Shake it Off! Three phrases that involve a Shake.
17-Across. Shiver during a horror film, perhaps: TREMBLE WITH FEAR. Shake # 1.
29-Across. Thick fast-food beverage: CREAMY DRINK. The illustration gives us Shake #2 and Shake #3.
46-Across. Finalize an agreement, say: SEAL THE DEAL. Shake # 3.
And the unifier:
61-Across. Start of a KC and the Sunshine Band title, and 17-, 29-, and 46-Across: SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE.
Across:
1. Hissed "Hey! Over here!": PSST.
5. Island nation near Fiji: TONGA.
10. Milky birthstone: OPAL. These gemstones make frequent appearances in the puzzles. Hi, Kazie!
14. Teensy bit: IOTA.
15. Smells: ODORS.
16. Payroll tax that funds Soc. Sec.: FICA. As in the Federal Insurance Contributions Act.
20. Whenever one wants: AT WILL.
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| Not always, apparently. |
21. Historic German state: PRUSSIA. More than you ever wanted to know about Prussia.
22. Hay storage areas: LOFTS.
25. Curved piece: ARC.
26. "Slumdog Millionaire" actor Patel: DEV. Dev Patel (b. Apr. 23, 1990) is an English actor. He was the star of the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire. [Name #1.]
34. Colorful eye part: IRIS.
36. Jazz great Fitzgerald: ELLA. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (Apr. 25, 1917 ~ June 15, 1996) makes frequent guest appearances in the crossword puzzles. [Name #2.]
37. Iced tea garnish: LEMON. Hi, Lemonade. We hope you are doing well.
38. Reef explorer's tube: SNORKEL.
40. Church spire: STEEPLE. Do you know it's connection with 19-Down?
42. Tiny hairs: CILIA.
43. Odd sock's lack: MATE.
45. "American Gods" novelist Gaiman: NEIL. Neil Gaiman (né Neil Richard Gaiman; b. Nov. 10, 1962) will celebrate his 62nd birthday in Thursday. He is an English author of short stories and graphic novels. I read one of his books of short stories. [Name #3.]
49. Tennis do-over: LET.
50. Cry of insight: AHA!
51. Killer whales: ORCAS.
53. Starting to spoil: TURNING.
57. Vacuum brand: HOOVER. [Name adjacent.]
64. Big mountain cat: PUMA. Also the name brand of a running shoe.
65. Suez Canal tanker: OILER.
66. Small bills: ONES.
67. Lower leg area: SHIN.
68. Shopping centers: MALLS. The malls are becoming more and more empty. It's quite eerie to walk through some of them.
69. Exam: TEST.
Down:
1. Bread with a pocket: PITA. I will probably be eating quite a few Pita and Falafel sandwiches in the next couple of weeks.
2. Put laundry into piles, say: SORT.
3. Meat-and-potatoes bowlful: STEW.
4. Language spoken by many a 35-Down: TAMIL. // And 35. Colombo resident: SRI LANKAN. The official name of the country is the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The capital of the country is Colombo. A brief history of the country.
5. Like many infomercial phone numbers: TOLL FREE. Because 1-800 didn't fit.
6. Poem written "on" or "to" something: ODE. We often find Odes in the puzzles.
7. Right this minute: NOW.
8. Hold tight: GRIP.
9. Off course: ASTRAY.
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| Cats gone astray. |
10. Like a movie star's personal life: OFF SCREEN. But we still have to hear too much about their personal lives, don't we.
11. Diner desserts: PIES.
12. Antioxidant-rich purple berry: AÇAÍ. This berry has become very trendy and makes frequent appearances in the crossword puzzles.
13. "__ Croft: Tomb Raider": LARA. Lara Croft is a fictional character, but she was portrayed by Angelina Jolie in the film. [Name # 4.]
18. Group of allied countries: BLOC.
19. Steeplechase obstacle: HURDLE. Origin of the Steeplechase.
23. "Out with it!": TELL ME!
24. Paolantonio of ESPN: SAL. I don't watch ESPN, so am not familiar with Sal Paolantonio (né Salvatore Anthony Nicholas Paolantonio; b. June 13, 1956), a Philadelphia-based sports reporter. [Name #5.]
