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BURIED IN THE LEGISLATION |
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KNSD reported on a $4 million home being raffled in nearby Rancho Santa Fe to benefit the "House" of this fast food icon |
(Joann: Who is Kroc?)
Ronald McDonald
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Charlie took Alan & Jake into his Malibu home & dated a ballet teacher (&, apparently, much of Malibu) |
Two and a Half Men
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Originally, Conan Doyle named these 2 characters Sheridan Hope & Ormond Sacker |
Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
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In the early 19th c. George Stephenson began growing these pickle veggies in glass tubes so they'd grow straight |
cucumbers
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Edmund Halley, 1720-42: This job "royal" |
astronomer
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The puck stops with him |
goalie
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In 2014 Megadeth's Dave Mustaine sat in with the S.D. symphony to play "Winter" from "The Four Seasons" by this man |
Vivaldi
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Claire betrayed her husband Frank on a vote count; Frank's aide Doug betrayed congressman Russo... |
House of Cards
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While in Switzerland, ACD helped popularize this sport & wrote about "gliding delightfully over the gentle slopes" |
skiing
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Winter varieties of this include Golden Acorn, Buttercup & Hubbard |
squash
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Stalin, 1922-1952: This hyphenated title, but not at the United Nations |
secretary-general
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An unsullied record is a "clean" one of these |
slate
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On the site of what was once S.D's finest house of ill repute, the Horton Grand Hotel was also home to this Tombstone lawman |
(Wyatt) Earp
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Susan burning Edie's house & Gabby's affair with a hunky gardener were among the many wacky times on a certain lane |
Desperate Housewives
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Sir Arthur played on the same cricket team as this "Peter Pan" creator & helped him write an operetta |
(J.M.) Barrie
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Developed in Canada, the Yukon Gold variety of this tuber has yellow flesh |
potato
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Ambrose Burnside, 1862: Commander of this "aqueous" army |
Army of the Potomac
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French word for an illicit sexual relationship; sounds dangerous! |
liaison
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The S.D. Air & Space Museum has full-size replicas of U.S. spacecraft from the Mercury program, this next one & Apollo |
Gemini
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Detective Speedle was killed & Horatio donned his sunglasses... a lot |
CSI: Miami
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Just before WWI, Conan Doyle suggested building this between Britain & France; 8 decades later, one was built |
a tunnel
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Unlike the familiar small red globe variety of this root vegetable, the daikon type is carrot-shaped & can be 18" long |
(Catherine: What is a beet?)
radish
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Charles Townshend, 1766: This taxing position under Pitt |
Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Lithe & quick in movement |
agile
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The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego has "Flowers", a 1967 silkscreen ink piece by him |
(Andy) Warhol
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Locke & Boone discovered a hatch |
Lost
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In the early 1890s Sir Arthur opened a medical practice on this London street, years after Elizabeth Barrett lived there |
(Alex: Ah. You've forgotten about "The Barretts of [*]". Joann, you should have rung in on that. You knew it. Don't be shy.)
Wimpole Street
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It's the Chinese name for the food seen here, also called Chinese cabbage |
bok choy
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Abu Bakr, 632-34: This "successor" title, after Muhammad's death |
caliph
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To look at a member of the opposite sex--well, to leer at, actually |
ogle
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