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Maybe their youth led them to bring the Ottoman Empire into World War I on the losing side |
the Young Turks
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Maria Sharapova has had complaints about the loudness of her grunting while playing this |
tennis
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Term for a late-night flight, or a phenomenon seen in flash photography |
red-eye
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Postmenopausal women are at increased risk of this type of disease abbreviated CV |
cardiovascular disease
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Like Madame Tussaud's in London, the Grevin is a Paris museum of this |
wax figures
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This President was sharply criticized for pardoning Vietnam War draft evaders |
Jimmy Carter
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In 2003 the Miami Hurricanes blew out of this conference to join the Atlantic Coast Conference |
the Big East
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It's the document that allows a foreign national to live & work in the U.S., legally |
a green card
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Elevating your legs when you sit reduces the risk of these blue, swollen veins |
varicose veins
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This "stately" New York City skyscraper hosts an annual run-up of 86 flights of stairs |
the Empire State Building
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Usually found in mountainous regions, it's the variety of feline seen here |
a cougar
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This name for the Jewish heroes of Hanukkah may mean "hammer" |
the Maccabees
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The first choice in the 2003 NBA draft, he already has a $90 million Nike deal & is only 18 |
LeBron James
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Not to spout off but you'll find about half of the world's geothermal features in this national park |
Yellowstone
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Liposuction comes from lipos, the Greek word for this |
fat
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Celebrating its centennial in 2003, this city's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was known as Fenway Court when it opened |
Boston
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European rank equal to a British earl |
count
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This surprise 2003 British Open winner said that Tiger Woods has "this aroma about him" |
Ben Curtis
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Joan Didion titled her 1979 collection of essays this, like a Beatles record |
The White Album
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Biologist Margie Profet theorized that this malady of expectant mothers evolved to protect the baby from toxins |
morning sickness
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Philadelphia's Mutter Museum has the actual connected livers of this pair |
Chang & Eng (Bunker)
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13-letter term for the prevention of fertilization |
contraception
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The leader of this group of Irish immigrant miners was pardoned in 1979, 100 years after he was hanged |
the Molly Maguires
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This horse's owners weren't laughing in 2003 when it failed to pick up the 3rd jewel of the Triple Crown |
Funny Cide
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People of royal birth are said to be "born to" or "in" this color |
purple
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Osteoporosis weakens bones; this, which starts with the same 5 letters, destroys cartilage in joints |
osteoarthritis
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Built around 122 A.D., this wall was the northern defensive boundary of Roman Britain |
Hadrian's Wall
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This man set up the first printing press in London in 1476 |
(Mike: Who is Chaucer?)
William Caxton
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