26. Vertebrae separators: DISCS.
27. 123 Sesame Street resident: ERNIE. You rarely see Ernie without his pal, Bert. [Name #6.]
28. String quartet instrument: VIOLA. What's the difference between a Viola and a Violin?
30. The "M" of MBA: MASTER. As in a Master of Business Administration.
31. Urge forward: IMPEL.
32. "Honest!": NO LIE!
33. Prepared to pray: KNELT.
39. TV host __ Lee Gifford: KATHIE. Kathie Lee Gifford (née Kathryn Lee Epstein; b. Aug. 16, 1953) was married to Frank Gifford (né Francis Newton Gifford; Aug. 16, 1930 ~ Aug. 9, 2015). They shared the same birthdate. In the 1980s, she did commercials for a cruise line. [Name #7.]
41. Classroom figures: TEACHERS.
44. Brouhaha: ADO.
47. __ cab: two-wheeled carriage: HANSOM. The Hansom cab was the creative invention of Joseph Hansom (né Joseph Aloysius Hansom; Oct. 26, 1803 ~ June 29, 1882).
48. Landlocked Asian country: LAOS.
52. Not __: far from optimal: SO HOT.
53. Recipe amts.: TSPS. As in Teaspoons.
54. "Nah": UH, UH.
55. Actor Malek: RAMI. Rami Malek (né Rami Said Malek; b. May 12, 1981) starred as a computer hacker in the television series Mr. Robot, but is probably best known for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody. [Name #8.]
56. Karmann __: classic Volkswagen: GHIA. The Karmann Ghia was a sporty little car that was made between 1955 and 1974. It looks so dated now. [Name adjacent.]
58. Barn topper that indicates wind direction: VANE.
59. Makes do, with "out": EKES.
60. Lie down for a while: REST.
62. Completely: ALL.
63. Kenan's former Nickelodeon partner: KEL. [Name # 9.] Kenan & Kel was apparently a buddy sit-com that ran from 1996 until 2000 on Nickelodeon.
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
If you are reading this on Tuesday, I will likely be on the crossword puzzle's favorite airline heading towards Tel Aviv. Part business, part fun. Unlike the song, however, I do know when I will be back. See you at the end of the month. You will be in capable hands during my absence.
46 comments:
QOD: The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey. ~ Sarah Fielding (Nov. 8, 1710 ~ Apr. 9, 1768), British author and sister of writer Henry Fielding
Good morning!
No problem...well, a small one...thought it read "Prepare to play," and looked sideways when KNELT popped in. Otherwise, this was a smooth romp. No, d-o didn't notice the theme...again. Thanx, David and Hahtoolah. (Have a good trip!)
LEMON -- He seems to have completely disappeared ala HeartRx. Hope he's doing better.
HOOVER -- The British use it as a verb. "He hoovered up the pie."
PRUSSIA -- Mom's parents immigrated from Pomerania in Prussia back in the 1880s, an area that's in NW Poland today.
Got a chance to view the total eclipse when I got up. Very dim. Did you see it?
Had problems with DISC, CILIA but perps worked it out
Perfect beginners xword but too easy for us
Great write-up hahroolah
WC
FIR, but erased celia for CILIA (UNTIE!) and cathie for KATHIE. And my starter wife was a KATHIE, so I guess I have no excuse. DNK DEV, NEIL, SAL, TAMIL or KEL.
I thought I had a Natick with DEV's middle letter, but saw that editing to CILIA would make ERNIE a tap-in.
TOLL FREE (more properly, inwats) numbers are about as useful as a tach on a Tesla. So few people have land lines that toll charges are largely meaningless. The big benefit is to the call center. The calling number is delivered to the center, regardless of whether the number is set to "private".
CSOs to most Cornerites, between MBA and TEACHERS. I hold the former, and have dabbled in the later profession.
Thanks to David for the fun Tuesday challenge. I didn't love the theme, but I won't Karp about it. And thanks and safe travels to Ha2La.
D-O, I have not disappeared. I read the blog daily but I am dealing with health issues and hope to comment more regularly when I can.
Best to all
Forgot to mention a couple of musical notes.
1) KC & the Sunshine Band and Frank Zappa used the lyric Sheik Yerbouti (or something like that).
