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Clever Words for Clever People

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        1. ARBITRAITOR  A cook that leaves Arby's to work at McDonald's.
        2. BERNADETTE  The act of torching a mortgage.
        3. BURGLARIZE  What a crook sees through.
        4. AVOIDABLE  What a bullfighter tries to do.
        5. COUNTERFEITER  Workers who put together kitchen cabinets.
        6. LEFT BANK  What the bank robbers did when their bag was full of money.
        7. HEROES  What a man in a boat does.
        8. PARASITES  What you see from the Eiffel Tower.
        9. PARADOX  Two physicians.
        10. PHARMACIST  A helper on a farm.
        11. RELIEF  What trees do in the spring.
        12. RUBBERNECK  What you do to relax your wife.
        13. SELFISH  What the owner of a seafood store does.
        14. SUDAFED  Brought litigation against a government official.

Thanks to Joe Bruno for sending these.

Noteworthy Books for Children - Great Gifts for the Holidays

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Selections from two sources. The New York Times identifies and briefly describes books for three reading levels: picture books, middle grade and young adult.  Click here for the New York Times selections.  Brain Pickings, a weekly on-line digest offers its in-depth review (with pictures and synopsis)  of their selected Best Children's Books of 2016. Click here for the Brain Pickings selection.