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A gorilla & a lioness face each other on either side of the tree in the logo for the zoo in this Steel City |
Pittsburgh
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1968's "Bookends", the fourth album by this duo, included "Bookends Theme" & "Mrs. Robinson" |
Simon & Garfunkel
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The merry month of maggio is this |
May
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1795: The first state university in the U.S. opens in this North Carolina town |
Chapel Hill
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Take some R&R, these 2 things part of a regular vacation period from military duty |
rest & recreation (rest & relaxation accepted)
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The Walter Payton Man of the Year Award goes to a player in this league who excels off the field |
the NFL
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An imprint of Penguin, Gotham Books has a logo of 3 stacked books that form this type of building seen in New York City |
a skyscraper
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This Beatles song says, "Dear sir or madam, will you read my book" |
"Paperback Writer"
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Dieci is this perfect number |
10
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1595: Commanding an Armada of English ships, he sails from Plymouth on his last voyage |
Sir Francis Drake
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In Middle English it was a beggar; today it's one who plays hooky or the officer who pursues him |
truant
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The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is part of these awards |
the Oscars
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"I Could Write A Book" from "Pal Joey" has words by Lorenz Hart & music by this man |
Richard Rodgers
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That calzone will knock your calzini (these) off |
socks
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1695: This captain is commissioned to hunt pirates; he later becomes one |
Captain Kidd
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In 2015 Microsoft said it would require its vendors to provide workers with 15 total days a year for vacation & this |
sick leave
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The award named for this hotelier gives $2 million, the largest humanitarian prize in the world |
Hilton
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In this logo seen on trucks & planes, the white space between the "E" & the "X" forms a right-facing arrow |
FedEx
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This bespectacled singer made his Top 40 debut with "Everyday I Write The Book" |
Elvis Costello
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You look lovely in verde, this color |
green
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1395: Tamerlane invades the Caucasus & takes the glitter off this horde |
(Soumia: What is the Silk Road?)
the Golden Horde
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It's a peaceful & happy interlude &, perhaps fittingly, a homophone of a word for "lazy" |
(Rachel: [No response]) (Alex: Oh. Word for lazy would be "idle". I-D-L-E. And the word we're going for here is I-D-Y-L-L. [*].)
idyll
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In 2015 Maggie Doyne, who helped girls in Nepal, was the top honoree at this news network's annual tribute "Heroes" |
CNN
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2 of the "T"s in the name of this brand of chips are actually sharing a chip; a bowl of salsa rests on the "I" between them |
Tostitos
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This song alludes to "Lolita" when Sting sings, "just like the old man in that book by Nabokov" |
"Don't Stand So Close To Me"
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Making reservations for 8 PM, an hour hence? Open with this common expression literally meaning "good evening" |
buonasera
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1895: J'accuse the French army of stripping this man of his rank in a public ceremony |
(Soumia: Who is Zola?) ... (Alex: Zola wrote about him. Brought attention to him.)
Alfred Dreyfus
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Considering that Dartmouth job? Remember, full-time faculty get this type of leave for 1 term after 9 terms of teaching |
a sabbatical
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The legacy of this Canadian, who died in 1981, lives on in scholarships in his name, for youngsters who help others |
(Alex: Yes. I knew you wouldn't miss that one if you rang in first.)
Terry Fox
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