Serena Williams beat Angelique Kerber for the 2016 Ladies' Singles title at this event, but Angelique got her revenge in 2018
Wimbledon
From Japan, a maneki-neko good luck figurine depicting one of these with upraised paw
a cat
Military-speak for getting somewhere extra fast, "on the" this sounds like a pace twice as fast as normal for civilians
the double
U.S. Customs & Border Protection
Homeland Security
Radcliffe College for Women merged with this Ivy League school where the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study endures
Harvard
After losing to the Warriors in the 2015 NBA Finals, in 2016 LeBron & co. beat them to bring this city its first NBA title
Cleveland
From Ecuador, one of these straw hats that somehow is named for a country to the north
a Panama hat
This French phrase that translates to "immediately" sounds like a noise you'd make in a fancy hotel room
tout de suite
The Office of Pest Management Policy
Agriculture
Susan Stockard went from the Madeira Prep School to Radcliffe to acting fame under this name
Stockard Channing
After 5 previous World Series losses to these crosstown rivals, in 1955 the Brooklyn Dodgers finally beat them for the title
The New York Yankees
From Kyrgyzstan, a miniature wood-carved one of these nomadic dwellings, "ger" in Mongol
a yurt
It's this phrase that says if something isn't done immediately, it won't ever happen; in related news, "my love won't wait"
It's now or never
The National Reconnaissance Office
Department of Defense
This woman went to all of Helen Keller's Radcliffe classes with Helen but not to exams
Anne Sullivan
Stripped of his heavyweight title in 1967, Muhammad Ali won it back with a KO of this champ in 1974's Rumble in the Jungle
George Foreman
From Greece, a string of komboloi, or these, used not for religious reasons but to relax & counteract stress
Give us this double-talk term quickly, as it means quickly & in this case, not to cut using 2 blows
chop-chop
The National Nuclear Security Administration
Energy
Radcliffe alumna Helen Taussig is considered the founder of pediatric this -ology
pediatric cardiology
After losing to Toronto in 1918, this team won its first NHL title the next year & has now won more than any other team
the Montreal Canadiens
From Ireland, one of these rings; the crown symbolized loyalty, the heart-love, & the hands--friendship
a Claddagh ring
As an adverb, it means without hesitation, as in "I'll get it to you" this way; as a noun, it's a long part of a closed racecourse
straightaway
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
A center of women's history studies, the Schlesinger Library opened at Radcliffe in 1943 on the anniversary of this amendment
the 19th