The term “anthropology” combines the Greek “anthropos” (meaning “human”) and “logos” (meaning “study”). 38 Anthropologist’s adjective : ETHNICĪnthropology is the scientific study of human beings, both in the present and in the past. In days gone by there was often a restaurant located in the basement or cellar of a Rathaus, and this restaurant was given the name Rathskeller. 36 Rathskeller decoration : STEINĪ city hall in Germany is called a Rathaus.
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Movie theaters agree to abide by the rules that come with the MPAA ratings in exchange for access to new movies. The Motion Picture Association of America’s (MPAA) film-rating system (PG-13, R, etc.) is purely voluntary and is not backed by any law. 32 Like some cheese … or some movies : GRATED … or G-RATED Similarly, the phrases “Save Our Souls” and “Save Our Ship” are back-formations that were introduced after the SOS signal was adopted. That said, in the emergency signal there is no pause between the dots and dashes, so “SOS” is really only a mnemonic. The sequence is remembered as the letters SOS (three dots – pause – three dashes – pause – three dots). The combination of three dots – three dashes – three dots, is a Morse signal first introduced by the German government as a standard distress call in 1905. Given his great talent, and the fact that he enlisted at the relatively advanced age of 44, the US Army put him to work directing 11 documentary war films in the “Why We Fight” series, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Capra also did his bit during WWII, enlisting just a few days after Pearl Harbor was attacked. Deeds Goes to Town” and “You Can’t Take It With You”. Capra was the first person to win three directorial Oscars: for “It Happened One Night”, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”, “Meet John Doe”, “Arsenic and Old Lace” and the holiday favorite “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Deeds Goes to Town”, “Lost Horizon”, “Mr. He directed such classics as “It Happened One Night”, “Mr. I can’t tell you how many of Frank Capra’s movies are on my list of all-time favorites. An area of one furlong times 10 rods was one rood. The length of one furlong was equal to 10 chains, or 40 rods. Then, an acre was more precisely defined as a strip of land “one furrow long” (i.e. 25 Lot of land, say : ACREĪt one time, an acre was defined as the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. The term derives from the excellent homing instinct of bees.
To make a beeline for somewhere or something, one takes a direct route. 23 Direct path : BOTTOM LINE (beeline/B-line expanded)
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More recently, Kemper played the title role in the Netflix comedy series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”. 22 Kemper of “The Office” : ELLIEĪctress Ellie Kemper’s big break came with the role of Erin Hannon, a receptionist on the sitcom “The Office”. “Et alii” (et al.) is the equivalent of “et cetera” (etc.), with “et cetera” being used in place of a list of objects, and “et alii” used for a list of names. If you haven’t heard Jones singing her song “Come Away with Me”, you just haven’t lived … 21 Abbr.
The beguiling Norah Jones is the daughter of famed sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, and is one of my favorite singers. In Greek mythology, Demeter was the goddess of the harvest. He said, “I was fat and depressed and I was crying out for ‘Help’”. Lennon later described the song as one of his most honest and genuine songs. 10 Beatles song with an exclamation mark in its title : HELP!Īlthough credited to Lennon-McCartney, the title song to the 1965 Beatles movie “Help!” was composed by John Lennon, with some assistance from Paul McCartney.
The 1952 Games also marked the return of Japan and Germany to the Olympic family after being excluded from the 1948 games following WWII. One of the firsts at the 1952 games was the first use of a purpose-built athletes’ village. The 1952 Winter Olympic Games took place in Oslo, Norway. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossġ Host of the 1952 Winter Olympics : OSLO Those answer are clued in the note above:Ģ3A Direct path : BOTTOM LINE (beeline/B-line expanded)Ģ9A “Sheesh!” : OLDER BROTHER (oh, brother/O-brother expanded)Ĥ1A Color of the Owl and Pussy-cat’s boat : PUTTING GREEN (pea green/P-green expanded)Ħ3A Something avoided during awkward situations : IN CONTACT (eye contact/I-contact expanded)Ĩ4A Fish with a prehensile tail : CHARLEY HORSE (seahorse/C-horse expanded)ĩ7A “Oh, that’s so nice of you to say!” : GIVING THANKS (Gee, thanks!/G-thanks expanded)ġ05A Mad Hatter’s social event : THIRD PARTY (tea party/T-party expanded) Themed answers are EXPANDED from phrases that start with a homophone of a letter. Standard clues for these answers appear below in mixed order. Seven clues in this puzzle relate to their answers in a manner for you to discover.