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COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU |
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William Booth founded this charitable "army" on July 5, 1865 in London |
The Salvation Army
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This "American Idol" judge told one contestant, "You sounded like Cher after she's been to the dentist" |
Simon Cowell
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The truant officer may come after you if you fail to do this |
go to school
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In chapter 52 of this novel, a boisterous crowd is gathering for Fagin's execution |
Oliver Twist
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This commerce site founded in 1995 now also owns Skype, Paypal, & Shopping.com |
eBay
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As a noun, it's a synonym for "flower", as a verb, it's to blossom or come into one's own |
bloom
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On July 20, 1861 the Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in this Virginia city |
Richmond
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This ABC series set at Mode magazine is based on the hit Columbian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty, La Fea" |
Ugly Betty
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It's the identification procedure that uses the kind of grid seen here |
(Aiden: What is a height grid?)
a line-up
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19th c. author known for writing about a "venerable mansion" with "seven acutely peaked gables" |
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
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The first name of this company's search engine was Backrub, as it analyzed the back links pointing to websites |
Google
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Synonyms for "crowd" include throng, flock & this word that can also mean an infatuation |
(Alex: What is...?) (Meryl: I can't come up with it.) (Alex: What is [*].) (Meryl [*]?)
a crush
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A July 17, 1917 royal proclamation changed the name of the British royal family to this, like a castle |
Windsor
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This Neil Patrick Harris sitcom is narrated through flashbacks from the future |
How I Met Your Mother
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This agency's criminal justice information services div. has the fingerprints of more than 47 million people |
the FBI
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People from the past appear to a brother & sister in "Rewards and Fairies" by this author of "The Jungle Book" |
Kipling
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While a student at Northeastern, Shawn Fanning started this P2P music-sharing service that now gone legit |
Napster
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In court you won't hear a lawyer say "remonstrance!" but this synonym |
objection
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John Adams' dying words on this date in 1826 were that Thomas Jefferson still lived; John Adams was wrong |
July 4
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Penn Jillette hosts this NBC game show about first impressions |
Identity
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A counter-terrorism program is called "NYPD" this, another term for a police badge |
(Lisa: What is blue?) ... (Alex: NYPD [*], another word for badge.)
Shield
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Modern novels with biblical titles include Jane Hamilton's "The Book of Ruth" & Toni Morrison's "Song of" him |
Solomon
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After selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for more than $5 billion, this Dallas NBA team owner started HDNet |
Mark Cuban
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Back in the 19th century, ladies didn't faint but did this 5-letter synonym |
swoon
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In July 1893 this president underwent a secret operation to remove part of his jaw due to cancer |
(Aiden: Who is McKinley?)
Grover Cleveland
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In its 1st episode, citizens of a Kansas town saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon & were cut off from the outside world |
Jericho
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Not just a remark like "the soup's too salty", it's a formal charge a victim can swear out, leading to an arrest |
(Aiden: What's an accusation?)
a complaint
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Even Grendel would love Seamus Heaney's new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic about this title Geat |
Beowulf
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Started in 2001, Verasun Energy has now become the second-leading producer of this alternative fuel |
(Lisa: What is solar power?)
ethanol
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This synonym for "to seclude" is also a word for part of a monastery or convent |
cloister
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