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| This brand of franks was known in commercials to "plump when you cook 'em" |
Ball Park Franks
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| "Dean" comes from the Latin decan, meaning a ruler or chief of this many |
ten
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| The Sami are also known by this name; a "land" within the European Arctic Circle has been named for them |
the Lapps
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| There are 3 species of this marsupial with flat skulls, small eyes & adorable joeys |
wombats
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| He wrote & directed the most recent incarnation of "King Kong" |
Peter Jackson
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| Snake's end, or baby's plaything |
a rattle
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| If you see a "K" in a triangle on your hot dog pack, it's been certified as this-- l'chaim! |
kosher
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| In May 2010 this former Dean of Harvard Law was nominated to succeed Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens |
(Christine: Who is Sotomayor?)
(Elena) Kagan
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| The Sami live in Norway, Sweden & Finland & on this country's Kola Peninsula |
Russia
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| Mr. & Mrs. eastern gray this animal welcome joey, 1 inch long & weighing less than a gram |
(Tom: What's a squirrel?)
a kangaroo
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| In an HBO biopic John Lithgow played Blake Edwards, & Geoffrey Rush, this late actor |
Peter Sellers
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| The formal confirmation of a treaty by a government |
ratification
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| Austrians challenge Frankfurt's claim to have invented the meaty treat, saying it came from this city |
Vienna
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| New Yorker staff writer Nicholas Lemann is also dean of the USA's best-known school of this, at Columbia |
journalism
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| Many of the Sami make their living herding these animals of the family Cervidae |
reindeer
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| A joey of this marsupial with the same name as a non-powered aircraft takes flight at about 3 1/2 months |
a glider
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| The Peter of the Rat Pack was this British actor who married Patricia Kennedy |
Peter Lawford
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| A toothed wheel that allows movement in only one direction |
a ratchet
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| This now "famous" frank seller used 2 spice purveyors to keep his Coney Island hot dog recipe secret |
Nathan's
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| Jonathan Swift was dean of this cathedral with a saintly Irish name-- in Dublin, not New York |
St. Patrick's
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| The Sami were long considered this type of people, from the Greek for "to wander in search of pasture" |
nomads
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| In marsupials only, these glands develop independently to provide tailored nutrition to individual joeys |
mammary glands
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| His first Oscar nomination came in 1986 for directing "Witness" |
Peter Weir
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| Climbing palm of Asia used to make furniture |
rattan
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| Franks without "natural" casings were likely housed in this, the main constituent of plants' cell walls |
cellulose
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| This association that accredits U.S. law schools stipulates that "a law school shall have a full-time dean" |
the American Bar Association
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| The Sami were gravely affected by this 1986 disaster as fish & livestock meat became tainted |
Chernobyl
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| Seen here is a joey of this marsupial species whose name is from the Telugu word pandi-kokku, meaning "pig-rat" |
(Tom: What is a pygmy rat?)
bandicoot
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| This British actor from "The Usual Suspects", "In the Name of the Father" & "The Town" passed away in 2011 |
Pete Postlethwaite
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| 9-letter word for the underlying reason for a belief or course of action |
rationale
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