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His "Maple Leaf Rag", the most famous instrumental rag, was composed in 1899 |
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This Kansas City-based greeting card company began marketing Christmas ornaments in the 1970s |
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She's Jackie Joyner-Kersee's famous sister-in-law |
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It's putting off until tomorrow what you could have done three weeks ago |
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On August 9, 1974, he became the first U.S. president to resign |
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Sauterne is a sweet white wine named for a district in this country's Bordeaux region |
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This composer of "The Four Seasons" wrote 46 operas, but only 21 of the scores survive |
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Aluminum Company of America, popularly called this, was the first industrial user of power from Niagara Falls |
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In 1877 this orator was appointed marshal for the District of Columbia |
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A William Bradford Huie novel & a Julie Andrews movie told about "The" this "of Emily" |
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During the War of 1812 he became the first president to face enemy gunfire while in office |
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Probably the most famous Dutch cheese, it contains more fat than Edam |
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The Czech subtitle of this Dvorak symphony is "Z noveho sveta" |
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In 1983 this Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer opened Sam's Wholesale Club warehouse chain |
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In 1995 Ron Kirk was elected the first black mayor of this Texas city |
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A magician with nimble fingers |
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This 5th president was the 1st to serve previously as a U.S. senator |
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This soft cheese found in Greek salad is made from the milk of sheep or goats |
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This "Creation" composer's last 12 symphonies, nos. 93-104, are known as "The London Symphonies" |
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This company first marketed tires under the Allstate brand; insurance followed in 1931 |
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This author of "Jazz" & "Tar Baby" was the first black American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature |
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It's any drug that makes veins or arteries narrow |
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In 1835 he became the first & only president to pay off the national debt |
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Liebfraumilch is a fine Rhine wine named for a church in this city, Martin Luther's "diet" site |
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In 1809, Princes Kinsky & Lobkowitz & Archduke Rudolf guaranteed him an income if he'd remain in Vienna |
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In April of 1995 this beverage company agreed to buy 80% of MCA, Inc. from Matsushita |
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The "Voice of Harlem"; he served in the House of Representatives from 1945-67 & 1969-1970 |
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From German myth, it means "Twilight of the Gods" |
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This 20th century president was the first to visit Europe while in office |
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This pungent Italian cheese with blue-green veins goes well with a hearty red wine |
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