2) The worst thing about Taylor Swift's iconic ear worm tune is that it made "hater's gonna hate" a catch phrase.
Took 4:25 today. I shudder to think what would've happened if I didn't finish this one.
Hansom?
Ghia?
Tamil?
Please vote. Please be an informed voter.
Good Morning:
I was completely in the dark until I filled in the reveal and I needed perps for that, due to my almost total ignorance of pop music. Creamy Drink is not a strong, in the language phrase compared to the other two themers. My only unknown (besides the theme song) was Sal. Props for the low three letter word count.
Thanks, David, for a smooth solve and thanks, Hahtoolah, for the chuckles and informative expo. My favorite cartoons today are the missing Sock “Husband” and the Horseman’s missing “Head”. Have a safe, enjoyable trip and hurry back!
Lemony, I hope your health is improving and that you’ll be back at the Corner soon. We miss your colorful and insightful commentary.
Is anyone watching Magpie Murders on PBS? Leslie Manville plays the main character and I’m enjoying her in this series as much as I enjoyed her in Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. I’m also watching Annika on PBS, but I’m missing a good deal of the dialogue due to the Scottish accents. I’m not a fan of subtitles.
Have a great day.
PS, I forgot to mention a good movie on Netflix, The Good Nurse, with Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne.
Fun creative puzzle today - like IM I thought CREAMY DRINK was a little lame but did fit the final theme reveal.
I had an uncle from SoCal who always drove cool cars like Karmann GHIA, Datsun 240Z, Jaguar. Not much of a family man- none of them had a decent backseat
D-O my husband's family also immigrated from the Pomeranian portion of Prussia/Germany after unification. After WWII it is now in Poland. The town that was Trieglaff, Germany is now Tryzglow, Poland. Must have been quite an adjustment for those who stayed around the area.
Thanks Susan - have a wonderful trip! And thanks to David for the fun puzzle!
FIR, but once again didn't see the theme till the reveal. Great Tuesday puzzle.
Get out and vote!
Forgot to mention that similar to South Africa, SRI LANKA has more than one capital - the legislative one is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte - I don't think that will show up as a crossword
answer anytime soon! Columbo is the former only capital - but now just has the executive and judicial branches.
Thanks, David, for your Tuesday appropriate puzzle. A FIR for me but with some WOs, unlike yesterday's. There was a whole lot of shaking going on with the theme, but my WOs were elsewhere. I started writing itty/IOTA, not checking perps. Others caused by the same problem or carelessness. I needed my second cup of coffee!
Bon voyage, Hahtoolah! Hope your trip goes well. Enjoyed your review with all the extras today. My favorite was Cupcake, the cat. Meow....
Nice to see your post, Lemonade. Hope you are improving.
Time to SHAKE a leg and get started with the day's projects. Hope you all have a good one!
Have not done puzzle/blog/anything yet,
I got hung up reading ast nites late comments...
I just love a puzzle, except when I can't figure it out. Then it just makes me a mad...
So, Picard,
I'm retired, and have the time. If you do not, please email me the copy of your yesterdays post.
(To optonline.net, not gmail. I haven't looked at my gmail since I created it ten years ago to get on the Blog)
TTp, forgive me, I may clutter the spam box a bit, but I would like to repost Picards post minus links, then paragraphs etc, until I come to the offending item. I will delete anything that is an incomplete post.
Also, I can't help but chime in on Dr Who, as I have always been a fan since William hartnell. I missed a couple of doctors (couldn't stand that stupid straw hat, that's not dr who!) and fell in love again with Tom Baker.
(Hmm, straw hat, it might have something to do with The Susquehanna Hat Company...)
Now I cringe when I look back and see the slime mold was green painted bubble wrap, but effects have improved tremendously, and I had to watch Christopher Eccleston (#9).
But you did miss a really good Dr. who! Rowan Atkinson! (20 minutes)
Also, you cannot call yourself a dr who fan if you have not seen "an adventure in space and time."
A documentary movie of the first dr Who. I will try and find a free link for you, but it will take me time.
(Where's dr who when you need him!)
