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| BIG PLAY IN THE TEAM'S SUPER BOWL WIN |
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| A verb meaning "to walk in water" is in this alternate name for a fisherman's rubber hip boots |
waders
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| Based on a comment by the czar, this declining empire begun by Turkish tribes was known as "The Sick Man of Europe" |
the Ottoman Empire
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| You can do this to your dog or your "enthusiasm" |
curb
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| Novelist Henry & playwright Arthur, both Brooklyn boys |
Miller
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| 2012: Mario Manningham makes an amazing 38-yard tiptoeing catch & beats the Pats |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the New York Giants
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| Chukka boots are said to get their name from a period in this sport |
(Michelle: Uh, what is soccer?)
polo
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| She wrote a letter to Napoleon asking if she could join him at Elba but she died in 1814 before hearing that just couldn't happen |
Josephine
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| To fire from a job, or to attempt to kill Sarah Connor, onscreen |
terminate
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| Kenneth Lerer helped found this website to provide a liberal counterpart to the Drudge Report |
The Huffington Post
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| Journalist Tom & novelist Thomas, both southern boys |
Wolfe
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| Chelsea boots are also called this music group's boots since they popularized them in the 1960s |
(Michelle: Mm, nope.)
The Beatles
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| Mocked by other docs, Ignaz Semmelweis used antisepsis to vastly reduce women's death rate during this event |
childbirth
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| To refuse to proceed, or a pitcher's faux pas |
balk
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| wordpress.com says, "Everyone has a point of view" & their site is "the world's greatest" tool to create these online journals |
blogs
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| Jackie, Suzanne, Wilkie |
Collins
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| 1986: William "The Refrigerator" Perry ices the win with a 1-yard TD rumble |
the Bears
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| Familial name for the women's lace-up boots in imitation of a 19th century style |
(Alex: Less than a minute now, Josh.)
granny boots
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| This translation of certain plates was published in 1830; a much, much different version came to Broadway in 2011 |
(David: Uh, what is Mormonism?)
the Book of Mormon
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| Legally, sending a this & this letter notifies someone of their misconduct & orders them to cut it out, pronto |
cease & desist
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| To give a more personalized listening experience, this website uses its music genome project |
Pandora
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| E.B., T.H. & Australian Nobelist Patrick |
White
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| You put these spiky plates on your hiking boots if you don't want to slip in the ice or snow |
crampons
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| In 1845 this 2-word phrase describing the inevitable expansion of U.S. territory was first used regarding Texas' annexation |
Manifest Destiny
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| To not say anything impulsively, or another word for a song's chorus |
refrain
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| Alexis Ohanian was still a student at UVA when he doodled what became the alien mascot for this website that he co-founded |
Reddit
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| Henry & Helen, who both wrote about title characters with the last name Jones |
Fielding
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