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| In 2025 this country's Liberal Party rode a wave of no-to-51st-statehood nationalism for a comeback victory |
Canada
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| The "7 hour flower" that blooms for a single night before dying is pollinated by a long-tongued species of this winged mammal |
(Harrison: What is a hummingbird?) ... (Ken: Yes, needed a winged mammal.)
a bat
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| That underappreciated person who does any & every thing on a movie or TV lot is a P.A., standing for this |
production assistant
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| "American Idiot" is based on the music of this band |
Green Day
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| With -se at the end, it's a synonym for "to build"; ending in -ze, it's build's antonym |
raise (raze)
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| A fierce foe of this, as in an 1855 tract, Thomas Wentworth Higginson was also an editor who is one reason we have Emily Dickinson's poetry today |
(Ken: Yes, he was an abolitionist.)
slavery
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| This body of water is not entirely a democra-sea, with Freedom House rating Bulgaria free, Ukraine partly, Turkey not |
the Black Sea
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| Yams & potatoes are examples of these, edible underground stems that store energy for the following season |
tubers
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| Sales associates at Kate Spade have this inspiring title, even if they're not named Calliope or Terpsichore |
muse
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| "Winter", "Spring", "Summer" or "Fall", the one that features the songs "Love To Love You Baby" & "Bad Girls" |
(David: What are The Four Seasons? Jersey Boys! What are Jersey Boys?) ... (Ken: It's a Donna [*] jukebox musical called [*].)
Summer
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| In traditional wedding vows, you take your partner "for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer & in" these 2 conditions |
sickness & health
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| This Marx-Engels tract was barely off the presses in 1848 when Europe was racked by revolts in several countries |
The Communist Manifesto
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| Does he have a Southern accent? Gabriel Boric from Punta Arenas in the Magallanes region is this nation's youngest ever president |
Chile
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| The jaguar's spots are different from other cats in that these flowery-named circular markings have black spots in the middle |
rosettes
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| Not all that many of them around these days, but as the Old English root suggests, a wainwright makes & repairs these |
(Sheila: What are wheels?)
wagons
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| "Movin' Out" features over 2 dozen of his greatest hits |
Billy Joel
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| Opposite-named type of poker that splits the pot, apparently popular in Omaha |
(Sheila: What is Nebraska poker?)
hi-low
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| Dr. Benjamin Rush, "father of" this movement, wrote a tract saying liquor causes fighting, foul breath, gout, epilepsy & suicide |
temperance
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| The book "The Death of Democracy" is subtitled "Hitler's Rise to Power & the Downfall of" this, named for where its Constitution was adopted |
the Weimar Republic
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| For years, a lab in Bodega Bay run by UC Davis has worked to bring back the white type of this mollusk from the brink of extinction |
abalone
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| Need a men's hat, tie or handkerchief? Go see the person with this 11-letter title |
haberdasher
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| "Ain't Too Proud" tells the life & times of this Motown group whose hits include "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" & "My Girl" |
The Temptations
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| It's an antonym of fearful; you can also get a less-used antonym of it just by dropping the initial "in" |
(Ken: Harrison?) (Harrison: What is invincible?) (Ken: Sorry, no, what is [*]?) (Harrison: Oh.) (Ken: Trepid is actually a word, it turns out.)
intrepid
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| The many tracts of John Wesley included "Thoughts Upon" this denomination he helped found |
Methodism
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| In democratic monarchies, some want the king job gone; in Japan, they protested as this emperor gave way to Naruhito in 2019 |
Akihito
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| Sometimes called a money plant, this succulent that can be grown indoors shares its name with a gemstone |
the jade plant
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| There's a military officer's rank in this word for the head steward of a palace or other big fancy household |
majordomo
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| In "Just in Time", Jonathan Groff transformed himself into this crooner of hits like "Mack The Knife" & "Beyond The Sea" |
(Bobby) Darin
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| Some African peoples are nomadic; some have this opposite lifestyle, from Latin for "sit" & often applied to tubby Westerners |
[Ken reads "peoples" as "people".]
sedentary
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| The title of this tract by Thomas Paine is found within the title of an August 1789 French declaration |
(Harrison: What is the [*]?) (Ken: Can you say that again?)
Rights of Man
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