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Yasuko Namba, one of Japan's leading women mountain climbers, died in a blizzard on this Nepalese peak in 1996 |
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It's a term for a young tree, from the word for a tree's circulating fluid |
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When Winona Ryder bowed out of "The Godfather, Part III" his daughter Sofia replaced her |
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The Rue de Rivoli is in Paris & the Gardens of Tivoli are in this Danish capital |
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His father was vice kappellmeister to the court of the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg |
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Miles drew criticism after the Civil War for imprisoning this former Confederate president in leg irons |
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In her 1950s autobiography "This Life I've Led", she wrote, "My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived." |
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The large bulbs of this willow expose their silky "fur" early in the year |
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After Mia Farrow & Woody Allen broke up, this "Manhattan" star replaced Mia in "Manhattan Murder Mystery" |
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Like the city of Bern, the Bernese Alps are in this country |
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Although he was known as "The Waltz King", his father also composed waltzes -- 152 of them |
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In 1897 Miles represented the U.S. at the diamond jubilee celebration of this English queen |
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1996 marked the 100th anniversary of her "Boston Cooking-School Cookbook", now published under her own name |
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It's a general term for any evergreen oak |
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Debra Winger could have stalked Michael Douglas in this film, but it was a close call -- a Glenn Close call |
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The famous spa town of Baden-Baden lies in this "dark" wooded region of Germany |
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Before becoming director of the N.Y. Philharmonic in 1958, he was music director of the NYC Center Orchestra |
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In 1894 Miles went to Chicago to stop the riots caused by this railroad workers strike |
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This Nicaraguan president studied for 4 years at a Roman Catholic high school for girls in San Antonio, Texas |
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The colorful "blue" species of this member of the pine family is a Christmas favorite |
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James Mason won the role of Norman Maine in this Judy Garland film after Cary Grant turned it down |
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South America's Cape Horn was named for the city of Hoorn in this country |
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A street in Budapest is named for this Hungarian composer who moved to the U.S. in 1940 |
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Miles' suppression of the Ghost Dance Movement led to this South Dakota massacre |
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Sartre & this philosopher began their lifelong friendship while students at the Sorbonne |
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Forests of this tree supported by stiltlike, above-ground roots grow in Florida's coastal areas |
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Jack Nicholson turned down this Steven Spielberg film, saying the special effects were the real star |
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Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, is located on this island |
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In 1945 Heitor Villa-Lobos founded this South American country's academy of music |
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After his 1877 surrender to Miles, he said, "From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever" |
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