IM @7:38 AM We're watching it. Manville was great in Sherwood too. Interesting that same actress played her sister in both shows. What did you think of the last scene in episode 4? (share via email). The guy does have motive, but the meta-detective in me says it can't be him as there are 2 episodes left. Unless of course she gets drawn into the conspiracy...
There are new (season 2) episodes of Annika? We love anything with Nicholas Walker.
IH @7:51 AM I learned to drive a shift on a Ghia, driving a friend's car back from the Toronto Rock Festival, and unfortunately shot the transmission.
IH @7:56 AM It's also where "Good Karma Hospital" is filmed - great series. We hope they can resolve their troubles, lest GKH filming has to be moved to India, where it supposedly takes place.
Terrific Tuesday CW! Only one W/O GRAB:GRIP. Of the nine proper names I only knew 4, and even then wanted to enter KATHY. I figured it must be KATHIE when I had one cell left over. FIR in 12. And I did get the theme for a change. Overall I really liked this CW, thanx DK. And as always Hahtoolah’s humor filled write-up brightens up my Tuesday morning. So many really funny cartoons today. Thanx for all your hard work, Hahtoolah, have a good trip, and good luck with the business end of it.
Good morning. Thank you, David, and thank you, Hahtoolah
First, safe travels, Hahtoolah.
David, your puzzle left me Shakin' (Eddie Money).
Funny "AT WILL" substitution cartoon, Hahtoolah. I'll have the liquid carbs. Your "Diner desserts" PIES cartoon was timely. I just finished the last slice of pumpkin pie a few moments ago.
PSST - CanadianEh, David is from Victoria, BC.
ASTRAY - I remember staring, along with my brother, at the label on the 55 gal drums of chemical that had been delivered to my dad's business. The truck driver was long gone by then, and we wondered if he had taken the "Free Ashtray"
KC and the Sunshine Band, The Ohio Players, and Average White Band each strung a series of hits songs starting in the early 1970s, capitalizing on the disco movement. It seemed as if one of those bands was always playing their latest hit songs on the pop music stations.
Hopefully after today, the quantity of phone calls from unknown telephone numbers will decline for a while.
Hi Lemonade. Good to hear from you. We've all been wondering. I hope your health improves.
Wow! I not only finished this one in record time, but got the theme without the help Hahtoolah’s wonderful review.
I didn’t know The Magpie Murders was a series. I read the book and loved it.
The name Hoover is so tied to vacuuming that the British have turned that proper noun into a verb.
Another beautiful day of warm sunshine. I missed the eclipse, but the moon last night soon after dark was spectacular.
Thanks TTP,
I forgot you can post on old blog days.
You just reminded me that years ago I posted on the original first blog day as a joke, and Argyle responded. Surprised the heck out of me that some one actually knows when the history has been added to...
Also,
You know I can't resist posting a good twerk in response to shake shake shake.
Note, currently, an adventure in space and time is only available by subscription to Britbox. But they sometimes show it on PBS. Be sure to catch it if you want a good cry...
Hi Y'all! Like Elvis, we're ALL Shook Up today, thanks, David.
Thanks, Hahtoolah, for all the humor. Have a safe trip. Loved Ella's "Summertime". I used to sing that song a lot, especially to my babies.
Liked the puzzle & theme. DNK: what Jinx said, plus RAMI.
FLN: Tony, I don't know what plane my son trains for.
What's shakin'? A fine Tuesday puzzle and a funny and informative blog. Thanks, David and Susan.
I like the light hearted flavor of your blogs, Susan, always good for a laugh. The origin of steeple chase was interesting.
I did think CREAMY DRINK was a little weak.
CED, I loved the twerking pup.
Lemon, I hope you will soon feel better. It's good that you keep up with reading the blog. I thank you for introducing me to this hobby. I emailed you after randomly finding the blog long ago, and you encouraged me to join in.
Kathie Lee's parents knew how to spell Kathryn, like me. But she went astray on Kathie, instead of Kathy. LOL
Few HURDLES encountered, expected Tuesday level but other than SHAKE³ the theme was "All Shook Up"
Ain't the English langwidge grand? "Smells" can be a noun or a verb. Thought a resident of Colombo" referred to the Peter Falk (LAPD) series, so that would an Angelino
..RAMI Malek best actor winner in the last slapless Oscar awards show. Didn't know NEIL.
