THINKING OUT LOUD
In victory in 2008 Barack Obama said, "We will respond with that...creed that sums up the spirit of a people:" these 3 words
yes we can
A pale brown color
beige
Channeling his Pacific island heritage, Dwayne was the voice of Maui in this animated movie
Moana
A mining co. can get a Kimberley process certificate showing that these gems have been mined in a conflict-free environment
diamonds
You can "get off on the right" one (yay!) or have one "in the grave" (yikes!)
foot
In a 1945 speech this physicist said, "The war is won, but the peace is not"
Einstein
From the Arabic for "old man", it's a tribal or village leader in parts of the Middle East
a sheik
In the last 4 films in this speedy franchise, Dwayne has played Luke Hobbs
Fast and Furious
First name of Mr. Strauss, who heard California needed sturdy pants & filled the gap for miners, making a fortune
Levi
Don't get "tied up in" these measures of speed at sea
knots
This orator, a former slave himself, asked, "What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?"
Frederick Douglass
A organic compound composed of one or more chains of amino acids
a protein
D.J. flew a rescue chopper & saved lives in this "fault"-y disaster film
San Andreas
The respiratory affliction coal-workers' pneumoconiosis is also known as "black" this body part
Lung
"The whole 9" these means all the way
yards
Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, this nun said, "Love begins at home"
Mother Teresa
The French national anthem gets its name from this port city
Marseille
In "Central Intelligence", Dwayne teamed up to catch a spy with this actor of smaller stature
Kevin Hart
After 69 days deep in the Earth, in 2010 Florencio Avalos became the first of 33 miners rescued in this S. Amer. country
Chile
It's a unit of time, or what you do when you express formal support of a motion
a second
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" is attributed to this patriot before his 1776 hanging
Nathan Hale
Clearly, you're under this type of close observation
surveillance
Still billed as "The Rock" in his film debut "The Mummy Returns", Dwayne played this ruler restored to life by ancient magic
In 1986 Britain ended its decades-long practice of using these birds as sentinels in coal mines
canaries
The arrangement of words in rhythmic verses gives a poem this pattern
meter