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Dear Becky –
We’re having an absolute blast here in Portland, Oregon. Every day we’ve visited pubs, toured breweries and wineries! I tell you, once I get home from this alcoholic lark I’m going on a diet for sure! I have eaten too much, drunken too much and it shows! Ah, but the seafood is fabulous! Stuffed sole, pecan-crusted halibut, alder-planked salmon, and the most superb oysters I’ve ever tasted! And just the right wines and microbrews to pair with them. Last night I drank too much of a delicious dark ale – like a stout but with tasty roasted malts and a hoppy finish. You would have loved it. We were at The Lucky Labrador last night and will go there again tonight. Hope I still have liver function by the end of this trip! Wish you were here.
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Spoiler alert: I put my tentative answer in white. C-bean, I put a question for you.
We’re having an absolute blast here in Portland, Oregon. Every day we’ve visited pubs, toured breweries and wineries! I tell you, once I get home from this alcoholic lark I’m going on a diet for sure! I have eaten too much, drunken too much and it shows! Ah, but the seafood is fabulous! Stuffed sole, pecan-crusted halibut, alder-planked salmon, and the most superb oysters I’ve ever tasted!
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Yup. And the other name is from before he emigrated! I think you overlooked that one, Jackie. You shouldn't have passed on the dark ale, let alone the stout.
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C'mere, you two: I have something for each of you.
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Clark Kent, Super Boy, and Kal-el?
(I hope I'm not violating some new protocol. I've been away for a while, and I don't get the white lettering...)
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Just in case it's my turn (and before the subject matter turns stale) here's one:
“So it’s Veterans’ Day, is it?” said the old man in the retirement home after spitting his quid into a potted plant.
“Yes, it is,” replied the nurse, “and I told you not to spit all over the place. That’s why I gave you that jar.”
Headstrong as ever, the old man grunted his disdain. “In my day,” he said, “I was a warrior. Whenever I wanted to, I just let fly. Boys looked up to me in that uniform; men stepped aside when I walked by. And the women! Some gal would wink at me, I’d sidle over and nibble at her neck, and before you knew it we’d... well, I’m sure you get the picture.”
“Don’t start! I get the picture, ok, but today we have professional soldiers and sailors, marines and airmen. Nobody calls them warriors anymore.”
“Well, I was a warrior, dammit, and we were called a lot worse than that.”
In fact , there are six slang names for GI’s in this puzzle in honor of our veterans, who were and are warriors in the ancient tradition no matter what we may call them.
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you could be right Beck
I found this too
and microbrews to pair with them. Last night I drank too much of a delicious dark ale – like a stout but with tasty roasted malts and a hoppy finish. You would have loved it. We were at The Lucky Labrador last night and will go there again tonight. Hope I still have liver function by the end of this trip! Wish you were here.
Robin Hood
and I looked everywhere for Lois Lane....there were so many 'L's'
but I didn't find 'er.
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Clark Kent, Super Boy, and Kal-el?
(I hope I'm not violating some new protocol. I've been away for a while, and I don't get the white lettering...) The white lettering is so....well just in case someone doesn't want to spoil the results for others. you can or don't have to look. Its hidden but visible if you want to see it.
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I've been away for a while Hey, it's great to see your fonts again! 
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Clark Kent, Super Boy, and Kal-el?
(I hope I'm not violating some new protocol. I've been away for a while, and I don't get the white lettering...) I don't get the white lettering either, even with the explanation, but that's just me, a bit odd. Great to have you here again 123.
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Just in case it's my turn (and before the subject matter turns stale) here's one:
“So it’s Veterans’ Day, is it?” said the old man in the retirement home after spitting his quid into a potted plant.
“Yes, it is,” replied the nurse, “and I told you not to spit all over the place. That’s why I gave you that jar.”
Headstrong as ever, the old man grunted his disdain. “In my day,” he said, “I was a warrior. Whenever I wanted to, I just let fly. Boys looked up to me in that uniform; men stepped aside when I walked by. And the women! Some gal would wink at me, I’d sidle over and nibble at her neck, and before you knew it we’d... well, I’m sure you get the picture.”
“Don’t start! I get the picture, ok, but today we have professional soldiers and sailors, marines and airmen. Nobody calls them warriors anymore.”
“Well, I was a warrior, dammit, and we were called a lot worse than that.”
In fact , there are six slang names for GI’s in this puzzle in honor of our veterans, who were and are warriors in the ancient tradition no matter what we may call them.
Hmm. So far I have - grunt - flyboy (though strictly speaking that's Air Force, not ground as in Ground Infantryman = GI). - jarhead - a Marine. You decide whether that's a GI or not. Warrior, certainly. - leatherneck - ditto That leaves two. Plus the incidental Theo, there, squid (??), ninth, Otto, Thom, tall, youth, dwell, recalled, Seth, and Ethan. Didn't find any tunnel rats or poilu or Tommie or Limey or even Joe. Nice theme. And warm feelings for HP-WOW; they also serve...
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Great work wofa (inserts an animated smilie jumping up and down....if only there was one available).
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"GI," to the GIs I know, is a self-deprecating term meaning "government issue," carrying the implication that one is simply a replaceable cipher.
I had "squid" in mind, which leaves one more, and it also applies exclusively to sailors.
