GIVING YOU THE BOOT
In 1985 Apple's board gave this guy the heave-ho but 12 years later he got ho-heaved & was back in charge
(Steve) Jobs
This branch of the U.S. government makes the laws
legislative
This husband of Nicole Kidman was the 2018 Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year
Keith Urban
He's the only president honored on Mount Rushmore who lived into the 20th century
Roosevelt
This Asian country, not yet divided into North & South:
From France, 1945
Vietnam
A rough New Year's Day in 1959 for Fulgencio Batista, who woke up as president of this country & went to sleep as an exile
Cuba
Keep your eye on the birdie, also known by this longer name
the shuttlecock
When he won Best Director at Cannes for "After Hours", he was married to Barbara de Fina, who produced his "The Color of Money"
Martin Scorsese
Georgia is a leading producer of the 3 Ps: peaches, peanuts & these praline nuts
pecans
Angola:
1975, from this country
Portugal
Getting the supreme boot in Genesis, he was told, "a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be"
Cain
Another word for the draft, it's mandatory enrollment in the military
conscription
Yvonne Molinaro married 2 winners of this gridiron trophy, 1954 honoree Alan Ameche & 1946's Glenn Davis
the Heisman
Belonging to a cousin, the historic home seen here in Salem, Massachusetts, inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne to write this novel
The House of the Seven Gables (The House of Seven Gables accepted)
This country:
1971, from Pakistan
Bangladesh
This Bolshevik got exiled to Siberia twice, expelled from the Politburo in 1926 & the Soviet Union itself 3 years later
Trotsky
This word meaning "nonsense" begins with the name of a son of Odin
balderdash
John McEnroe won his last few ATP singles titles while he was married to this former child star
Tatum O'Neal
It's the year chiseled into Plymouth Rock
1620
Belgium:
1830, from this country
the Netherlands
Elected to Congress from Tennessee in 1833 as an Anti-Jacksonian, he got the boot in the 1834 election & headed off to Texas
Davy Crockett
This term for a tightrope walker comes from Latin for "rope" & "walk"
a funambulist
L.A. Musicians Institute was the meeting place of Jae Lin & this husband, a 2022 Grammy winner with Silk Sonic partner Bruno Mars
Anderson Paak
One of New York City's oldest streets, the Bowery once led to the farm of this last Dutch colonial governor
(Peter) Stuyvesant
Montenegro:
2006, ending a union with this other Yugoslav republic
Serbia