WAIT, SOMETHING'S "OFF"
Workers may get dismissed from their jobs in a mass this
What is Layoff?
One of the most commonly broken bones is this one that serves as a strut to support the shoulder
What is a Clavicle or collarbone?
In 1640 clergyman Henry Dunster became America's first college president, presiding over this school
What is Harvard?
It's unlikely you'll ever meet one of these friends, but you still write to each other
What is a Pen Pal?
Football field
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What is Gridiron?
A fashion copy not made by its originator can be a cheap this 8-letter word
What is Knockoff?
Each day your liver secretes about a quart of this liquid that helps you digest fats
What is Bile?
Juan Romero, who died in 2018, was the young busboy who comforted this man after he was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel
What is RFK or Robert Kennedy?
Someone who makes all the decisions appoints himself as these 2 jobs; "executioner" is sometimes added
What is Judge and Jury?
Uncredited author
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What is Ghostwriter?
It describes a game-winning home run hit in the bottom of the 9th
What is a Walk-Off?
From the Greek for "bone" & "passage", this condition in older folks can lead to more fragile, brittle bones
What is Osteoporosis?
It was philosopher Herbert Spencer, not Darwin, who coined his 4-word phrase that sums up natural selection
What is Survival of the Fittest?
This phrase can refer to whatever means necessary, or the 2 possibilities for a ball hit down the line in baseball
What is Fair or Foul?
12 dozen
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What is Gross?
The name of this beef dish topped with a sour cream sauce honors a Russian diplomat
What is Beef Stroganoff?
A common sign of impaired liver function is this condition, yellowness of the eyes & skin
What is Jaundice?
Ruth Bryan Owen, U.S. minister to Denmark from 1933 to 1936, was the oldest daughter of this statesman
What is William Jennings Bryan?
"La Francais est la langue d'amour" translates as "French is" this
What is the Language of Love?
Ruby impostor
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What is Garnet?
Anything given up as pointless, or specifically, an account given up as a loss
What is a Write-Off?
The portal vein brings venous blood to the liver, while this artery brings oxygenated arterial blood
A member of the famous Peale family, Sarah Peale has been called "America's first professional woman" one of these
What is Artist?
Ships of yore masked their nationality with these, now a term for any covert act designed to make another entity look guilty
Stimulate, or coat metal with zinc
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What is Galvanize?