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ON THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM |
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Dame Sybil Thorndike was truly a lady made for burning: she played this saintly G.B. Shaw heroine more than 2,000 times on stage |
Joan of Arc
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"Angel of the Slums": a biography about this sainted nun |
Mother Teresa
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The field of celestial mechanics studies the motions of heavenly bodies, principally under the influence of this force |
gravity
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Ecological wisdom is one of the "Ten Key Values" of this U.S. political party |
(Ken: That's right, green's on the spectrum.)
the Green Party
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On a family sitcom set in suburbia, it was the last name of brothers Wally & Theodore, who was better known by a nickname |
(Ken: Yeah, that's Beaver [*].)
Cleaver
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This 4-letter quiet is what "falls over the crowd" |
a hush
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Shimon Peres is a character in this J.T. Rogers play, named for a Scandinavian capital & its 1993 peace accords |
Oslo
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"I Want to Believe": the 2008 film sequel based on this TV show |
(Harsh: What is Ripley's Believe It or Not?)
The X-Files
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Quantum physics explains why these negative particles don't lose energy & crash into a positively charged nucleus |
electrons
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This colorful banner, title of a song to the tune of "O Tannenbaum", has symbolized socialism & communism for 150 years |
the red flag
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Practice made perfect for Raymond Burr, seen here around the time he began playing this defense lawyer |
Perry Mason
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It's the quiet part of a storm; it's also the first syllable of a quiet song that is meant to induce sleep |
(Ken: Yeah, from [*]aby.)
a lull
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In 1934 December was an apt month for the Broadway opening of a play about this Penn. place where George Washington was tested |
Valley Forge
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No worries, "Lion King 3" has this song as its subtitle |
"Hakuna Matata"
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Not just the ocean but the solid Earth itself experiences these twice a day, with a maximum amplitude of about 12 inches |
tides
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Winston Churchill's best female friend, Violet Bonham Carter was the first woman pres. of this party, the opposite of Winston's |
(Amy: What is Labour?)
the Liberal Party
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Nov. 7, 1954 was the premiere date for this show, CBS' answer to "Meet the Press" |
Face the Nation
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With a peaceful 4-letter word in the middle, this word in the title of the painting describes the state of the ships |
becalmed
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In Shakespeare's take on the life of this monarch who died in 1216, he is fatally poisoned by a monk |
King John
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"The town of Titipu": this Gilbert & Sullivan operetta |
The Mikado
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A famous 17th c. experiment used a bell inside a jar in which this had been created to prove that air was needed to transmit sound |
a vacuum
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Founded in 1795 the Protestant group called this order holds several parades annually in Northern Ireland |
the Orange Order
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On radio, this soap opera was all about a minister, but he had been written out when it began a 57-year TV run in 1952 |
Guiding Light
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When Venice was a republic, its nickname said it was the most this, a 6-letter calm synonym with all "E"s |
serene
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This creator of "The Crown" also depicts Elizabeth II onstage, as when she meets with her prime ministers in "The Audience" |
(Peter) Morgan
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"Mad About the Boy": Helen Fielding's third novel about her |
Bridget Jones
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American physicist Willard F. Libby developed the method of dating artifacts via the decay of this isotope of carbon |
carbon-14
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In Israel's Sept. 2019 election, this alliance named for the colors of the country's flag won the most seats |
Blue White (Blue & White)
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Upscale dramas on "Playhouse 90" included this one about ill-fated boxer Mountain McClintock |
"Requiem for a Heavyweight"
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Often used of agreements & approvals, this silent word begins & ends with the same letter |
tacit
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