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  | THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION |  |
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    | The decree became law with the passage of this actually quite lucky amendment to the Constitution | the 13th Amendment 
 
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    | In the mid-1980s the Giants started the tradition of dumping this beverage on a winning coach | Gatorade 
 
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    | When you file one of these with the U.S. Postal Service, you may get a welcome kit at your new home | change of address 
 
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    | Some say a comment by an overworked Ringo gave this Beatles song its title | "A Hard Day's Night" 
 
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    | This clear soft drink has been called "The Uncola" | 7 Up 
 
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    | "Valley of the Horses" is Jean Auel's sequel to the novel "The Clan of" this | the Cave Bear 
 
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    | It was signed by Abe Lincoln & this Secretary of State | William Seward 
 
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    | Letter formations include the "T" & this one with the running backs in a line behind the quarterback | the "I" formation 
 
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    | It's a lightweight, protective helmet used by construction workers | (Alex: Hello--Whoa!--Patty's in first!) [Construction worker Anthony was trying to signal in.]
 
 a hard hat
 
 
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    | Proverbially, a sow's ear isn't the source to construct a purse made of this soft fabric | silk 
 
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    | Like the title of a 1962 hit by Dion, they call an Old English poem about a homeless & kinless warrior this | (Patty: What is an ode?) (Anthony: What is a runar--a roundabout?)
 
 The Wanderer
 
 
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    | The preliminary Proclamation was issued Sept, 22, 1862: the real one followed 100 days later, on this date | (Patty: What is March 22?) 
 January 1, 1863
 
 
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    | If your team, trailing 14-6, scores a touchdown with 10 seconds left, go for one of these to tie the game | a 2-point conversion 
 
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    | In marking boxes, don't hesitate to use this word, from the Latin for "to break" | fragile 
 
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    | She took a whack at figure skating, winning the U.S. nationals in 1994 | Tonya Harding 
 
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    | Alliterative 2-word term for the proverbially soft object seen here | a baby's bottom 
 
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    | "My First Days in the White House", by this Louisiana political legend, was published in 1935, after his death | (Anthony: Who is Long?) (Alex: Which one?)
 
 Huey P. Long
 
 
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    | It was the westernmost state mentioned by name in the Proclamation | Texas 
 
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    | A California landlord must return this 21 days after you move out, less the cost of that fire you set | (Alex: And now the last clue: "U-Haul...") [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
 
 a security deposit
 
 
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    | On June 14, 1971 the first in this chain of restaurants opened in London | (Anthony: What is Hardee's?) 
 the Hard Rock Cafe
 
 
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    | In 2001 Senators McCain & Feingold proposed a bill to ban this type of financing of political campaigns | soft money 
 
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    | He wrote "Torch Song Trilogy" & got torched by aliens in "Independence Day" | Harvey Fierstein 
 
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    | An 1862 proclamation freeing D.C.'s slaves offered to help them move to Haiti or this African country | Liberia 
 
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    | Coaches go gray from these plays that the players "hear" at the line of scrimmage rather than in the huddle | audibles 
 
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    | "Mr. Gradgrind's Facts" was a possible title before Dickens "fell on" this as the name of his 1854 novel | Hard Times 
 
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    | Abbreviated pp, this term tells a musician to play "very softly" | pianissimo 
 
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    | This comic play, written by British dramatist Tom Taylor in 1858, sadly gained lasting fame in April 1865 | (Alex: That's it, yes, the play when Lincoln was assassinated.) 
 Our American Cousin
 
 
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