TOOLS OF THE WRITER'S TRADE |
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Nabokov's novels all began on 3x5 these, which he kept under his pillow in case of inspiration |
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He was a great rugby & lacrosse player but he's better known as "The Father of Basketball" |
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As the central river artery, this is one of the world's busiest waterways |
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"Joy of Cooking" instructions for making this cherry dessert: "Standing back, ignite with a long lighted match" |
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Avoid the sting as you tell us that un'ape is this insect |
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In 2009 this, on which Cormac McCarthy produced 5 million words, sold for over $250,000 at auction |
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Once in the news himself, today this marine colonel hosts "War Stories" on the Fox News Channel |
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Although its ultimate source is still debated, this river flows into the Atlantic |
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Henri Charpentier is said to have created this dessert crepes dish by accident; the dish was a flaming success |
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If you're called un asino, you're either a fool, or this animal |
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At London's Charles Dickens museum, visitors can handle Dickens' own pen of this type |
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After a breakdown around 1919, this Russian-born ballet dancer spent the rest of his life in & out of asylums |
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From two small sources, this river flows to the North Sea |
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You can make a flaming version of this tex-mex dish whose name means "little sashes" |
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That's the scariest ragno, one of these, I've ever seen! Don't tell Signorina Muffet |
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Raymond Chandler composed screenplays by talking into this machine, a brand name copyrighted in 1907 |
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He not only won the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, he also served in the Chilean senate |
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The head of this river is dry for much of the year and flows to an estuary on the North Sea |
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This dessert, cake & ice cream browned in the oven, can be flambeed for a dramatic presentation |
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Un cane is this; ready for walkies? |
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Steinbeck was obsessed with these; the Mongol 2 3/8 model came closest to the perfect point |
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Jim Kelly & Gino Torretta |
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Egypt's president from 1956 to 1970, he dreamed of leading the whole Arab world |
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Flowing westward, this river has a drainage basin that covers seven states |
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Brennan's in New Orleans says that this flaming fruity dessert is the most requested item on its menu |
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It really gets me that una capra is one of these farm animals |
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