A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
MAGAZINE FEATURES
200
'The prospect of an endless lawsuit winding through generations leaves a "bleak" vision'
Bleak House
200
'While Harvard has the Crimson, this university has the Crimson Tide'
Alabama
200
'Alberto Gonzales & Robert F. Kennedy both held this cabinet position'
Attorney General
200
'The Battle of Stalingrad'
World War II
200
'Leading Off,
Faces in the Crowd,
Scorecard'
Sports Illustrated
400
'That wedding gown, that faded gown--I cannot get it, or poor Miss Havisham, out of my head'
Great Expectations
400
'Penn State's teams, they were named partly for a mountain & partly for a creature that could defeat Princeton's Tigers'
the Nittany Lions
400
'In 1775 the Continental Congress appointed man of letters Benjamin Franklin to this job'
postmaster general
400
'Quang Tri City; the cavalry was sent!'
the Vietnam War
400
'Goings on About Town,
The Talk of the Town,
The Critics'
The New Yorker
600
'Bill was mean to his dog, Bull's Eye, then he killed Nancy... & so, I ran, but he kept gaining on me...'
Oliver Twist
600
'You could say these athletes at UNLV aren't "without a cause"'
the (Runnin\') Rebels
600
'It's the rank just below (the very model of a modern) major general'
brigadier general
600
'Quebec &, a year later, Trenton'
the Revolutionary War
600
'Agenda,
Fairground,
Fanfair'
Vanity Fair
800
'Oh no, it's the cruel headmaster of Salem House, Mr. Creakle, & his peg leg buddy, Tungay--will this never end?!'
David Copperfield
800
'Worn by the National College football champions for 1993 & 1999, this team's logo is seen here'
the (Florida State) Seminoles
800
'The U.N.'s website says this job is "a spokesman for the interests of the world's peoples, in particular the poor"'
the Secretary-General
800
'No one enjoyed the portions at Pork Chop Hill'
the Korean War
800
'Star Tracks,
Scoop,
Chatter'
People
1000
'It's no "mystery" why John Jasper haunts me--his fingers have knives on them!'
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1000
'They're the sports teams of Fresno State as well as Georgia'
the Bulldogs
1000
'In 1870 Congress created this position to direct the Marine Hospital Service'
the Surgeon General
1000
'Let me take you down, 'cause we're going to... Bosworth Field'
the War of the Roses
1000
'Your Shot,
Where in the World?,
Visions of Earth'
National Geographic
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