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STAMPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD |
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The vast majority of the U.S. government's 2.7 million civil servants are employed in this branch of govt. |
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The subject of the stamp seen here is a major artist of this nation |
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On this popular TV show that premiered in 1959, Ben's 3 sons were born of 3 different mothers |
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John Ratzenberger, Cliff Clavin on "Cheers", did British ads for this golden U.S. beer company |
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A sheath for a dagger or a sword |
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Being walled up alive was the penalty if these Roman flame-tenders broke their vows of celibacy |
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Today the U.S Civil Service Commission is known as the OPM, or "Office of" this |
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It's the ancient religious complex depicted on the stamp seen here |
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In a classic Hitchcock film, Virginia Gregg gave voice to this character's dead mother |
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Heineken markets Buckler, this type of beer for the designated driver |
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Popular pie plant pictured here |
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This adjective for one celibate type of life comes from the Greek for "alone" |
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Based on merit, the Civil Service replaced this "system" of job appointment that Andrew Jackson favored |
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It's the year the commemorative stamp seen here was issued |
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Though only separated by one year in real life, she played mother to son Colin Farrell in "Alexander" |
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Of relatively light color, IPA is short for "India" this rhyming term |
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Standard atmospheric pressure at sea level is about 1,000 of these units |
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The singer for The Smiths, his claims of social maladjustment & celibacy endeared him to his audience |
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The UK's civil service is based on the bureaucracy of this company that existed from 1600 until 1858 |
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Mais oui, the work of this painter is featured on the stamp seen here |
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This 1988 film in which a teenage boy kidnaps Elvis for his mother bears the name of Elvis' first big hit |
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From 1940 to 1965 New York City was caught up in the annual contest to find "Miss" this brewer |
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This 20th c. leader wrote, "For me the observance of... Brahmacharya has been full of difficulties" |
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The U.S. Civil Service Commission was established as a result of this would-be civil servant shooting President Garfield |
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He's the nationalist statesman seen here |
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This actor's mother, Mitzi, owns the legendary Los Angeles club The Comedy Store |
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Lambic beer, fermented by wild yeasts, is mainly made in this Low Country |
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One of the brightest stars in the sky, it's actually a double star in the constellation Taurus |
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These 12th c. councils named for a Roman palace declared priestly marriages invalid |
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