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Amy Lowell, reviewing "North of Boston", said, "Not only is " his "work New England in subject, it is so in technique" |
Robert Frost
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Comments based on gender that create a hostile work environment equal this illegal thing |
sexual harassment
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In this 1970 film Hot Lips tells Colonel Blake, "This isn't a hospital. It's an insane asylum!" |
[Alan selected the first clue.]
MASH
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This verb meaning to eat fast is usually associated with turkeys |
gobble
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In 2010 new species of bacteria were found at the bottom of this "lifeless" lake between Israel & Jordan |
the Dead Sea
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The "Mommy docs" 5-1-1 rule says if contractions are every 5 mins., for about 1 min., over this time span... get to the hospital |
one hour
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In "Inferno" Dante called him "my master... from whom alone I took the style whose beauty has done me honor" |
Virgil
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The Office Depot website has a section called this "room" with offerings like lollipops, pretzels & of course coffee |
the break room
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In "The Jerk" this comedian treats Bernadette Peters to "pizza in a cup" |
Steve Martin
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This 2-word alliterative phrase means to eat with others, even if there's no loaf |
break bread
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4 world capitals, including Budapest, lie on the banks of this river |
the Danube
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The injection of lidocaine & other drugs into the lumbar spine, this anesthetic takes about 20 minutes to be fully effective |
an epidural
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It's thought that Poe's child bride Virginia Clemm inspired this poem of his about a maiden in a kingdom by the sea |
"Annabel Lee"
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Be on time at meetings with this 2004-2015 head coach of the NFL's Giants who says on time means 5 minutes early |
(Tom) Coughlin
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During the decade, Peter Sellers played this comedy role in 3 sequels |
(Dan: Uh, who is... Inspector Sellers?)
Inspector Clouseau
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Enjoy a snack, Yiddish style |
nosh
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A popular hiking destination, the summit of this crater just beyond Waikiki was used as a military lookout in the 20th century |
Diamond Head
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An army-entering event or a baby-exiting one, this delivery process might involve prostaglandin E |
(Meike: What is inducement?) (Alex: In--?) (Meike: Inducing?)
induction
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"The Song of Hiawatha" says, "From the water-fall he named her" this, "Laughing Water" |
Minnehaha
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Unlike in school, in business if you're sent to this person's office, you visit an owner or part owner of the company |
principal
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Harvey Korman had a villainous turn as Hedley Lamarr in this Mel Brooks Western |
Blazing Saddles
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Body part verb for what the person seen here is about to do to the food approaching his mouth |
gum it
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At its narrowest point, this Turkish strait between the Sea of Marmara & the Aegean Sea is only a mile wide |
the Dardanelles
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It's the process by which the cervix opens, to 10 centimeters when it's complete |
dilation
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Yeats: "I will arise and go now, and go to" this place |
Innisfree
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A 2013 survey found average office space cost by this common measure was $36 in San Francisco, $11 in Chattanooga |
by square foot
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Graham Chapman played a reluctant messiah in this 1979 Monty Python spoof |
Life of Brian
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It's a fancy 3-syallable word for "chew" |
masticate
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This African nation was once called French Somaliland & then the French Territory of the Afars & Issas |
Djibouti
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Usually starting after week 20, these 2-name contractions are basically the uterus practicing for the real thing |
Braxton Hicks
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