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THE NEW YORK TIMES HEALTH
THE NAVY SEALS
1980s ROCK
200
'32 ounces'
a quart
200
'No one wants to play this Munich team with a fever, congestion & fine red rash that lasts a few days: let's avoid the...'
German Measles
200
'The N.Y. Times said of the benefits of doing this before or after exercise: "The answer is elastic"; warming up might be better'
stretching
200
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew rides in a boat with some SEALs at the Navy Amphibious Bas in Coronado, CA.) Navy SEALs are charged with fighting terrorism around the globe; the first Medal of Honor given for service in this country was to a SEAL for pursuit of a Taliban ally'
Afghanistan
200
'His 1985 hit "Raspberry Beret" was his first on his own label, Paisley Park'
Prince
400
'The northern bobwhite is a common variety of this small bird'
a quail
400
'Now hitting the pitch, this North Sea squad who want to split the cost of the date with you; all cheer for the...'
Dutch Treats
400
'The Well blog on nytimes.com noted "even pop stars have a right to medical privacy" after docs peeked at her UCLA files'
Britney Spears
400
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands on shore as 2 attack boats approach at the Navy Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA.) The Navy SEALs were created by this U.S. president who had been a small-unit naval commander & who knew what a small, tough force could do'
JFK
400
'The group that finished the '80s as Starship first took off in the '60s under this name'
Jefferson Airplane
600
'This wet, boggy ground can put you in quite a predicament'
a quagmire
600
'England politely applauds this 2-word steak served crosscut into thin slices; rah, indeed, for the...'
London Broils
600
'Researchers think they know why a blood disorder in the tropics protects against this mosquito-borne disease'
malaria
600
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew indicates the SEAL emblem at the Navy Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA.) On the Navy SEAL emblem, the anchor, eagle & pistol stand for sea, air & land, & this weapon represents all 3, & is also the name fo the emblem itself'
a trident
600
'"Brass Monkey" & "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" were songs on their hit 1986 debut album'
the Beastie Boys
800
'It once meant wise or skilled; now it means old-fashioned & charming'
quaint
800
'Our neighbors to the north know this meat made from a boned strip of pork loin, eh; it's the...'
Canadian Bacons
800
'The N.Y. Times scrutinized the wisdom of TV ads for drugs, like the ones with this artificial heart inventor'
Jarvik
800
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands on shore as attack boats approach at the Navy Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA.) High-speed boats help with what the legendary SEAL Richard "Shark Man" Marcinko calls "the 2 critical mission points": insertion & this opposite, from the Latin for "draw out"'
extraction
800
'In 1988 the Beach Boys had a No. 1 hit with this song from the Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail"'
"Kokomo"
1000
'In Chapter X of "Alice in Wonderland", this French square dance gets top billing along with a lobster'
a quadrille
1000
'A tip of the cap to this 8-measure dance, with foot kicks & arm swinging: from south of the border, it's the...'
Mexican Hat Dance
1000
'The bacterium Oxalobacter formigenes may reduce the risk of these, aka renal calculi'
kidney stones
1000
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew rides in the boat at the Navy Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA.) Special Boat Teams support Navy SEALs in special warfare missions such as "SR", or "special" this, where they scope out hostile environments'
reconnaissance
1000
'This Aussie group brought a "New Sensation" to radio in 1988'
INXS
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