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    | In 1965 LBJ invited this former president to witness the signing of the Medicare Act in Missouri | 
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    | We're playing backyard football & I'm going to rush the passer!  One this state, two this state... | 
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    National Rub a Bald Head Week, Hobbit Day, Labor Day | 
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    | Romeo's family name | 
    (Don: What are the Montagues?) (Alex: You got to spell it, Don.) (Don: I'm sorry.  M-O--what is [*]?) (Alex: You got it.) (Don: BY JOHNNY CASH for $200, please.) (Alex: Got away from the spelling pretty fast.) [Laughter]
  M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E
 
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    bouquet
 
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    | In 1975 Johnny gave his autobiography this title, also his "colourful" nickname | 
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    | Since 1982 he's been a distinguished professor at Emory University | 
    (Jimmy) Carter
 
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    | To garb oneself in clothes traditionally worn by the other sex | 
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    Flag Day, Father's Day | 
    June
 
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    | Lear's virtuous daughter | 
    C-O-R-D-E-L-I-A
 
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    | A chemical called resveratrol acts as this to protect cells from free radicals--if you drink 15 gallons of red wine a day | 
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    | "We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout" begins a duet Johnny sang with this woman | 
    June Carter Cash
 
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    | In 1878, a year after leaving office, he admitted, "The truth is I am more of a farmer than a soldier" | 
    (Tarn: Who is Hayes?)
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    possession
 
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    Boss' Day, Mother-In-Law's Day, Columbus Day | 
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    | In the Cambridge Shakespeare text, title word between "Love's" & "Lost" (don't forget the apostrophe) | 
    L-A-B-O-U-R-'-S
 
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    | This pale, dry Spanish sherry is mentioned in the title of an Edgar Allan Poe story | 
    Amontillado
 
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    | In 1956 Johnny scored a hit with this prison's "Blues"; the song re-charted at No. 1 in 1968 | 
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    | In 1841 he successfully argued for the freedom of the slave mutineers of the Amistad before the Supreme Court | 
    John Quincy Adams
 
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    | The character type of this aims to damage a reputation, not end a life | 
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    April
 
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    | Monologue-inducing deceased court jester of "Hamlet" | 
    (Don: Who is Yor--I'm sorry, what is [*]?)
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    | Tarnave, the oldest wine region in this ex-Romanian province, is big on white wine; you'd think it would only do blood reds | 
    Transylvania
 
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    | Johnny's haunting cover of this Trent Reznor band's "Hurt" earned a 2003 nomination for MTV Video of the Year | 
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    | After leaving office, this 19th century prez was elected a U.S. senator from Tennessee | 
    (Andrew) Johnson
 
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    assess
 
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    Nine days of Posada (in Mexico), Boxing Day (in England) | 
    December
 
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    | For its color & the band that once recorded there, Chateau Miraval calls a wine of this type "Pink Floyd" | 
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    | Pretty nice show!  An Aug. 5, 1955 bill included Wanda Jackson, Johnny & Elvis, his bandmate on this "bright" label | 
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