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UNESCO lauded the art & architecture of Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas in this country |
Venezuela
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2005: "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" |
U2
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NASA took up JFK's 1961 challenge to do this by decade's end & met it with 5 months to spare |
put a man on the Moon
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Quasimodo gets plastic surgery & really rings Esmeralda's bell |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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He co-starred with an orangutan in the 1970s: ACTED TWO LOINS |
Clint Eastwood
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This concentration camp in Poland is on the list as evidence of the inhumane nature of the racist Nazi policy |
Auschwitz
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2006: "Taking the Long Way" |
(Stuart: Who are The Eagles?)
The Dixie Chicks
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NASA took up W's 2004 challenge to do this as the first of "the next steps of space exploration" |
(Wes: What is, uh, put the rover on Mars?)
put a man on Mars
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Scarlett wins "Project Runway" with her fierce design of a dress made from green velvet curtains |
Gone With the Wind
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He co-starred with a chimp in the 1950s: AN OLD AGER RAN |
Ronald Reagan
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This entire country is a site, but then it's only 108.7 acres |
the Vatican
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1973: "Innervisions" |
Stevie Wonder
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NASA radar checks out ECAs, Earth-orbit crossing these, in case one is about to wipe out civilization |
an asteroid
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Sal Paradise decides to see America; Dean Moriarty tells him gas is 5 bucks a gallon; Sal calls off his trip |
On the Road
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On his deathbed he admitted he didn't tell half of what he saw: A COOL ROMP |
Marco Polo
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Construction continued on this fortification up to the Ming Dynasty |
the Great Wall of China
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1996: "Falling into You" |
CĂ©line Dion
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Named for this rocketry pioneer, NASA's first space flight center was set up when NASA was 1 |
(Robert) Goddard
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Jake Barnes gets a prescription for Viagra & settles down with Lady Brett Ashley |
(Alex: And that is [*], Hemingway.)
The Sun Also Rises
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He's on the FBI's Most Wanted list: A BAD MAN NO LIES |
Osama bin Laden
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This Arab quarter of Algiers is called "a unique kind of medina, or Islamic city" |
(Wes: What is Casablanca?)
the Casbah
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1997: "Time Out of Mind" |
(Wes: Well, we stunk at that.)
Bob Dylan
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The 50th anniversary logo shows a grand design galaxy in which these anatomical features curl pleasingly inward |
the arms of the galaxy
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Gregor Samsa awakes one day transformed into a gigantic insect; family sprays him with industrial-sized can of Raid |
Metamorphosis
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This scientist co-wrote the book "Why War?" with Sigmund Freud: TEN ELITE BRAINS |
Albert Einstein
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a flak jacket in the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) The Newseum has several exhibits on the dangers of journalism; this flak jacket was worn by this ABC anchor who was severely injured by a bomb in Iraq but, thankfully, returned to work |
(Alex: And by the way, the Newseum is a great place to visit in our nation's capital. I was there not too long ago.)
Bob Woodruff
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