The Freedom Support Act of 1992 allocated about $16 billion to aid the nations formed when this entity collapsed
the Soviet Union
First, I'd replace meat with bamboo on the menu; these 2-toned Chinese beasts could serve the whole venue
pandas
Eastern European capital city of more than 2.2 million
Bucharest
3 of the Dead Sea Scrolls tell of the preparation of a sacred meal of bread & this potent potable
wine
Baskin-Robbins started out offering this many flavors; now the company has 1,400-plus
31
Until a law was passed June 20, 1922, a woman could lose this if she married a foreigner
citizenship
Instead of a ticket taker who's a big grouch; I'd hire this little kangaroo pal in his pouch
a joey
In a Grimm Brothers tale, this lad's dad, a tailor, gives him a darning needle to use as a sword on his travels
Any mountain's summit
Put on your goggles at breakfast when eating Citrus paradisi, this fruit that grows in clusters
grapefruit
This Apollo mission put the first humans on the Moon
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There being no VP, the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 made Joseph Martin, who held this job, first in line to succeed
Speaker of the House
We'd have to get someone to talk up the crowd; this bovine 3-letter Tibeter grunts loud
a yak
A braced framework for carrying a railroad over a chasm
a trestle
A food staple on any camping trip is gorp, "good old raisins &" these
peanuts
Number of points a team gets for a safety in the NFL
two
In 1893 the anti-mangling activism of Lorenzo Coffin got Congress to mandate the air type of these on railroad cars
brakes
I'd do away with the use of all money; for payment we could use this invertebrate to be funny
sand dollar
Quickly! (to an Italian)
Presto
Some soldiers might say it stands for "yuck!", but "MRE" stands for this in the army
meal ready to eat
In myth this many champions went against Thebes after Oedipus died
seven
An act passed March 3, 1863 established this, the subject of riots in New York that July
drafts
I'd have a band of just animals as my mates; singing lead, bonobo, called a pygmy one of these primates
a chimpanzee
The son of Agamemnon, he avenged his father's death by killing his mother Clytemnestra
Orestes
Actress Suzette Reichenberg may have lent her name to this dish that is served on fire
Crêpe Suzette
This rare isotope of uranium is the only naturally occurring fissile material, so be careful out there
uranium-235