LEAP DAY
On Feb. 29, 1904, Teddy Roosevelt appointed a commission to oversee construction of this waterway.
The Panama Canal
In a Sinatra classic, these 2 things "go together like a horse and carriage".
He's credited with introducing chocolate to Spain after consuming it at the court of Montezuma.
"Have you ever seen so many gulls? What do you suppose it is?"
The Birds
According to this brand of frozen foods, "Nothing comes closer to home"
His widow Martha once gave the O.K. for him to be re-entombed in the U.S. Capitol; a nephew later nixed the idea.
Washington
In 1960, in this city, Hugh Hefner opened his first Playboy Club, where Bunnies could live for $50 a month rent.
Chicago
In this title song from Elvis' first movie, The King declares "You have made my life complete, and I love you so".
Love Me Tender
This leading British chocolate-maker introduced its "Dairy Milk" chocolate bar in 1905.
Cadbury
"She might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother"
Psycho
Like its other vitamins, this brand's Silver for adults 50 & over is "Always complete. From A to zinc"
Centrum
He met with Leonid Brezhnev on the first ever presidential visit to Moscow.
Nixon
In 1504 he used foreknowledge of a lunar eclipse to escape a dicey situation with local Jamaicans.
Christopher Columbus
"When I kissed a cop down on 34th & Vine, he broke my little bottle of" this
Love Potion No. 9
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This 72-year-old maker of fine Belgian-style chocolates produces over 150 varieties, & that's the naked truth.
"You thought you could be Mrs. De Winter, live in her house, walk in her steps, take the things that were hers"
Rebecca
This antibiotic ointment promises to help "minimize the appearance of scars while preventing infection"
Neosporin
By 1905 football had gotten so violent that this U.S. president urged rule changes.
Teddy Roosevelt
Well, fiddle dee dee! In 1940 this film was honored with 8 Oscars.
Gone With The Wind
In a 1964 Beatles hit, "She says" this, "and you know that can't be bad"
She Loves You
These ball-shaped candies may be dipped in nuts or sprinkles but cocoa powder is the classic coating.
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"As for now I'm skipper, and anybody who don't like it can get out and swim"
Since the 1920s an Indian maiden has represented this brand o'butter.
Land O'Lakes
This "Big Bill" married the daughter of a former law partner of Rutherford B. Hayes.
William Howard Taft
2008's Leap Day saw the Va. Supreme Court uphold the USA's first felony conviction for this practice of flooding emails.
Spamming
Jack Jones sang that this vehicle "soon will be making another run".
the Love Boat
"Whenever you're near, I hear" this Hershey's bar with almonds & toffee chips.
Symphony
"We've become a race of Peeping Toms. What people ought to do is get outside their house and look in for a change."
Rear Window
Still available today, a shampoo brand that was popular in the '70s is called "Gee, Your Hair Smells" this.
Terrific
I might worry about hanging around with him--he was nicknamed the "Hangman of Buffalo".
Grover Cleveland