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In 2006 this country was embroiled in intrigue as Lopez Obrador & Calderon sweated a recount |
Mexico
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I'm hitting the road, Mr. DJ, so please put on this title track of Springsteen's 1975 album |
"Born To Run"
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This brand's logo is seen here; it started as an off-season hockey training tool |
Rollerblade
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Winter forced Napoleon & his army into a devastating retreat from this country in late 1812 |
Russia
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These? "I've had a few", sings Sinatra in "My Way" |
regrets
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Reno's rep as a capital of this began in 1906 when Laura Corey got one from Penn. steel magnate husband William |
(Carl: What is a silver dollar?)
a divorce
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In 2008 this leader of Zimbabwe defied a brokered summit in Lusaka & called for an election recount |
Robert Mugabe
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"Who You Are" by this Eddie Vedder band would really help me get my head straight |
Pearl Jam
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Binoculars & a checklist from the American Ornithologists' Union get you started in this activity |
birdwatching
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Rather than surrender this ironclad, retreating Confederate forces destroyed her in May of 1862 |
(Edith: What is the Monitor?) ... (Alex: Yep, Edith helped you on that one.) (Carl: Yes, sir.)
the Merrimac
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6-letter type of forgiveness one customarily "begs" from you |
pardon
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The arch across Virginia Street proclaims Reno as "The Biggest" this |
(Anders: What is "Little City on Earth"?)
"Little City in the World"
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The gubernatorial contest for this state in 1958 was challenged--Bernard Leddy of Burlington asked for a recount |
Vermont
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My ringtone of this trio's "Bootylicious" just leaves me dying to hear the whole song |
Destiny's Child
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Following the fall of France in this year, the Royal Navy evacuated over 300,000 troops from Dunkirk |
(Alex: Yes, that's the year. We thought somebody might say 1939, but you got it.)
1940
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This synonym for remorseful adds 3 letters to "trite" & comes from the same Latin word |
contrite
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In this 1956 hit Johnny Cash sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" |
(Edith: What is "Walk The Line"?)
"Folsom Prison Blues"
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After recounts she said in 2000, "I... declare Gov. George W. Bush the winner of Florida's 25 electoral votes" |
(Katherine) Harris
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This U.S. Top 10 hit by Spandau Ballet will take me right back to slow dancing in '83 |
"True"
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For this sport, whose name is from a German word for "nose", don't forget your mask, fins & breathing tube |
(Anders: What is scuba?)
snorkel (or snorkeling)
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In WWI, the German battle cruisers Goeben & Breslau retreated the length of the Mediterranean to this Turkish port |
Istanbul (Constantinople)
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This word for a speech of remorse or a defense of one's actions is from the Greek for "away" & "speech" |
an apology
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U. of Nevada-Reno has the USA's only advanced degree program in the study of this ethnic group of northern Spain |
the Basques
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In 2005 Christine Gregoire became governor after machine & manual recounts in this state |
Washington State
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Shelby Lynne's version of "I Only Want To Be With You" is fine, but I'd like to hear this singer's original |
(Alex: The original by [*].)
Dusty Springfield
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The pro seen here is engaging in this activity--a hybrid of waterskiing & snowboarding |
(Carl: What is kitesurfing?) (Edith: What is waterboarding?) [Carl laughs and keeps laughing.]
wakeboarding
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His brave retreat across Italy after his volunteers were kicked out of Rome in 1849 made him a hero |
Garibaldi
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"...came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness ...and saying," do this: "for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" |
repent
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Reno was founded in 1868 during the construction of this railroad that was moving east to link up with the Union Pacific |
(Alex: That railroad was [*].)
the Central Pacific
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