BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... |
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RONALD REAGAN WAS AN ACTOR |
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He commanded all the Union armies |
Grant
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Monkey business abounds in this 1951 film in which Reagan co-stars with a chimp |
Bedtime for Bonzo
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"Filling Station" features dancing truck drivers & this 1930s dance whose name is New York City's nickname |
the Big Apple
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In October 1959, soon after being discharged from the Marines, this American applied for Soviet citizenship |
Oswald
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Steinbeck: "____ Flat" |
Tortilla
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It's commonly used to denote both a gender & a sweater size |
M
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He taught debate & public speaking at a Houston, Texas high school |
Lyndon B. Johnson
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In 1938's "Brother Rat", Reagan acted with this woman who would become his first wife |
Jane Wyman
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Concubines & a eunuch are featured in the exotic ballet named for this "Arabian Nights" tale-spinner |
Scheherezade
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(Hi, this is Wayne Brady.) Before getting his own sitcom, Andy Richter was this talk show host's sidekick for 7 years |
Conan O'Brien
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Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen: "____ for the Soul" |
Chicken Soup
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Strikeout master Roger Clemens gave all 4 of his children names starting with this letter |
K
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He practiced law in Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Gerald Ford
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In 1940's "Santa Fe Trail", co-starring Errol Flynn, Reagan played this flamboyant cavalry officer |
Custer
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Tipsy revelers frolic with ladies of easy virtue in the Hogarth-inspired ballet about this man's "Progress" |
the Rake
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In 27 B.C. the man known as this was officially confirmed as emperor |
(Lara: Who is Octavian? Or [*]?)
Octavius
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Sandra Cisneros: "The House on ____ Street" |
(Alex: There's a theme here. I hope you've picked up on it.)
Mango
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To begin English words that come from Greek, it can have a "Z" sound; to begin words from Chinese, a "SH" sound |
X
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He was Tennessee's first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives |
(Andrew) Jackson
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Reagan's last film role was as a bad guy in 1964's "The Killers", based on a short story by this man |
Hemingway
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In an 1870 Delibes ballet, Swanilda, the heroine, gets all dolled up to impersonate this title doll |
Coppélia
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His best known plays include "Waiting for Lefty" & "The Country Girl" |
(Clifford) Odets
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Spencer Johnson: "Who Moved My ____?" |
Cheese
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You can find one of these chic hotels in New Orleans, Diamond Head or Mexico City |
W
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Reagan played Bette Davis' boozing high society pal in this 1939 film about a socialite dying of a brain tumor |
Dark Victory
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1977's "Calcium Light Night" was the first ballet choreographed by this great Dane, Ballet Master in Chief of the NYCB |
Peter Martins
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This cardinal was entombed in St. Patrick's Cathedral in May 2000 |
(John) O'Connor
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Mark Leyner: "Tooth Imprints on a ____" |
Corn Dog
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This symbol that gauges magnetic flux density comes from the creator of the rotating magnetic field & an 1891 "coil" |
(Alex: And the letter this time, for Tesla, is [*].)
T
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