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This adjective often means soiled or blemished, but not when it precedes "glass" |
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Many Japanese practice this art of growing dwarfed, potted trees |
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Chinese carvings of this stone from the Ching period are especially treasured by collectors |
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W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues" begins "I hate to see" this "go down" |
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Newsweek called him "The Politburo's answer to the Great Communicator" |
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Number preceding John Dos Passos' "Soldiers" & Dumas' "Musketeers" |
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Pronounced one way, it means to scatter seed; pronounced another way, it's a lady hog |
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A favorite dish of the Japanese is this one of sliced beef & vegetables cooked in soy sauce & saki |
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The most valued of these gems are a deep purplish red color known as "pigeon blood" |
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Oscar Levant said, "I think a lot of" this "West Side Story" composer "but not as much as he does" |
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Country whose president is Mengistu Haile Mariam & whose p.m. is Fikre Selassie Wogderess |
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The number of "horsemen" in the title of Blanco Ibanez's antiwar novel of 1916 |
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Patrick Henry asked, "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and" this |
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Europeans 1st heard of Japan from this man who called it "Zipangu" |
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A small amount of copper in this state gemstone of New Mexico gives it its bluish color |
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Gershwin classic written for piano & jazz band & later arranged for symphony orchestra |
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General Henri Namphy assumed control of this island nation after its president fled the country in '86 |
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According to John Reed, the number of "Days That Shook the World" |
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Cecil was a seasick one of these |
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In spring 1989 this Japanese prime minister resigned after admitting involvement in a financial scandal |
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An intaglio is essentially the reverse of this type of gem carving |
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He 1st played the cornet in a reform school "Waifs' Band" & took up the trumpet in 1924 |
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This small European country's last 3 presidents have been Otto Stich, Pierre Aubert & Leon Schlumpf |
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The number in the title of Ken Kesey's most famous novel |
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It's a fancy word for a table napkin |
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In Japan it's called the cha-no-yu & is carried out according to 600-year-old tradition |
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The name of this purple quartz comes from the Greek meaning "not intoxicated" |
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A. Copland won an Oscar for scoring this film in which Olivia De Havilland is jilted by Montgomery Clift |
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Though he lost the presidential election to Mitterand in 1988, he's still mayor of Paris |
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Richard Henry Dana Jr. spent this many "Years Before the Mast" |
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