APPROPRIATE FOR MINERS
A mining co. can get a Kimberley process certificate showing that these gems have been mined in a conflict-free environment
diamonds
Sunday nights on "60 Minutes" & New Year's Eve in Times Square are two places you might spot him
Anderson Copper
Inti was the sun god of this empire centered in Cusco, Peru
the Inca
You can "get off on the right" one (yay!) or have one "in the grave" (yikes!)
a foot
This department's website has a bio of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff
defense
First name of Mr. Strauss, who heard California needed sturdy pants & filled the gap for miners, making a fortune
Levi
Sean Hannity is on this news channel every weeknight
Fox
Alaska's Brooks Range is the northern part of this mountain system that extends south into New Mexico
the Rockies
Don't get "tied up in" these measures of speed at sea
knots
The mission of this dept. is "to foster, promote, & develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, & retirees"
labor
The respiratory affliction coal-workers' pneumoconiosis is also known as "black" this body part
lung
She was a college journalism student, acted on "The Newsroom" & corresponded for "The Daily Show"
Olivia Munn
This Native American stick & ball game is Canada's official national summer sport
lacrosse
"The whole 9" these means all the way
yards
Complete your FAFSA form to get a Pell grant at the website of this departmen
the department of education
After 69 days deep in the Earth, in 2010 Florencio Avalos became the first of 33 miners rescued in this S. Amer. country
Chile
Jose Diaz-Balart is a fixture on this network whose name contains the Spanish word for "world"
Telemundo
Port-au-Prince is the capital city of this nation on the island of Hispaniola
Haiti
It's a unit of time, or what you do when you express formal support of a motion
a second
"Human Trafficking", "Resilience" & "Disasters" are some topics at this department's .gov
the department of homeland security
In 1986 Britain ended its decades-long practice of using these birds as sentinels in coal mines
canaries
Last name of CNN's Chris; he says one person he wouldn't grill on politics is his brother, former New York governor
Cuomo
Named after a saint, this most populous Brazilian city is also the most populous metro area south of the Equator
São Paulo
The arrangement of words in rhythmic verses gives a poem this pattern
meter
Follow the daily interest rate statistics at this department's .gov
the treasury department