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In this place at a movie theater, the first word gives up, and the second one toughs it out |
the concession stand
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Margaret Hamilton, 1939 |
The Wizard of Oz
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This ex-Navy flier & P.O.W. leads the Senate Committee on Armed Services |
McCain
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Sociologist Gregory Snyder says campaigns against this always "tag" it as vandalism, never art |
graffiti
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Spanish for "devil", it's northern California's version of a Santa Ana wind |
diablo
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This book of the Bible says, "A wise man feareth and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth and is confident" |
Proverbs
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Hey, operators of southern California cemeteries under this name--is it trees or is it grass? |
(Deborah: What is, uh, turf?)
Forest Lawn
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Nicole Kidman, 2005 |
(Deborah: What is Practical Magic?) (Darcy: What is The Craft?) (Martin: What is The Witches of Eastwick?)
Bewitched
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Chairing this committee, Senator Chuck Grassley got quality time with Neil Gorsuch |
the Judiciary Committee
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He roomed with van Gogh in Arles, partly as a favor to van Gogh's brother Theo |
(Paul) Gauguin
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These winds that blow west get their name from an old word for a regular course, not from helping commerce |
trade winds
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This lawyer from a 1960 novel doesn't want his son Jem to think "courage is a man with a gun in his hand" |
Atticus Finch
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Put this word after "Dodge" to complete an oxymoron & a pickup truck |
Ram
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Tilda Swinton, 2005 |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Senator Lisa Murkowski of this state has a pipeline to the nation's energy needs & natural resources as well |
(Deborah: What is North Dakota?)
Alaska
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This 18th century English painter captured his own daughters chasing a butterfly |
Gainsborough
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Whether found in the Pennine or Ligurian sections, Foehns are winds first studied in these mountains |
(Darcy: What are the Apennines?)
the Alps
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An old folk song tells of the wise man building his house on this, while the foolish man built his on the sand |
rock
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A 12-step program for those from dysfunctional homes is called these offspring of alcoholics |
(Darcy: What are sober offspring?)
adult children
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Nicole Kidman & Sandra Bullock, 1998 |
Practical Magic
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Former U.S. attorney Susan W. Brooks lays down the law on this "moralistic" House committee |
Ethics
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A school of art is named for the Flemish cities of Bruges & this |
Ghent
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One of these "fishy" winds in the Rockies once hit 134 miles per hour near Boulder, Colorado |
the Chinook
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The imprisoned Abbe Faria, mentor to this Dumas character, regrets instilling in him "the desire for revenge" |
the count of Monte Cristo (or Edmond Dantès)
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In 2001 President Bush headed to Texas for 30 days of policy & play described as this |
a working vacation
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Neve Campbell & Fairuza Balk, 1996 |
The Craft
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Kevin Brady wonks out as Paul Ryan's successor heading the House committee on these 2 things |
Ways and Means
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All the French poets know it's an up-to-60-mph wind that blows in from the Rhone Valley |
(Martin: What is the midi?)
the mistral
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Early on in this book, Paul Atreides learns from his mother that "fear is the mind-killer" |
Dune
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