HISTORY
After more than 150 years, he’s still the tallest president in U.S history.
Abraham Lincoln
Bank of America has about 16,000 of these
ATM
It's a person with a compulsive urge to cop, crib or boost
A Kleptomaniac
It took off into space for the first time on April 12, 1981
The Space Shuttle
"It's raining" these means it's coming down hard, not that there's a deluge of Angoras & Akitas
Cats & Dogs
Founded in 1874, this political party advocated printing more money to help farmers.
Greenback Party
In 2022 Congress gave this agency an additional $45 billion for enforcement, so double-check those deductions
IRS
Though he favored his left, James Garfield was this, from words meaning "right-handed on both sides"
Ambidextrous
Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the Moon; a few minutes later, this man became the second
Buzz Aldrin
Something insecure or unstable might be described as one of these; you can build a literal one with jacks & aces
A House of Cards
In 1945 scientists in this state witnessed the detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb.
New Mexico
It was once largely a military abbrev. helping coordinate operations; now it means "when I think I'll make it to the kegger"
ETA
This word can refer to music played without vocals or, in another sense, anything helpful to a cause
Instrumental
In November 2000 Yuri Gidzenko, Sergey Krikalev & William Shepherd became the first residents of this, staying 136 days
The International Space Station
I have no idea what you said--it was this language to me, a phrase used by Shakespeare
Greek
We plead that this amendment says no one "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself"
The Fifth (Amendment)
If you get this degree from Harvard, first given in 1873, you can call yourself doctor but don't try to diagnose me
PHD
This dark bread is made with rye flour & can be substituted for rye bread in sandwiches
Pumpernickel
In 2018 one of this American aerospace company's Falcon rockets placed a Tesla roadster in orbit around the Su
SpaceX
To "batten down" these is to prepare for a coming storm, literal or otherwise
The Hatches
The Constitution replaced an earlier document called these Articles
The Articles of Confederation
A tear of this ligament that prevents the tibia from sliding out in front of the femur has ended many a pro athlete's season
ACL
It's the student with the second-highest ranking in a high school class
Salutatorian
The HST, this space telescope, was placed in orbit around Earth in 1990 & soon revolutionized astronomy
The Hubble
To the Brits, a difficult situation is a sticky this, a phrase taken from cricket
A Wicket