14..This coming December has a phenomenon(?) that only occurs once every 823 years. 15.."Heroin" was the brand name for morphine years ago by what company? 16..The most recent 3rd party candidate to win electoral votes? 17..Traveling twice the speed of sound, it's easy to get burned. 18..Nancy's rival linked to knee-whacking? 19..This 1992 Daniel Auteil film, Un Couer en Hiver has a straightforward translation. 20..Both I-79 & I-76 end here(?), but I-90 zips on through. 21..Mahvelous view of the Hahbah, boats and all that. 22..? < tropical storm < hurricane. 23..The Olympics allowed one segment(?) of a nation to compete independently. 24..Wagnerian, spinto & lyric are types of..? 25..When I ___, and they ___ me to ____, Gonna go to the _____ that's the ____. May some force light your way.
14. My brother will spend more I my Christmas present than I spend on his. 17. Crosby, Stills & Nash, "Just a Song Before I go?" 20. Eastern Ohio, I think: Cleveland? 22. Tropical depression 25. die, lay, rest, place, best..Norman Greenbaum, "Spirit in the Sky". Kentucky Headhunters did a cover of this.
16. Nader? 18. Tonya "yup, I'm still a bimbo" Harding 21. The Pru? 22. Gale 25. When I die and they lay me to rest, gonna' go to the place that's the best. Spirit in the Sky
14. Maybe the change in the Mayan "epoch" or whatever they call it. Actually the end of the Mayan calendar as far as they calculated it out.
14. Has to do with the Mayan calendar. 16. H. Ross Perot 16. John Anderson 18. Tonya Harding 19. The Heart of a Lion? He was excellent in The Widow of St. Pierre. 20. Detroit 21. Tropical Depression
14..No, not related to the Mayans....and it couldn't happen in a month less than 31 days. Pinotbear and his brother sangriabear apparently have the life expectancy of Methuselah. 16..A fervent racist who transformed himself, at least publicly. 20..Cleveland is fairly close, but no. 21..An oft shown commercial (at least in NYC) for an investment firm(?). 23..This land was transferred in 1999.
18. Harding (always liked her much more than Kerrigan) 20. you sure I-76? It runs E-W south of I-90. 22. one of those sad Tropical Depressions 23. South Sudan???
16. Based on your hint, I assume the answer is George Wallace. I interviewed him years ago, near the end of his life, for a book I was writing. It was the strangest experience. He lived in a modest one-story home in Montgomery, Alabama, in a neighborhood with lots of young children playing in the yards and streets. He was confined to his bed and had around-the-clock care. There was a big TV mounted at the foot of his bed, and he spent most of his time watching CNN. His voice was weak, and I could barely hear what he said, but I put my tape recorder on a stand in front of his face, and it picked up his words. I think he was an opportunist who would do anything to climb to the top in politics. Earlier in his life, when he was a judge, he was actually known for being sympathetic to blacks. He apparently adopted his despicable anti-black rhetoric to curry favor with white voters when he ran for office. Late in life he renounced his segregationist views, but it was always hard to figure out how sincere he was in anything he said. His words and actions when he was governor were very harmful to blacks and contrary to fairness and liberty.
And about Snopes...my buddy Andy sent me a photo of a purported 25 ' gator in Mississippi that Snopes apparently OK"D. But it has to be a sham, when ther'e never been one of even 19'. Blows my trust right there.
