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This state's Near Islands are the westernmost of the Aleutians
Alaska
You just heard the rooster do this, also the name of another bird
crow
George Washington was among those who have said this quality is "the best policy"
honesty
The Greek for "first combatant" gives us this term for the leading character of a literary work
protagonist
a teeter-totter
seesaw
If x2 = 144, x is this
12
It's the only 3-word state capital
Salt Lake City
This "Silver State" has a state reptile, the desert tortoise
Nevada
Breakfast is only served until 9, & I know you crave this "colorful" dish of spuds fried & pressed into a patty
hash browns
This completes the classic anti-procrastination advice "Never put off until tomorrow..."
what you can do today
This literary term refers to a line of 5 metrical feet in which each foot is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one
iambic pentameter
In the 1990s the U.S. Army began adding about 2,000 pounds of armor to this, its most commonly deployed tactical vehicle
Humvee
If 3x + y = 10 & y equals 1, x equals this
This peninsula was divided when Japan surrendered to the U.S. below the 38th parallel & to the Soviet Union north of it
The Korean Peninsula
Pine Bluff & Arkadelphia are cities in this state
Arkansas
Right at 7 A.M. when this show starts weekdays on NBC, mom's going to be on camera looking in the window at Matt
The Today Show
Give a man this & he'll eat for a day; teach a man to do this & he'll eat for a lifetime; & don't forget the tartar sauce
fish
It's a word or phrase that is self-contradictory, like bittersweet
oxymoron
This lymphoid organ destroys worn-out red blood cells & filters bacteria & foreign particles
the spleen
If a racecar takes 5 seconds on a straightaway & 2 seconds to round a turn, it takes this long to complete 1 lap
14 seconds
A statue of this detective stands outside the London Underground Baker Street station
Sherlock Holmes
Chiricahua National Monument & the Painted Desert are both features of this arid state
Arizona
Aurora is opening the gates for Helios' chariot, so it's this time of day for which she's the goddess
dawn
"Never" do this is the 3-word title of stroke-ridden Tedy Bruschi's book about his NFL comeback
give up
It's the use of words imitative of sounds, like "buzz" or "hiss"
onomatopoeia
a pirate; also an NFL team in Florida
buccaneer
They're the x & y coordinates of the point at which the x- & y-axes intersect
(0, 0)
On July 11, 1804 he gasped to his doctor, "This is a mortal wound"; he died the next day
Alexander Hamilton
Go figure--this 11-letter state's name is derived from a Native American word meaning "father of the waters"
Mississippi
It's from the French for "wake" & it's the bugle call that's blowing in your ear
Reveille
To attain your ambitions, remember the rhyming Dr. Phil-osophy "Choose a" this "you can control"
goal
It's a figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for effect, like "to wait an eternity"
hypberole
From the Latin for "I believe", it's one's system of beliefs or principles
creed
To multiply binomials like (3x + 5)(2x + 7), remember the "FOIL" method, which stands for this
first, outer, inner, last
He said, "We look forward to a world founded upon" freedom of speech, of worship, from want & from fear
FDR