Never remember, is it SNORK...le or EL? I say DISCS you say (spell it rather) "disks" ..a medical version of "Let's call the whole off"🎵 (best version sung by ELLA & Louis). To argue about it is just plain CILIA 😖
HANSOM...So a 4-wheeled carriage would be an ugly cab 😄 ...another machine that ironically sucks when it's working well....a HOOVER.
Poem written "on" fragrant Parisian water: ___ de cologne....ODE.
Leader of a group of allied countries: ____ head....BLOC.
Fiji toy trucks Co.....TONGA
A bell that need not ring....TOLLFREE
Part of a Bostonian VW transmission...GHIA
H2LH from your unmated sock cartoon. 🧦 Coinicidentally just before doing the puzzle I had to SORT and layout 12, twelve! un- matched socks accumulated over the last few months. We must have a squirrel using our dryer to make a nest from the "lost" mates. This seems to happens every year. 😒.
Lemony hope you feel better...
Hola!
Safe travels, Susan! And come back to us soon.
Lemonade, I'm sorry to hear you are unwell. Please rest, take your medicine and be well soon.
David Karp, thank you for the puzzle which I can't carp about because I enjoyed it.
CSO to all TEACHERS with a MASTER's degree including myself. Also to the holders of MBAs.
At one time three sisters attended our school. They were named OPAL, Ruby and Pearl. At another time we had Rose, Dahlia and Lily. They had a brother but since ours was an all girls' school I never knew his name.
I still lament the passing of my sister's cat because she was so clever at using the toilet and flushing it.
DEV and KEL are interesting names.
Have a spectacular day, everyone! I vote by mail and did so a couple of weeks ago. Good luck to anyone who has to go stand in line. But it's worth it!
Finished in Monday-ish time, and yesterday's puzzle felt more like a Tuesday. DNK HANSOM, GHIA and the song but I saw the repeated SHAKE and got it quickly.
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, David and Hahtoolah (safe travels).
I FIRed in good time (sailed right through actually with no inkblots),and smiled broadly when I got the 3 different meanings for SHAKE.
At first, I was looking for an EA theme when I noted FEAR, CREAMY, SEAL, DEAL in the themers.
Yes, there were a lot of names but perps were fair.
One Canadian disadvantage with FICA (again perps were fair). (I don't count the American spelling of ODORS) (TTP says David is Canadian!)
GHIA was dredged from some area of my memory (I inked very lightly in case I misspelled)
I noted REST crossing TEST.
We had several LE endings today with TREMBLE, STEEPLE and HURDLE. Also EL with SNORKEL and IMPEL. (hello Ray-o)
Yesterday the "colourful eye parts" were Baby Blues.
Wishing you all a great day.
Just voted, no line but a paper ballot to ink in. If you made a mistake you needed a new ballot and start over.
Call me old fashioned (you're old fashoned) but I miss the old levered/curtained voting machines. You could change you mind or correct a mistake right till you yanked the big crank and the curtain opened. 100٪ privacy
Today when I was through I stood in short line to enter the ballot in the optical reader: it wasn't really that difficult to see how people in front of me voted as they slid their ballot into the machine with the help of a polling official who I'm sure could see how almost everyone voted.
🗳
Rayo, you're sparkling today(Part of a Bostonian VW transmission...GHIA)
WC
Socks will only go awol if you're not keeping close tabs. And who does that
Delightful Tuesday puzzle, many thanks, David. And thanks for your always neat commentary, Hahtoolah, very enjoyable.
I guess now that the actress was OFF SCREEN it was time for her to SHAKE UP her life.
She could now hang out at the MALL and check out diners where she ate STEW and PITA bread, with LEMON PIE for dessert, while listening to a VIOLA on some DISCS. It was a TURNING point in her life, and prompted her to write an "ODE to Freedom."
Have a great rest of the week, everybody.
TTP Can you please email me at earthmanrobert (at) gmail.com ?
Your Blue Page does not give contact information.
I will refrain from posting until I hear directly from you. Thanks!
