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  | REMEMBERING STEPHEN SONDHEIM |  |
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    | 16th c. monk Pedro Ponce de León is said to be the first teacher of these people; his prized pupil had to speak to make confession | the deaf 
 
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    | He recounted some of his campaigns in the 50s B.C. in "Commentaries on the Gallic Wars" | Julius Caesar 
 
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    | This flower comes before "path" in a phrase describing a hedonistic life | primrose 
 
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    | Sondheim's first Broadway musical was as lyricist for this show; he passed away in 2021 just days before the premiere of the movie remake | West Side Story 
 
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    | Enjoy a 6-mile Sunday stroll in a full loop around this city park, passing the Sheep Meadow & Heckscher Playground | Central Park 
 
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    | Estimated to be nearly 20,000' deep, the Kali Gandaki Gorge is in the Himalayas in this nation between China & India | Nepal 
 
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    | I'd like to thank this school founded in the 380s B.C. that employed Aristotle, who left after not getting a big promotion | the Academy 
 
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    | George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" offered a firsthand glimpse of the chaos of this country's Civil War | Spain 
 
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    | To groom meticulously | (Christine: Sorry, I don't have it.) 
 primp
 
 
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    | For "A Little Night Music", not a circus, Sondheim wrote the song "Send In" these, "don't bother, they're here" | the clowns 
 
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    | The record for consecutive kicks of this footbag by 2 people is well over 100,000; let's go to the park & try to top it | hacky sack 
 
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    | This 80-mile gorge has the same name as the river that divides Oregon & Washington on its way to the Pacific | the Columbia 
 
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    | Last name of Carl, the first computer science graduate at Michigan & a teacher & mentor at Michigan State; he had a famous son, Larry | (Christine: Who is Ellison?) ...
 (Ken: We're talking about Larry [*] at Google.)
 
 Page
 
 
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    | There's no "grim" in this title of sniper Nicholas Irving's 2015 war memoir, also his nickname | Reaper 
 
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    | "Royal" adjective referring to an extravagant amount | princely 
 
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    | Sondheim's songs for this musical include "The Worst Pies In London" & "God, That's Good!" | Sweeney Todd 
 
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    | It's one of these geometric gatherings of joyous sound; one at L.A.'s Griffith Park has been around since the late 1990s | a drum circle 
 
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    | Norway's Toka Gorge is always worth a look, about 25 miles east of this port city, first called Bjorgvin in 1070 | (Margaret: What is Oslo?) 
 Bergen
 
 
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    | Bolivian émigré Jaime Escalante's dedication to teaching calculus to "unteachable" L.A. kids was featured in this 1988 film | (Margaret: What is Dangerous Minds?) 
 Stand and Deliver
 
 
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    | "Chickenhawk" is Robert Mason's true story of the Vietnam War from the point of view of soldiers aboard these transports | helicopters 
 
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    | Other terms for it include joint, hoosegow & big house | a prison 
 
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    | Here's Bernadette Peters rehearsing with Sondheim for her role as the witch in this fairy tale musical | Into the Woods 
 
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    | Let's relieve some stress in the park through this 2-word activity seen here that some call meditation in motion | tai chi 
 
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    | Purnululu National Park in this country is home to a narrow gorge called echidna Chasm | Australia 
 
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    | The schools founded by this woman date back to 1907 when she opened her first casa dei bambini, a "children's house" for those 2 to 6 | (Stefan: Ken, I always wanted to say it: let's make it a True Daily Double.) 
 (Maria) Montessori
 
 
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    | T.E. Lawrence's chronicle of his desert experiences & participation in the Arab Revolt has this numeric title | (Stefan: What are the Seven Pillars?) (Ken: N--I need more.)
 (Stefan: Seven Pillars of Truth?)
 
 the Seven Pillars of Wisdom
 
 
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    | As Edward Teach, Blackbeard is thought to have served as one of these on a ship that attacked other ships | privateer 
 
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    | Characters in this 1-word musical that originally played Off-Broadway include John Wilkes Booth & Charles Guiteau | (Stefan: What is Lincoln?) 
 Assassins
 
 
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    | Time to take Mr. Snuffles, who is this sole dog breed native to Cuba, for Sunday park walkies | Havanese 
 
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    | America's highest suspension bridge, Royal Gorge Bridge, is seen here, 956 feet above the Arkansas River in this state | Colorado 
 
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