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THE NASTY CRITIC REVIEWS THE 19th CENTURY |
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His presidential library has a sailfish he caught during his 1953 honeymoon in Acapulco |
Kennedy
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Over a 20-year period, he played vigilante Paul Kersey in 5 "Death Wish" movies |
Charles Bronson
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He left Elba in February 1815 but abdicated (again!) by June 22... what a dreadful performance |
Napoleon
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The "Shuffle", "Nano" & "Photo" are versions of this Apple music player |
the iPod
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Contrary to popular legend, this breed never carried a cask hanging from its collar on rescue missions |
a Saint Bernard
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Do something intensely & you do it "to the" this, like Planck or Born |
max
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In a 1989 ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the Queen of England made him an honorary knight |
Ronald Reagan
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I kid you not! In 1972 he brought his famous role to TV, starring in a sitcom version of "Anna and the King" |
Yul Brynner
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In 1843 Congress granted $30,000 for a line to test his new telegraph; finally, some brilliance in the competition! |
Morse
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NASA technology used to detect a star's birth is now used in the ear type of this, which measures your infrared energy |
a thermometer
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The Gordon breed of this was named for a Scottish nobleman who bred them |
setter
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Oh, happiness! She shares "The View" with Elisabeth & Barbara |
(Alex: [*] Behar, correct.)
Joy
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Of the actors who have played James Bond, he's the one born in Ireland in 1951 |
Pierce Brosnan
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I'd say this man's "ornithological biography", written from 1831 to 1839, is for the birds |
Audubon
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With the Delphi Roady, you can listen to NASCAR in the car on this satellite radio provider |
XM
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This breed was launched in the U.S. with the gift of dogs from the Dalai Lama to an American traveler in 1933 |
(Linda Sue: What is a Tibetan terrier?) (Alex: Oh, no. What is [*]? [*]. Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.)
the Lhasa apso
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A German soldier during WWI, or a member of Attila's tribe |
Hun
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He was nicknamed "The Driving Force" (& "The Trust Buster") |
Theodore Roosevelt
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For his starring role in "The Pianist", he shed 30 pounds & brushed up on his arpeggios |
(Adrien) Brody
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After an 1835 election loss, he told Tennesseans, "You may all go to Hell & I will go to Tex."; never did like his hat |
Crockett
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The 2nd version of his game system has over 5,000 game titles; no news on how many Blu-ray titles for the 3rd |
PlayStation 2
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This hound with a 6-letter name hunts by sight, not scent, & was used to hunt wolves in Russia |
(Joe: What is a basset?) (Linda Sue: What is basenji?) ... (Alex: Russian wolfhound, also known as the [*]. [*].)
borzoi
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A sealed vase in which to keep a loved one's ashes |
urn
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In 1931 Herbert Hoover, who had been this Pres.'s Secretary of Commerce, helped dedicate his tomb in Marion, Ohio |
(Linda Sue: Who is Taft?)
Harding
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This Dublin-born actor who's featured in "The Usual Suspects" & "Stigmata" was formerly married to Ellen Barkin |
(Gabriel) Byrne
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I found this Swedish soprano's 1838 debut as Agathe in "Der Freischutz" to be second-rate karaoke, at best |
Jenny Lind
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RFID chips, this type of I.D., can be placed on store products or on soldiers to find them in an emergency |
radio frequency
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Named for a British city, this terrier is a cross between the whippet & the black-and-tan terrier |
(Alex: And the British city in this case is [*]. It's [*]. Don't see 'em that often.)
the Manchester terrier
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A projection on a gearwheel; you may feel like one in a giant machine |
cog
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