Lots of comments about socks today. Long ago, during my working years, I tired of trying to match socks after washing and drying. I threw them all out and bought 21 pair of identical black support stockings. They felt great on my legs under my suit pants, and when I pulled them out of the dryer I stuffed them in my sock drawer, and had three weeks of socks where I could pull out any two socks and have a pair. After retiring I did the same with sweat socks, which I wear now with my crocs. If one sock gets lost it doesn’t matter much. And again, no hassle trying to pair them up. A very funny cartoon, though. I too wish Lemonade the best. I’m close by, in FLL Lemonade, let me know if I can be of any help. I worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 25 years, and still have some knowledge there.
Unclefred, I did exactly the same as you. Life's too short to spend it sorting socks.
Excellent sock solution.
Now about my Glove matching problem as "Winter is Coming"
😃
Picard, no.
I have said all that needs to be said. It should be apparent what you need to do. If you have a problem with Blogger's algorithm, then you should get help from Blogger. I'm not going to get bogged down in this.
RayO, OK we've covered socks and gloves. Now how about caps, baseball style. Where the hll do they disappear to
And it's harder for them to hide. One of my Redsox caps appeared out of nowhere, then disappeared and lo and behold redsox cap #2 showed up
WC.
WC, those missing ball caps come to my house. I've bought about a half-dozen, been given another half-dozen as birthday gifts from family, and got a couple of dozen as vendor swag. I've worn out and trashed about 15 of them, I still wear about 6 of them, and I have about 50 in a box for "one of these days".
As always, Hahtoolah's write up was full of smiles. FAV: chocolate milk shake
Thanks, David K. for your puzzle. FAV: Not SO HOT
I had "barns" before LOFTS
HANSOME cab was in the punchbowl, just took a few perps to bring it to the top of the mix.
I read "American Gods" out of curiosity, but it's far outside my usual genre
Re: SOCKS. Like some of you I also have bought several dozen of the same. During the winter months I wear jeans and shoes w/white socks. My summer socks are also all white but since I wear sandals hardly any socks at all. When I wear boots I like black socks and they also are mostly all the same.
When I was working (and young) I wore nylon stockings and high heels but I believe I've mentioned that before. Every payday I would buy several pairs of nylons. I love the look of nylons and high heels. That is now all in the past. These days I usually wear flats.
D-otto @ 5:42. The good news is some big rains came our way last night. The bad news is the clouds blocked the moon and I wasn't able to see the eclipse. Fingers crossed for better luck in Mar. 2025!
I just read Hahtoolah's STEEPLEchase link. It claims that the prize for the winner of the first race was more than 600 gallons of port! No wonder the sport caught on!
I liked solving this puzzle and reading all your comments.
For some reason I am not particularly enjoying Magpie Murders, although I have greatly enjoyed other programs that Anthony Horowitz wrote, most notably Foyle's War. I am enjoying Annika, as I have enjoyed everything that I have seen Nicola Walker in.
Speaking of British TV shows, I notice that they often use terms like truck instead of lorry, trunk instead of boot, elevator instead of lift, and cookie instead of biscuit. Just last night I heard a character refer to a vacuum cleaner left on a staircase. Makes me think they are targeting an American audience.
600 gallons of port?!?!
Good wishes to you all.
Hi All!
Easy peasy Tuesday fun - thanks David.
Great, as usual, expo, Hahtoolah. Thanks for the effort and enjoy your trip.
WOs: N/A
ESPs: DEV, NEIL, SAL, KEL, RAMI, GHIA
Fav: SNORKEL is just fun to say.
Nice to see you Lem. Sorry to hear your health is letting you down. Get well soon.
TTP beat me to Eddie Money so I'll go with SHAKE a Tail Feather.
Stray socks are kept for 60 days then hit the trash. Inevitably, two days later the MATE shows up ;-)
DW & I finished voting around 4:40. Apparently, we have the longest ballots in the country. I had to hit next 97 times and the print-out was a page & 1/2 long. Straight-ticket is not an option in TX (not that I ever vote a straight-ticket) so no short-cuts.
Cheers, -T
AnonT- I read the article re your long ballots. 93 to 100 selections! My Canadian mouth is agape.
Yawn. Time for bed. I've been watching election results and so far I am satisfied for our state at least. We'll see what tomorrow will reveal. It seems that some of the loonies running were defeated. I shall always remember Dewey, however, and draw no conclusions.
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