THE 1960s
A 1964 report from the surgeon general said this was "causally related to lung cancer in men"
smoking
It can mean to measure body heat but idiomatically, it means to survey the attitudes of a group of people
take the temperature
In Manhattan: Lexington or Madison
avenue
It measures a car's travel
an odometer
Narnia
(C.S.) Lewis
He was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title after he refused to be drafted into the Army
Muhammad Ali
Someone being treated the way he has treated others is "getting" this
(taste of) their own medicine
In L.A.: Glendale, Sunset or Wilshire
Boulevard
This instrument has a tubular body & a double-reed mouthpiece
an oboe
The Hundred Acre Wood
(A.A.) Milne
Timothy Leary famously told young people to "Turn on, tune in", do this
drop out
A blow to one's reputation, or bruising around the organ of sight
a black eye
In Chicago: North Lake Shore or South Wacker
Drive
Someday you may find me by a well or spring at this small green area in a desert
an oasis
Loompaland
Popular in surfer culture, this energetic dance style shares its name with an ethnic group of East-Central Africa
the Watusi
An unpleasant fact that one must accept
a bitter pill (to swallow)
In London: Drury or Leather this little road
Lane
Get a leg up after an injury with this type of M.D. who specializes in your skeletal system
an orthopedist
Panem
(Suzanne) Collins
In 1964 he went from leader of the Soviet Union to obscure pensioner
Khrushchev
A medical professional is mentioned in this phrase for exactly the thing needed
just what the doctor ordered
In Rome: Dei Condotti or Giuseppe di Vittorio
Via
Some people of the 46th state have reclaimed this dust bowl-era epithet, putting it on mugs & t-shirts
Okie
Lake Wobegon
(Garrison) Keillor