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  | ANOTHER DEFINITION, PLEASE |  
   
 
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    | It's the largest sesamoid bone in the body (another hint: it's also called the kneecap) | 
    the patella
 
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    | In tennis lingo, it's a bad shot; there are "forced" & "unforced" types | 
    errors
 
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    In Central America: President Daniel Ortega | 
    Nicaragua
 
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    | Not to move loosely like a dog's ears, but to fail like a film or play | 
    flop
 
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    | "How do I love thee? Let me" do these 3 words | 
    count the ways
 
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    | Found in the chest, this bone includes the xiphoid process | 
    the sternum
 
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    | Raoul Wallenberg & the Marquis de Lafayette are among the few to be made honorary these | 
    honorary citizens of the United States
 
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    | It's no backhand compliment--"America's tennis sweetheart", she won Grand Slam titles every year from 1974 to 1986 | 
    (Chris) Evert
 
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    An alliance: ex-Norwegian PM Jens Stoltenberg | 
    NATO
 
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    | Raise your glass for these, not ghosts but liquor | 
    (Michael: What are toasts?)
  spirits
 
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    | "A specter is haunting Europe--the specter of" this political theory | 
    communism
 
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    | Just below the sacrum is this bone, consisting of 3-5 fused vertebrae | 
    the coccyx
 
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    | The Presidents Call to Service Award honors people who do this, & you must spend 4,000 hours over a lifetime to get one | 
    [ERRATUM: "Presidents" should have read "President's".]
  volunteer
 
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    | The most common grip used by beginners is this directional style | 
    (Laura: What is east?)
  the Eastern forehand style
 
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    A former Soviet republic: President Serge Sarkisian | 
    Armenia
 
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    | In this case, not a spicy Indian dish but to groom a horse | 
    curry
 
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    | Sonnet 18: "shall I compare thee to" this? Compare! Compare! | 
    a summer's day
 
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    | These 5 bones form the skeleton of the sole of the foot | 
    the metatarsals
 
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    | Senators who preside over the floor for 100 hours in a year get the alliterative "golden" this | 
    gavel
 
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    | "Emmo" was the nickname of this Aussie legend who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles in the 1960s | 
    Roy Emerson
 
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    A "stan" within Iraq: President Massoud Barzani | 
    Kurdistan
 
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    | Not a person who walks, but something plodding or commonplace | 
    pedestrian
 
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    | "The very first requirement in a hospital (is) that it should do the sick ____" | 
    [Alex reads "____" as "blank blank".] ... (Alex: Florence Nightingale's line.  You are right.)
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    | This bone is purely an anchor for the tongue; it articulates with no other bones | 
    (Laura: What is the mandible?) (Dava-Leigh: What is the maxilla?) ... (Alex: All right, less than a minute to go to deal with this last category.)
  the hyoid bone
 
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    | The Department of Commerce is behind the president's "E" Awards, which salute those who increase the country's these | 
    exports
 
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    | A world No. 1 & winner of 6 Grand Slam singles titles in the '80s & '90s, this Swede was inducted into the ITHoF in 2004 | 
    [Alex reads "ITHoF" as "International Tennis Hall of Fame".]
  Stefan Edberg
 
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    A big African country: President Goodluck Jonathan | 
    (Laura: What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?)
  Nigeria
 
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    | Not a small, wrapped package for delivery, but a tract of land | 
    a parcel
 
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    | A Beckett work ends, "you must go on, I can't go on," then these 3 words | 
    (Michael: What is waiting for Godot?)
  I'll go on
 
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