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the_new_york_times_business
THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS: Wal-Mart has been compared to this early grocery chain whose name goes back to 2 oceans
A&P
love_songs_in_german
LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN: The Captain & Tennille:<br />"Liebe Halt Uns Zusammen"
"Love Will Keep Us Together"
first_in_our_hearts
FIRST IN OUR HEARTS: The first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was made by this Italian-American physicist in 1942
Fermi
it's_not_alex_trebek
IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK: Despite the uncanny resemblance in the photo seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_16.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, it's actually <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_16a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> Russian born in 1870
Lenin
science_briefs
SCIENCE BRIEFS: Conceived around 1686, "G" is known as this man's constant
Newton
rated_"r"
RATED "R": (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_08.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew works out on a machine in the gym.</a>) I'm doing exercises to strengthen this group of four shoulder muscles; damaging it could be deadly for my pitching career
the rotator cuff
the_new_york_times_business
THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS: This oil company with record profits of $36 billion in 2005 appears to have a gradual liquidity strategy
ExxonMobil
love_songs_in_german
LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN: Stevie Wonder:<br />"Sie Sind Der Sonnenschein Meines Lebens"
"You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"
first_in_our_hearts
FIRST IN OUR HEARTS: The first of these cast for a woman was Roger MacBride's, going to 1972 Libertarian V.P. candidate Theodora Nathan
an Electoral College vote
it's_not_alex_trebek
IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK: It's not me in <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">the photo</a> but <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_17a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> man, who was second in his class at West Point in 1829
Robert E. Lee
science_briefs
SCIENCE BRIEFS: This symbol for the element mercury is downright Wellsian
Hg
rated_"r"
RATED "R": Sculptor Constantin Brancusi was born in this Eastern European nation
Romania
the_new_york_times_business
THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS: A Times writer's "Scandalot" featured Maurice Greenberg, who resigned as CEO of this insurance giant
AIG
love_songs_in_german
LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN: Joe Cocker:<br />"Sie Sind So Schon"
"You Are So Beautiful"
first_in_our_hearts
FIRST IN OUR HEARTS: Having no reeds, pipes or vibrating parts, this man's 1935 organ was the first of its kind
(Laurens) Hammond
it's_not_alex_trebek
IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK: It's not me seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_18.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, it's <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_18a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> World War II-era British politician
Neville Chamberlain
science_briefs
SCIENCE BRIEFS: The unit of magnetic flux density, abbreviated "T", is named for this scientist
(Nikola) Tesla
rated_"r"
RATED "R": (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_10.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from in front of a statue in West Point, NY.</a>) West Point cadets struggling academically come to spin <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_10a.jpg" target="_blank">these</a> on General Sedwig's spurs for better luck
the rowls
world_capitals
WORLD CAPITALS: It's served by Keflavik airport
Reykjavik
off-broadway
OFF-BROADWAY: This Baldwin brother was extremely entertaining in the 2006 revival of "Entertaining Mr. Sloane"
Alec Baldwin
riddle_me_this
RIDDLE ME THIS: He used the strength of his mind when he proposed a riddle to the Philistines in Judges 14
Samson
"t"_birds
"T" BIRDS: Common species of this duck include blue-winged, green-winged & cinnamon
the teal
authors_in_their_youth
AUTHORS IN THEIR YOUTH: As a child, Joseph Conrad pointed to the center of this continent on a map & said, "I shall go there"
Africa
quotations
QUOTATIONS: In 1981 he quipped, "You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans"
Ronald Reagan
world_capitals
WORLD CAPITALS: It has a museum devoted to composer Zoltan Kodaly
Budapest
off-broadway
OFF-BROADWAY: "Red Light Winter" centers on a love triangle that begins in the famous Red Light District of this European city
Amsterdam
riddle_me_this
RIDDLE ME THIS: Sphinx: What animal walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 at noon & 3 in the evening? Oedipus: This
man
"t"_birds
"T" BIRDS: Toco, the largest species of this colorful bird of the American tropics, may have a 7-inch bill
a toucan
authors_in_their_youth
AUTHORS IN THEIR YOUTH: Poet Gregory Corso went on the beat path after meeting this poet in a Greenwich Village bar in 1950
Allen Ginsberg
quotations
QUOTATIONS: In his prime this athlete said, It's hard to be humble "when you're as great as I am"
Muhammad Ali
world_capitals
WORLD CAPITALS: It's home to the Holmenkollen ski jump
Oslo
off-broadway
OFF-BROADWAY: We'd like to "enlighten" you about the musical "Sidd"; it's based on this novel
Siddhartha
riddle_me_this
RIDDLE ME THIS: He created the musical riddles called the "Enigma Variations"
(Edward) Elgar
"t"_birds
"T" BIRDS: One species of this bird breeds in the Arctic tundra & "vacations" at the other end of the globe
a tern
authors_in_their_youth
AUTHORS IN THEIR YOUTH: In his teens he worked in an assistant D.A.'s office; later his Perry Mason character made fools of D.A.s
(Erle Stanley) Gardner
quotations
QUOTATIONS: Oscar Wilde called this 4-letter word "the curse of the drinking classes"
work
world_capitals
WORLD CAPITALS: Guyanese capital named for a Hanoverian monarch
Georgetown
off-broadway
OFF-BROADWAY: A naughty 18th c. novel originally titled "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" inspired the 2006 musical named for her
Fanny Hill
riddle_me_this
RIDDLE ME THIS: If this riddling Belgian surrealist painter, born 1898 worked for "Jeopardy!", he might write, "This is not a clue"
Magritte
"t"_birds
"T" BIRDS: Nightingales & robins belong to this family of melodious songbirds
thrushes
authors_in_their_youth
AUTHORS IN THEIR YOUTH: Her hotsy-totsy diaries trace back to one she began as an 11-year-old aboard ship in 1914
Anaïs Nin
quotations
QUOTATIONS: A motto of hers was "in politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman"
(Margaret) Thatcher
world_capitals
WORLD CAPITALS: It's on the Suriname River
Paramaribo
off-broadway
OFF-BROADWAY: In 2006 the cast of this long-running hit embarked on <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_DJ_26.wmv">an exuberant & noisy campaign</a> to clean up New York City
Stomp
riddle_me_this
RIDDLE ME THIS: This Puccini opera turns on the solution to 3 riddles posed by the heroine
Turandot
"t"_birds
"T" BIRDS: In North America this term is properly applied to only 4 species that are crested, including the tufted
a titmouse
authors_in_their_youth
AUTHORS IN THEIR YOUTH: In Penny Lane, where this "Hellraiser" grew up, the barber shaves another customer--then flays him alive!
Clive Barker
quotations
QUOTATIONS: From Ft. Sill, Okla. he made the plea, Arizona is my land, my home, my father's land, to which I now ask to... return"
Geronimo
historic_names
HISTORIC NAMES: A silent movie title includes the last name of this 18th c. statesman & favorite of Catherine the Great
Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin