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She was born Anne Frances Robbins & nicknamed Nancy in infancy |
Nancy Reagan
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Duff McKagen, Gilby Clark, Matt Sorum, Slash & Axl Rose |
Guns N' Roses
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For the 2 weeks preceding Ash Wednesday, New Orleans comes alive with this festival |
Mardi Gras
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On August 2 Iraqi troops invaded this country, setting off the Persian Gulf crisis |
Kuwait
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Short hair became popular in the 1500s after Francis I accidentally did this to his hair with a torch |
he burned it off
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Elvis likes his pre-shrunk |
(Phoebe: What is shirts?)
Levis (LEVIS/ELVIS)
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For her strong will, this first lady from Georgia is sometimes called the Steel Magnolia |
Rosalynn Carter
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Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer, Tom Hamilton, Joe Perry & Steven Tyler |
Aerosmith
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Wash., D.C. kicks off its festival of these fruit blossoms with the lighting of a 17th c. Japanese lantern |
cherry trees (or cherry blossoms)
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On January 3 President Bush announced the surrender of this Panamanian dictator |
Noriega
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In the 1400s women did this to their hairlines to make their foreheads seem higher-ouch! |
pluck
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It's hard to remove a stain from this fabric |
satin (SATIN/STAIN)
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Under her prodding, Congress passed the Highway Beautification Act in 1965 |
Lady Bird Johnson
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Bill Berry, Mike Mills, Peter Buck & Michael Stipe |
R.E.M.
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Every summer, this state's city of Prescott hosts the "World's Oldest Rodeo" |
Arizona
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After 4 decades these 2 European countries were officially reunited |
East & West Germany
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In th 1960s young women did this to their hair as well as their clothes by pressing it on a board |
iron it
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Thelma tried out for the role of Ophelia in this play |
Hamlet (HAMLET/THELMA)
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Harry Truman said it was love at first sight when he spotted Bess at Sunday school in this Missouri town |
(Eric: What is Hannibal, Missouri?) ... (Alex: Mark Twain might have picked Hannibal.)
Independence, Missouri
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Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., the Edge, Bono |
U2
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Take flight to these New Mexico caverns in August for the annual Bat Flight Breakfast |
the Carlsbad Caverns
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In April, after 6,137 performances, this high-kicking musical closed on Broadway |
A Chorus Line
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A season of the year, or a long, straight hairpiece popular in the '60s & '70s |
a fall
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Don flew to this Canadian province to give an oration |
Ontario (ONTARIO/ORATION)
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After her husband's 1901 assassination, she returned to Canton, Ohio, where she died 6 years later |
Mrs. McKinley
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Tim, Andy & John Farriss, Kirk Pengilly, Garry Beers & Michael Hutchence |
(Alex: What is [*], or as I referred to them a couple of years ago, I-N-X-S.)
INXS
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On Sept. 28 this state celebrates Cabrillo Day in honor of its discoverer |
California
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In March Bob Hawke won a fourth term as Prime Minister of this country |
Australia
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Ancient Persians colored their hair a lovely orange-red shade with this dye that comes from leaves |
henna
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To the king's dismay, this buzzing insect landed on his throne |
a hornet (HORNET/THRONE)
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