Answer to Puzzle Contest (Per Contest Winner):
Miri
Each word in the series represents the last word in the title of "Star Trek" episodes from the first year of the tv show:
1. The Man Trap
2. Charlie X
3. Where No Man Has Gone Before
4. The Naked Time
5. The Enemy Within
6. Mudd's Women
7. What Are Little Girls Made Of?
8. Miri
Winner: Shirley Wolf, Rockville, MD