcelain Shop - Porcelain (or China)/20th Anniversary

Ethics 101: Is Silver Crossing the Line? - Silver/25th Anniversary

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Sun, Moon, and Pearl - Pearl/30th Anniversary

This Week in Schadenfreude: Even the Ruby Red States Are Laughing - Ruby/40th Anniversary

This Week in Freudenfreude: The Gold Standard for "Hillbillies" - Gold/50th Anniversary

I really do cotton to the headline theme contest when you don't pull the wool over my eyes with an iron-clad toughie!

As several readers correctly guessed, the toughest part was getting them to appear in the correct order.

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

D.C. in South Elgin, IL
J.T. in Philadelphia, PA
D.D. in Carversville
J.P. in Fredericksburg, VA
B.R. in Arlington, MA
D.L. in Springfield, IL
D.S. in Fort Collins, CO
A.E. in Cleveland, OH
D.K. in Carlisle, PA
D.S. in Layton, UT
R.B. in Amherst, MA
D.C. in Portland, OR
M.E. in Greenbelt, MD
A.C. in Kingston, MA
D.F. in Gorham, ME
C.H. in Atlanta, GA
E.G.Å. in Trondheim, Norway
A.R. in St. Louis, MO
M.G. in Marseille, France
M.J. in Oakdale, MN
M.L. in Acton, MA
B.M. in Chico, CA
N.H. in London, England, UK
J.F. in Fayetteville, NC
H.H. in Boston, MA

E.S. in Cincinnati, OH
T.K. in Half Moon Bay, St. Kitts
A.S. in Fairfax, VA
C.B. in Lakeville, MN
G.V. in Plano, TX
M.M. in Dunellen, NJ
S.F. in Hutto, TX
B.B. in Avon, CT
G.W. in Avon, CT
A.P. in Kitchener, ON, Canada
J.B. in Portland, OR
L.T.G. in Bexley, OH
J.J. in Berwyn, IL
M.G. in Newtown, PA
K.P. in Cincinnati, OH
A.D. in Moore County, NC
M.A. in Soquel, CA
R.H.O. in Portland, ME
J.N. in Zionsville, IN
R.G. in Bella Vista, AR
K.R. in Austin, TX
P.D. in Lanham, MD
D.E. in Ann Arbor, MI
A.H. in Espoo, Finland
D.W. in Valencia, CA

Reader D.E. in Lancaster, PA, notes that the gift for a third anniversary is leather, and wonders if that is to spice things up. Also, a number of readers caught onto the theme because they have just had, or will soon have, an anniversary. So, we extend our congratulations to:

M.E. in Greenbelt
M.J. in Oakdale
C.B. in Lakeville
R.L. in Concord, MA
J.B. in Fort Kent, ME
R.S. in Milan, OH
W.M. in Livonia, MI
L.W. in Los Angeles, CA
A.R. in Arlington, VA
D.D. in Portland, OR
H.K. in Seattle, WA
C.S. in Philadelphia, PA
D.S. in Layton, UT

We'll also note that when we need a "definitive" list/reference, we use Wikipedia. There were some folks who wondered about china vs. porcelain for the 20th anniversary. We went with porcelain because that's how Wikipedia's list has it.

This week, the theme appears in every headline (as always, to the right of the colon). It relies on one word each (though that word is repeated, in one case). It's in the Trivial Pursuit category Sports & Leisure, and as to a hint, we'll say that you're probably at an advantage if you are wearing hosiery that is uncolored, or red-hued.

If you have a guess, send it to us at comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line "August 2 Headlines." (Z)

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