8 Time October 21–28, 2019
For the Record
‘Negotiations
have taken
a turn for
the worse.’
TERRY DITTES,
UAW vice president, in a
message to members of
the union; 49,000 GM
autoworkers have been on
strike since Sept.
‘This election has
never been about me.’
STEVEN REED,
after being elected as the first African-American
mayor of Montgomery, Ala., on Oct. 8
‘I know
I will be
assassinated,
but it’s not
them I’m
afraid of.’
ZARIFA GHAFARI,
one of Afghanistan’s only
female mayors, speaking to
the New York Times for an
Oct. 4 story, on death threats
from the Taliban and the
Islamic State
‘I’VE LIVED
A GOOD LIFE,
A FULL LIFE, AND
I’M NEARING
THE END OF
THAT LIFE.
I KNOW THAT.’
ALEX TREBEK,
Jeopardy! host, discussing the progress of his treatment
for pancreatic cancer in an Oct. 4 CTV interview
‘ I f Tur key do e s
anything that
I, in my great
and unmatched
wisdom, consider
to be off limits,
I will totally destroy
and obliterate
the Economy
o f Tur key.’
DONALD TRUMP,
U.S. President, in an Oct.
tweet on his choice to pull
U.S. troops out of northeast
Syria before a Turkish military
operation there
Cats
Justin Bieber is
criticized by PETA for
spending $35,
on two designer cats
Dogs
American Heart
Association studies
link dog ownership
with living longer
GOOD WEEK
BAD WEEK
20
Number of newly identified moons scientists
announced on Oct. 7 they had found orbiting
Saturn, bringing the planet’s total to a solar-
system-topping 82; an online contest to name
them will be open until December
241
Number of Microsoft email
accounts, including some
linked to a U.S. presidential
campaign, that were
targeted by Iran-linked
hackers, the company
confirmed on Oct. 4; four
accounts were breached
$87,
Funds Atlantic City Mayor
Frank Gilliam Jr. admitted he
stole from a youth basketball
team when he pleaded guilty
to wire fraud on Oct.
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