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GOVERNMENT AWARDS & HONORS |
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ANOTHER DEFINITION, PLEASE |
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It's the largest sesamoid bone in the body (another hint: it's also called the kneecap) |
the patella
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In tennis lingo, it's a bad shot; there are "forced" & "unforced" types |
errors
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In Central America: President Daniel Ortega |
Nicaragua
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Not to move loosely like a dog's ears, but to fail like a film or play |
flop
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"How do I love thee? Let me" do these 3 words |
count the ways
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Found in the chest, this bone includes the xiphoid process |
the sternum
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Raoul Wallenberg & the Marquis de Lafayette are among the few to be made honorary these |
honorary citizens of the United States
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It's no backhand compliment--"America's tennis sweetheart", she won Grand Slam titles every year from 1974 to 1986 |
(Chris) Evert
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An alliance: ex-Norwegian PM Jens Stoltenberg |
NATO
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Raise your glass for these, not ghosts but liquor |
(Michael: What are toasts?)
spirits
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"A specter is haunting Europe--the specter of" this political theory |
communism
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Just below the sacrum is this bone, consisting of 3-5 fused vertebrae |
the coccyx
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The Presidents Call to Service Award honors people who do this, & you must spend 4,000 hours over a lifetime to get one |
[ERRATUM: "Presidents" should have read "President's".]
volunteer
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The most common grip used by beginners is this directional style |
(Laura: What is east?)
the Eastern forehand style
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A former Soviet republic: President Serge Sarkisian |
Armenia
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In this case, not a spicy Indian dish but to groom a horse |
curry
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Sonnet 18: "shall I compare thee to" this? Compare! Compare! |
a summer's day
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These 5 bones form the skeleton of the sole of the foot |
the metatarsals
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Senators who preside over the floor for 100 hours in a year get the alliterative "golden" this |
gavel
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"Emmo" was the nickname of this Aussie legend who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles in the 1960s |
Roy Emerson
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A "stan" within Iraq: President Massoud Barzani |
Kurdistan
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Not a person who walks, but something plodding or commonplace |
pedestrian
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"The very first requirement in a hospital (is) that it should do the sick ____" |
[Alex reads "____" as "blank blank".] ... (Alex: Florence Nightingale's line. You are right.)
no harm
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This bone is purely an anchor for the tongue; it articulates with no other bones |
(Laura: What is the mandible?) (Dava-Leigh: What is the maxilla?) ... (Alex: All right, less than a minute to go to deal with this last category.)
the hyoid bone
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The Department of Commerce is behind the president's "E" Awards, which salute those who increase the country's these |
exports
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A world No. 1 & winner of 6 Grand Slam singles titles in the '80s & '90s, this Swede was inducted into the ITHoF in 2004 |
[Alex reads "ITHoF" as "International Tennis Hall of Fame".]
Stefan Edberg
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A big African country: President Goodluck Jonathan |
(Laura: What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?)
Nigeria
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Not a small, wrapped package for delivery, but a tract of land |
a parcel
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A Beckett work ends, "you must go on, I can't go on," then these 3 words |
(Michael: What is waiting for Godot?)
I'll go on
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