Legal Lingo
This failure or omission may be culpable, criminal or gross
negligence
Leon Wagener's biography of him is entitled "One Giant Leap"
Neil Armstrong
Des Moines River
Iowa
This April birthstone is "a girl's best friend"
diamond
In 1921 former president William Howard Taft achieved his life's goal -- an appointment to this body
Supreme Court
Kids kept after school & prisoners awaiting trial are held in it
detention
He was the first African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Colin Powell
Wabash River
Indiana
You'll always looked "cultured" in the cultured type of this June birthstone
a pearl
Seen here, Taft began this presidential tradition at the 1910 season opener:
throwing out the first pitch
"L.S." on a document indicates the spot where this object is to be affixed
Legal Seal
Before a famous 1973 tennis match between these 2 people, they exchanged a 6-foot lollipop & a live pig
Bobby Riggs & Billie Jean King
Susquehanna River
Pennsylvania
Princess Stephanie of Monaco was born to the purple, so it's fitting that this is her birthstone
the amethyst
Taft was the first civil governor of these islands, acquired from Spain in 1898 after the Spanish-American War
Philippines
This district of a bailiff might be your area of expertise
bailiwick
A famous line in one of his plays is "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"
Tennessee Williams
Chattahoochee River
Georgia
You'll rarely see a flaw in this sea-colored gem that's a birthstone for March
aquamarine
These 2 states were admitted to the Union during Taft's presidency
New Mexico & Arizona
This word for all your personal property shares its roots with "cattle"
chattel
After helping Jefferson Davis make bail in 1867, this New York Tribune publisher lost about half his readers
Horace Greeley
James River
Virginia
It may surprise you that Montana is a good place to find this blue September birthstone
the sapphire
After the presidency, Taft was a law professor at this Connecticut university, his alma mater
Yale