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| Local Reporting, 2012: the Patriot-News of this state capital for coverage of Penn State |
Harrisburg
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| His "Ropin' The Wind" was 1991's top album, remaining at No. 1 for 18 weeks |
Garth Brooks
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| Raining or not, the French names of these 2 animals are chat et chien |
cat and dog
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| Directionally speaking, Hebrew, Arabic & most other Semitic languages are written this way |
right-to-left
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| It was created in 1970 as a "national teach-in on the environment" |
Earth Day
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| Don't be this rude & unrefined person |
a boor
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| Intl. Reporting, 2015: The New York Times staff, for "courageous front-line reporting" on this African epidemic |
Ebola
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| In 1978 this "Red-Headed Stranger" released "Stardust", an album of pop standards |
(Amanda: Who is Reba McEntire?)
Willie Nelson
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| Le loup is this carnivore |
the wolf
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| The Latin "currere", meaning "to run", gives us the name of this type of handwriting |
cursive
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| To promote heart health for women, National Wear Red Day, whose logo is seen here, is the first Friday of this month |
February
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| Shake shake shake these spoils of war |
booty
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| Photography, 1945: Joe Rosenthal, for this image of Marines doing this on Mount Suribachi |
the flag raising of Iwo Jima
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| In 1975 a double album was released combining 2 previous LPs featuring Johnny Cash at these 2 penitentiaries |
San Quentin and Folsom
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| Le canard is this; someone pass the orange sauce |
duck
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| Majuscule is an uppercase letter; this is the term for a lowercase one |
minuscule
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| The inedible one is celebrated March 14; the edible one is January 23, as in "1-2-3, as easy as..." |
pie
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| The NCAA calls them "representatives of the institution's athletic interests" |
boosters
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| Editorial, 1929: The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot for "An Unspeakable Act of Savagery", about this form of race-based murder |
lynching
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| In May 2005 she won "American Idol"; 6 months later, her debut album "Some Hearts" was released |
Carrie Underwood
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| Down on a French farm, this is le mouton |
a sheep
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| Perhaps to thwart those who would steal his ideas, Leonardo da Vinci used a backwards shorthand named for this object |
a mirror
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| First Night, an arts festival in Boston, is held on this celebratory night |
New Year's Eve
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| Grant me this gift or favor |
a boon
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| Feature, 2016: The New Yorker's Kathryn Schulz, making Oregonians quake with a piece on the Cascadia this earth feature |
the subduction earthquake fault
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| This 2000 movie soundtrack album featured Alison Krauss on 3 tracks including "Down To The River To Pray" |
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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| This subject of songs, seen here, is le merle |
a blackbird
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| Created by Daniel Britton, the font seen here tries to emulate what people with this condition see when trying to read |
dyslexia
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| The story of the Jewish holiday Purim is told in the Biblical book of her |
Esther
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| Named for a mathematician, it's the type of internet search using "and", "or" & "not" |
Boolean
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