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DO YOU KNOW JACK ABOUT LIT? |
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Our top story... in Aug. 2008 the GAO reported this troubled Mideast country could have a $79 billion budget surplus |
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A meaty leg of turkey, or "The Original Sundae Cone" |
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In "Patriot Games" this character stops Irish terrorists & joins the CIA |
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Any new car that breaks down 60 times a day (5) |
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"The prostitution rests", Kelly Bundy declared during a trial scene on this long-running show |
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In domestic news, this Speaker of the House touted 2008's American Housing Rescue & Foreclosure Prevention Act |
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General Mills makes this snack with an unusual funnel shape in 6 flavors |
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In this novel Jack Merridew, a red-haired choir boy, tells Piggy, "You're talking too much!" |
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A lariat's shorter name (5) |
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"I am your density", George tells wife-to-be Lorraine in this 1985 Michael J. Fox film |
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At the movies, in July 2008 this flick made $158 milIion in its opening weekend; holy box office! |
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This ConAgra sweet popcorn treat comes in butter toffee & caramel flavors |
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Ralph Ellison writes in this novel that the one-eyed Brother Jack was "a little bantam rooster of a man" |
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Entice, perhaps with artificial bait (4) |
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This veep said, "Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child" |
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In business: the 158-year-old Wall Street firm named for these brothers went belly-up in September 2008 |
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To soak up some of the food, let's quaff this golden Irish lager |
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Patrick O'Brian wrote this series of novels about British Capt. Jack Aubrey; Russell Crowe played the role on film |
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"Mother" deposit, in mining (4) |
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On "All in the Family", Edith Bunker referred not to V-E Day or V-J Day but this, um, relative |
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Now for a look at the weather; expect these dense 12-letter thunderclouds stretching from 6,500' to 30,000' |
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This Scandinavian specialty is made with unsalted dried cod soaked for several days in water & potash lye |
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Gov. Jack Stanton, the main character in this 1996 Joe Klein book, was loosely based on Bill Clinton |
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Accolades one might "rest on" (7) |
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"I'm not going to make a skeptical out of my boxing career", said this skater-turned-felon-turned-pugilist in 2004 |
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