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Green serpentine, seen here, is made into a gemstone that's a common substitute for this one |
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In 1959's "Some Like It Hot", this then 30-year-old historic event begins the movie & sends our heroes into drag |
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This "Bar at the Folies-Bergere" artist painted several portraits of Impressionist Berthe Morisot, his sister-in-law |
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A 1-ounce first-class letter costs this much to mail |
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This Joyce novel is about a trip to a bath, funeral, library, maternity hospital & brothel |
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The butte rises from the western plain like a stick of this on a plate |
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Kernite, a major source of borax, is named for Kern County in this California desert where it is mined |
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Peggy was the real name of this 1950s non-human co-star of Ronald Reagan |
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His 1911 painting "I and the Village" uses the simple shapes of Russian folk art |
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They're the Rose Bowl champs, having beaten Penn State 38-24 |
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It ends, "His... throat a-bellow as he sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack" |
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To find this type of dictionary on your computer, double click the Alex icon |
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In response to criticism of her roles, this 1939 Oscar winner said, "I'd rather play a maid than be one" |
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As a child, this Florentine fresco painter was placed in the care of a monastery; he took his vows in 1421 |
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By Obama's choice, he remained Secretary of Defense |
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"The Last Chronicle of Barset" ends this Victorian author's Barsetshire series |
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Show the policeman a clever trick--get your hand out of this restraining device |
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Carrara, Italy is famous for its quarries of this rock |
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When the star wasn't available, his brother Joe Estevez was brought in to do voiceovers on this 1979 film |
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When he first came to Hoboken from Holland, this abstract Expressionist, who died at 93, painted houses |
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The only 2 Dow stocks to rise in 2008 were McDonald's, which posted a 6% gain, & this retail giant, up 18% |
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Yvonne tries to save her husband Geoffrey on the Day of the Dead in this Malcolm Lowry novel |
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I said I'd found this type of cast gold bar, spurring others to look as well |
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Obsidian is described as having this type of luster, from the Latin for "glassy" |
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This 2004 biblical tale had the biggest U.S. gross of any film in a foreign language |
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Capturing the frothy essence of the Rococo style, "The Swing" by this painter is seen here |
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They're the 2 states that seated only one senator each for the opening of the 111th Congress in 2009 |
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"In the Belly of the Beast" is a prison memoir by Jack Henry Abbott, a protege of this writer who died in November 2007 |
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To the fear of a cholera epidemic Robert Koch helped put a stop, discovering this type of tiny pathogen |
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