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...been called worse than that... If you'd made it "stroll over" instead of "sidle" you could have included LOVER, too ... Still missing one.
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The "sidle" was a nod to the slang word for my category - Navy civilians, know as "sand crabs." That's me. The remaining word is the standard, 3-letter crossword answer for the clue, "sailor."
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Well, there's "tar" (as in "start") but I would consider that as much a merchant seaman as a fighting one, and so it flew under my radar.... (cross-thread)
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You've found them all. It's your turn to stump us dummies.
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.....so it flew under my radar.... (cross-thread)  I know but I also want to put up.....the old man (twice mentioned) slang for ...The Unit Commander.
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Absolutely correctimundo, Candy. I wish I'd caught that one myself.
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You've found them all. It's your turn to stump us dummies. Are you still composing one, wofa 
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Dr. Bill? Isn't the government supposed to take care of that?
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I think when he referred to Dr Bill he meant "wwh" aka Dr Bill, a former and well-loved AWAD board participant. I think wwh is still listed as the top poster.
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OK, here's one:
Having to watch Alice eat her waffle as she sits on the edge of her bed bugs Bob to no end. “I must admit Estelle would have been a better partner for me,” he thought. “I’m so sick of lies and covering up. Maybe the stars will align at some happy place for me some day.”
Find the other six pests in there (besides Alice and Bob.)
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Having to watch Alice eat her waffle as she sits on the edge of her bed bugs Bob to no end. “I must admit Estelle would have been a better partner for me,” he thought. “I’m so sick of lies and covering up. Maybe the stars will align at some happy place for me some day.”
I think that's all of them but I can't write them to save my life so feel free to write one for me!
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I'm looking at your answers bexter and thinking.....lies??????
they are annoying but not pests..then I see you just failed to highlight the 'f'
I’m so sick oflies and covering up
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oops! I should probably correct that!
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They would be rather interesting creatures though...I am imagining flies without wings lying around...
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'What hath inglory done for us?' he cried at the top of his lungs, 'Nowt but made vices of us,' he continued to rapturous applause, 'I shall not be a doormat, terrified of a master I don't want' the cheering lessened as he moved onto a more boring subject, that of the minisub stances of world governments. Realising he had lost the crowd he changed to another, 'MEntity mapping is the new thing?' he queried and was greeted with silence, 'err...ar...TICLE informed education maybe?', once more nothing, he was panicking now, 'how about...' a sob 'jecta? No? Well in that case I give up' raucous applause followed much to his disappointment, and didn't finish until he was out of the building.Find thing and 6 synonyms  (apologies for how terrible it is...I couldn't really think of anything!)
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'No more to travel to Aisa, idyllic as it is' he _ _ _ _
On the map utopianists are also found in Mozambique, capital city of which is _ _ _ _ _ _
'_ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a philosophical concept that refers to liberty and is often referred to by setting slaves free DOMINIC!' the teacher shouted at the unruly pupil.
My old English teacher used to give us these...the _'s tell of the missing word in the sentence (can be anywhere in the sentence), which can be found in the words of the question/sentence (The question ones tended to be very difficult as you had to know the answer before you could look for the word...). Feel free to answer these easy ones instead of the rather rubbish paragraph I posted earlier.
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I get the last two....but not the first one?
Maputo map utopianist
Freedom free' Dominic
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Bravo! They seemed to be a bit better than my truly atrocious paragraph...the third you were looking for was
said aisa idyllic
up above in white (spolier (also have wanted to do that for AGES!)not really spoiling it but anyway...)
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Oh...I should have got that  re 'white spoiler' there is another way which I'll try now... using the 'S' strike through key.....I've been wanting to do this for a while too LOL yeh....it works. and bexter...re onnickler.....they are hard to do, I try and fail to get any sensible sentence, let alone a paragraph. Maybe there is a formula we don't know about yet.
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Sorry. Busy. Crunch time. The electronic record takes twice as long to work with as the old paper one did, and our annual Messiah performance goes up on Saturday, rehearsals all week...no time to spare. The sponsoring body is named Music Worcester, a relatively large organization, but I'm afraid it's going to produce a small audience this year.
You did right to continue on without me. (But if you search, and eliminate all the extraneous stuff, I did squeeze in a very primitive onnicle here.)
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Good luck with the Messiah on Saturday, wofa, though it sounds as if you are putting much more into the performance than you expect to get appreciated by the audience...still if only one person is in rapture, your work is done. Maybe you could upload a video onto you tube and we all could hear it. bexter did solve your puzzle  if you check back a bit.
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I don't think that'll be possible, unfortunately. Union rules prohibit even our getting a CD of it. Except for a moderate fee, of course, which Music Worcester declines to fork over, in these tight times. But Robert Honeysucker (Bass) at rehearsal last night sounded as though he could have raised the dead with his Trumpet ! (And that wouldn't come across on a video anyway, I fear...)
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Well.... this is what I have!!!!!!
Antarctic
snow
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sub c (as in centigrade.... garbing at straws here)
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the other word I found was...panic, but I'm not doing that.
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..... Robert Honeysucker (Bass) at rehearsal last night sounded as though he could have raised the dead with his Trumpet !
almost an aptonym happening there.... also...pity about the (lack of ) recording....it would have been nice to hear it.
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