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    | His occupation starting with his first known efforts at age 15 | surveyor 
 
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    | If you encounter opposition you can't overcome, you've run into this seven-letter item | a buzzsaw 
 
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    | It owns theme parks & water parks: SIX
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    | "O, Susanna! O, don't you cry for me, I've come from Alabama with my" this | banjo on my knee 
 
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    | His role as a mischievous deckhand in "Steamboat Willie" launched his career | Mickey Mouse 
 
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    | A puffed cornmeal snack created in 1948 | Cheetos 
 
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    | The city where he was sworn in as president in 1789 (don't say Washington, D.C., it wasn't built yet) | New York City 
 
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    | Yep, China's got the bomb; check out this cloud that could go in a food category | mushroom 
 
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    | Company with armored cars for CIT (cash in transit): BCO
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    | Rudy Giuliani after 9/11: these "are broken, but they continue to beat, and the spirit of our city has never been stronger" | hearts 
 
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    | "Quiet Please!", starring this feline & mouse duo, won the 1945 Oscar for best cartoon short subject | Tom & Jerry 
 
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    | "Up in Smoke" comedy duo | Cheech & Chong 
 
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    | Henry Knox succeeded George as army commander & was George's secretary of this | war 
 
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    | Graceful bird seen here once hunted by sailors | (Jonathan: What is a seagull?) 
 albatross
 
 
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    | A retailer of casual apparel: ANF
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    | Pontius Pilate "took water, and washed" these "before the multitude", saying he was innocent of the blood of Jesus | hands 
 
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    | Remy is a frustrated chef in this kitchen caper from Pixar | Ratatouille 
 
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    | Hip hip oh no! It's been called the most dangerous female sport in high school & college
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    | Not knowing this European language was a problem when George parleyed with speakers of it on the Ohio River | French 
 
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    | Borrowed from the theater, it's the term for the type of stunt-flying exhibition seen here | barnstorming 
 
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    | The name didn't die with the telegraph: WU
 | Western Union 
 
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    | A World War II slogan said these "sink ships" | loose lips 
 
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    | The mice Bernard & Bianca travel to save a rare eagle in the sequel titled "The Rescuers" here | Down Under 
 
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    | Wapshot chronicler who published his first short story at age 18 | John Cheever 
 
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    | It's where George is at rest | Mount Vernon 
 
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    | During the 2010 State of the Union address, lip-readers caught this Supreme Court justice saying, "Simply not true" | (Samuel) Alito 
 
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    | Providing antivirus & firewall technology: MFE
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    | This 1897 work includes the line "a great nose indicates a great man" | (Jonathan: What is The Wizard of Oz?) 
 Cyrano de Bergerac
 
 
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    | This rat had his own movie in the sequel to "Willard", which featured a hit Michael Jackson tune | Ben 
 
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    | How close were we? This body part "by jowl" | cheek 
 
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