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2 years before turning traitor, he rallied the Americans to victory at the Second Battle of Saratoga |
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John Ford, son of immigrants from this country, directed 1952's "The Quiet Man", which was set there |
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Dropping the "S" from the last name of a TV Superman gives you the last name of this movie Superman |
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20th century U.S. presidential middle name |
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Descartes believed "Cogito ergo sum", "I" do this, "therefore I am" |
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In transportation, the horseless carriage is a car & the iron horse is this |
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In speaking against the Stamp Act in May 1765, he said, "If this be treason, make the most of it" |
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Correct name, with no possessive "S", of the creator of a Lynchburg, Tennessee whiskey brand |
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In 1972, he won his final gold medal swimming the butterfly leg in the 4x100-meter relay |
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Descartes devised the analytic or coordinate type of this |
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In 1869 the 10th Hussars introduced to England this game also called "hockey on horseback" |
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In 1781 he was given command of the Navy's largest ship, America, but the ship was turned over to France |
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One swallow does not make this "Hot Stuff" disco superstar |
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From the German word for cutlet, it describes meat dipped in egg, breaded & fried |
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Like Locke & Voltaire, Descartes was a major figure of the era known as the "Age of " this |
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This breed's 3 main bloodlines go back to the Darley Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian & the Byerly Turk |
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John Adams' "Thoughts on Government" claimed this title quality was sadly lacking in Tom Paine's pamphlet |
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This "Principle"d author wrote a 1969 bestseller on the subject of human incompetence |
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"Bar" none, it's a commandment of the Jewish law |
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In 1649 he accepted an invitation from Queen Christina to visit this country; he died there in 1650 |
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In this sport, a second refusal can cost you 6 faults |
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Born to a prosperous Boston brewer, he's been called the "Father of the American Revolution" |
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James, father of this British thinker, made him study Greek at 3 & Latin at 8 -- those are ages, not times |
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It's the ancient Mexican sacred site seen here |
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Descartes was one of these, not for fighting rivals, but for saying the world had 2 basic substances |
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"All the Pretty Horses" is volume 1 of his Border trilogy |
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