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    | In 1955, 52-year-old Ray Kroc opened his first burger joint in the chain called not Kroc's but this | 
    McDonald's
 
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    | In 2011 President Obama named general Martin Dempsey chairman of the JCS, this | 
    Joint Chiefs of Staff
 
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    | ...Katie Holmes | 
    (Alex: Yes, Tom Cruise.)
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    | FDR began giving these "chats" in 1933 | 
    fireside chats
 
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    | This state capital on the Grand River at its junction with the Red Cedar River was once called "Biddle Town" | 
    Lansing
 
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    the blue whale
 
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    | Diocletian was right around 40 when he took this title in 284 A.D. | 
    Roman emperor
 
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    | DA is the Department of the Army; DEA is this administration | 
    (Clayton: What is the Drug Enforcement Agency?)
  the Drug Enforcement Administration
 
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    Bruce Willis
 
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    | It precedes "manner" to describe a doctor's deportment with patients | 
    bedside
 
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    | Population-wise, in 1950 this was the fourth-largest city in the U.S.; by 2000, it was eighth | 
    Detroit
 
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    | "Find health insurance options" & "find a doctor or a hospital" are links at bcbs.com, the site for this | 
    Blue Cross Blue Shield
 
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    | In 1988 50-year-old Helen Thayer battled bears to become the first woman to travel solo to the magnetic this | 
    the North Pole
 
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    | Helping communities to recover after a disaster, FEMA is this agency | 
    the Federal Emergency Management Agency
 
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    (Clayton: Who is Ivana Trump?)
  Marla Maples
 
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    | Proverbially, if you can't hit this "of a barn", your accuracy is lacking | 
    the broad side
 
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    | Michigan touches all the Great Lakes except this one | 
    Ontario
 
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    | Nickname of Danish king Harald, killed in a 10th c. battle, maybe for lack of a wireless headset | 
    Bluetooth
 
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    | He was 48 when he created Charlie Bucket, a poor child who finds a golden ticket | 
    Roald Dahl
 
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    | Use your GPS to get to the GPO, this place, where you can get all kinds of publications | 
    the Government Printing Office
 
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    (Alex: [*] married to Andre Agassi.)
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    | Car trouble?  There's a "request" this "assistance" button on the AAA southern Calif. website | 
    roadside assistance
 
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    | The wives of the co-founders of the city now home to the University of Michigan both had this first name | 
    Ann (Arbor)
 
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    | Sure & the Kerry blue this, 'tis a dog from Ireland | 
    a terrier
 
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    | At the 1942 battle of El Alamein, 54-year-old Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery beat this "foxy" 50-year-old | 
    (Erwin) Rommel ("the Desert Fox")
 
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    | NASA is the National Aeronautics & Space Administration; JSC is this NASA facility | 
    the Johnson Space Center
 
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    Jane Wyman
 
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    | This 7-letter word means to abate | 
    subside
 
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    | Seen here is a shot from an annual festival in this city | 
    [Applause for Kendra's run of the category] (Alex: You ran the category.  Well done.)
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    | My "mood"?  This deep blue dye, used to color cotton & wool; a synthetic one is made from aniline, a coal-tar product | 
    indigo
 
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