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U.S. HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
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PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS |
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The license to sell the goods of a company, such as McDonald's, in a designated territory |
a franchise
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Plumbers Union Local 130 carries out the 5-decade tradition of dyeing the Chicago River green for this annual event |
St. Patrick's Day
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Allan, who was "nevermore" as of Oct. 7, 1849 |
(Edgar Allan) Poe
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Indonesia's capital, it's on the island of Java |
Jakarta
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An unfair business practice can be subject to a this & desist order |
cease
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NFL fans know this fella touched down as Paul Tagliabue's successor in 2006 |
(Alex: Good, with less than a minute to go.)
Roger Goodell
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Abbreviated W.M., this company cleans up as the U.S. leader in trash disposal |
Waste Management
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Utah celebrates the Days of '47 on July 24, the day on which Brigham Young reached this valley |
(Scott: What is the Wasatch Valley?)
the Salt Lake Valley
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Bronson's daughter: May |
(Alex: You have done a lot of reading, and you've paid attention to what you were reading.)
Louisa May Alcott
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The Kenyatta International Conference Centre is in this city |
Nairobi
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Meaning to end something or fire someone, this verb often precedes "with extreme prejudice" |
terminate
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This advertising icon closed up shop in 2011 when GM sent him into retirement |
Mr. Goodwrench
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In 1849, this man founded a company that today brings you products from Advil to Zoloft |
(Charles) Pfizer
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This state created Fred Korematsu Day to honor a man who in 1942 refused to go to an internment camp |
California
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Wordsworth was his BFF: Taylor |
(Samuel Taylor) Coleridge
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The central part of this city has 2 main districts: Karkh & Rusafah, which lie on the west & east banks of the Tigris |
Baghdad
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German for "hold", this order stops marching troops in their tracks |
halt
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In 1993 he became the 1st game show producer inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame |
Mark Goodson
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Revealing some of its wares, Nabisco was originally the "National" this "Company" |
Biscuit
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On April 15 forget your taxes; in Hawaii it's time to remember this saint who helped lepers |
Father Damien
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Wrote "The Master of Ballantrae": Louis |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Found in North Africa, it gets its name from an ancient district that included 3 cities |
(Jen: Um, what is Marrakesh?)
Tripoli
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Popeye sang, "I'm strong to" the this, "'cause I eats me spinach" |
the finish
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As Walter in "The Big Lebowski", he definitely didn't roll on Shabbos |
(John) Goodman
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Many families send the mortgage check to this loans company once part of Intuit |
Quicken
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Liberation Day, July 21 in this U.S. possession in the Marianas, celebrates its 1944 liberation from Japanese forces |
Guam
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Their eyes were watching her: Neale |
Zora Neale Hurston
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The Andes rise east of this 4-letter coastal capital |
Lima (Peru)
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To use ships to close a port or harbor to prevent enemy entrance |
blockade
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We have "Big Love" for this "Once Upon a Time" actress who uses an unusual spelling for her first name |
Ginnifer Goodwin
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