Material World
This material that went with feathers in public humiliation from times past might not have been as hot as you'd assume
Tar
This organization is the first to tell us that "animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment..."
PETA
The general direction of the fibers in a sheet of paper is called this, also a term for things like rye or millet
Grain
When it's time for right hand red but your left foot's on green & a player is in your way, you're about to hit vinyl & lose this game
Twister
By age 13 this Microsoft co-founder had read the entire World Book Encyclopedia through volume P
Bill Gates
For sheets, the Egyptian type of this feels real good, but the extra-long-staple kind is the best of the best
Cotton
In 1861, 3 years after the publication of this classic medical textbook, its author died of smallpox at age 34
Gray's Anatomy
Made from silicon carbide, flint or garnet, this abrasive can have a grit level anywhere from 12 to 1000
Sandpaper
This canvas over-garment will make you keep your hands to yourself, but one used by Houdini sold for nearly $50,000 in 2011
Straitjacket
In 2002 he became the first non-black inductee to the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame
Bill Clinton
This hard black wood from trees of the Diospyros genus shares its name with a magazine founded in 1945
Ebony
Partly from Greek for "horse", it was an oval track for horse & chariot races in ancient Greece
Hippodrome
This French-named arts & crafts material is repulped paper mixed with glue that's used to mold masks & toys
Paper Maché
Just try to resist the cuteness of the Pomsky, a hybrid of these 2 dog breeds
Pomeranian and Husky
In 1998 he was awarded posthumously a special Pulitzer Prize; his brother Ira won a Pulitzer in 1932
George Gershwin
Doors on ancient Greek temples were often fitted with grills made of this alloy of copper & tin
Bronze
The American holiday that is said to produce the most leftovers
Thanksgiving
Some cardboard goes through this process with a name from the Latin for "wrinkle"
Corrugation
1938's Munich Agreement basically had France's premier & this world leader leaving the Czechs defenseless against Hitler
Neville Chamberlin
A statue of this man assassinated in 1935 represents Louisiana in National Statuary Hall
Huey Long
This fabric with a raised design gets its name from a word for "twisted thread"
Brocade
This book about Natty Bumppo's youth was chronologically first of the "Leatherstocking Tales" but was written last
Deerslayer
Collectors love prints made on this type of photographic paper from the 19th century named for the egg whites used to treat it
Albumen Paper
Readers again could not resist Stephenie Meyer, working hours after twilight with this 2020 best-seller told from the vampire's POV
Midnight Sun
His newspaper column "On the Right" is syndicated to more than 300 papers
William F Buckley Jr