Proverbially, to work hard is to "keep your nose to" this
grindstone
The original Toll House cookies were this type
chocolate chip
In this year the world said goodbye to Princess Diana & Mother Teresa
1997
Arriving at the hospital on March 30, 1981, he told one of his doctors, "I hope you're a Republican"
Ronald Reagan
It's the gastropod "pace" that ensures a late arrival
a snail's pace
According to the nursery rhyme, if you were born on a Tuesday, you're full of it
grace
This spicy "bread" that's flavored with molasses is often used to make a man or even a house
gingerbread
Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic in this year
1927
In 1953 he told visitors, "There is one thing about being president--nobody can tell you when to sit down"
Eisenhower
The Guinness record for knot-tying measures the fastest time for tying the 6 knots listed in this handbook
The Boy Scout Handbook
One of the 7 deadly sins, it's from the Latin for "to swallow"
gluttony
Appropriately, a big top is on the package of these animal cookies from Mother's
Circus Animal Cookies
The Russian Revolution began in this year, comrade
1917
In a January 6, 1947 diary entry, he called the White House the "great white jail"
Harry Truman
2 of the 4 original U.S. presidential cabinet posts
(2 of) Treasury, Secretary of State, Secretary of War & Attorney General
A period of pregnancy, or a time for the development of an idea
gestation
One story about the origin of the name of this pie says its sweetness attracted a certain insect
shoo-fly pie
Federal troops enforced integration at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in this year
1957
This 16th pres. said about a lawyer, "He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met"
Lincoln
1189, 1377 & 1483 are the 3 years the only 3 kings of England with this name each ascended the throne
Richard
It's the London borough famous for a royal observatory
Greenwich
This dessert, chocolate cake filled with apricot jam, was created by a Viennese man
Sachertorte
The fiery crash of the Hindenburg in this year ended the Zeppelin era
1937
He said he made his brother attorney general "to give him...experience before he goes out to practice law"
JFK
Vegemite, a trademarked vegetable extract used as a sandwich spread, is from this country
Australia