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26 Last-second online auction bids : SNIPESĪuction sniping is a relatively new phenomenon, a phenomenon that is associated with online auctions.

Pie served à la mode includes a dollop of cream or ice cream, or as I recall from my time living in Upstate New York, with a wedge of cheddar cheese.

In America, the term has also come to describe a way of serving pie. In French, “à la mode” simply means “fashionable”. 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. Eventually, the new “Pravda” was purchased by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation when it emerged as a political force starting in 1996. It was closed down after the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was banned by President Boris Yeltsin in 1991, although a group of journalists opened a new paper with the same title just a few weeks later. “Pravda” was founded just before WWI by Russian revolutionaries. The political newspaper “Pravda” has for about a century been associated with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and now of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. 23 *Soviet newspaper : PRAVDA (“CA-PRA” CUT) He is the alter ego of a weak man called Steve Rogers who was given an experimental serum by the US Government during WWII. 21 *Marvel hero with a red-white-and-blue costume : CAPTAIN AMERICAĬaptain America is a fictional superhero in comics published by Marvel Comics. Lee Ann Womack is a country music singer and songwriter from Jacksonville, Texas. 20 “I Hope You Dance” singer Womack : LEE ANN The most widely spoken Uralic languages are Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian. The Uralic (also “Uralian”) languages are those that probably originated in the area in and around the Ural Mountains. 19 Language family including Finnish and Hungarian : URALIC Bernini’s most famous work perhaps is the design for the Piazza San Pietro (Saint Peter’s Square) that is located in front of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian sculptor and architect, one generally regarded as the successor to Michelangelo. 18 Bust of Pope Paul V sculptor : BERNINI He is inextricably associated with his “Pomp and Circumstance Marches” (including “Land of Hope and Glory”) and the “Enigma Variations”. Sir Edward Elgar was the quintessential English composer. Access to the gulf is via the Shatt al-Arab waterway, a river that discharges into the gulf in the port city of Umm Qasr. This was the cake-cutting song at my wedding, though fair warning if you listen to it: The “Cakes” in the title doesn’t refer to food.Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossīasra is Iraq’s main port, and is located in the southeast of the country, just 34 miles from the Persian Gulf. I guess one head and one face weren’t enough for this puzzle, so here’s Cerberus charging in with all three of his. I performed each movement separately in recitals. Way back when I played the piano, I played the “ Pathétique,” though never completely from start to finish. “Bachelor” refers to bachelor’s degrees and “parties” refers to people. My favorite clue today since it twists both words. If this is the first time you’ve heard about the “ Emu War,” just know that the emus won. The one extra body part I couldn’t excise from the grid, but it’s placement right below the face seems apt. Not long ago I had the clue for the answer IDEA which had a similar effect. I’ve become a fan of using question marks in clues to signal actual questions in a way they use misdirection with answers that are overly literal. This wasn’t intended to be part of the theme, but it is near the center of the grid and it does describe how I want you to view the different parts of the face in the book titles. The answer should be read as a plural noun. I didn’t know about this game until now, but the name made me laugh. Another boxer is nearby at 11D: which is BALBOA. I didn’t know she had that nickname until now, but it makes perfect sense.