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LET ME BE PERFECTLY FRANK |
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THE SMITHSONIAN FROM A TO Z |
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On January 1, this telephone giant was broken up into 7 smaller regional companies |
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This Rat Packer gained prominence in the singing group The Hoboken Four |
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H: This blue stone, the Smithsonian Natural History Museum's premier attraction |
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Off "Nevermind": "Breed", "Stay Away" |
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Exclusive, or the one & only |
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Andorra is nestled among the peaks of this mountain range |
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Lace up your skates! This Andrew Lloyd Webber musical rolled into London's Apollo Victoria Theatre on March 27 |
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Unlike his brother, he surrendered to Missouri authorities in 1882 |
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P: A chunk of this piece of American history, chipped off by a descendant of William Bradford |
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Off "Piano Man": "Stop In Nevada", "Ain't No Crime" |
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It's a person unusually skilled in a particular activity such as cards or pool |
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September 8 is Our Lady of Meritxell Day, a national holiday commemorating a 1278 apparition of this woman |
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This "doctor" struck out 11 batters on September 7, giving him a MLB rookie record for a season |
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He was the subject of a book subtitled "The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman" |
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C: Nickname of this building, home to the Smithsonian Information Center |
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Off "Oops!... I Did It Again": "Dear Diary", "What U See (Is What U Get)" |
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It's the fish seen here; elsewhere in the animal world, it's the sound made by a hog |
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In a first in Communist Poland, state agents were tried for killing Jerzy Popieluszko, a beloved man in this job |
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You can see the preliminary sketches for the Panama Puente de Vida Museo on this architect's website |
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Z: 10-letter adjective for the park that exhibits Bao Bao |
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Off "Beauty and the Beat": "Skidmarks On My Heart", "Can't Stop The World" |
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In this mid-air position, a diver will bend at the waist while keeping her legs together & straight |
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The capital is Andorra la Vella, "Andorra the old" in this official language also spoken in northeast Spain |
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In a fateful move on June 5, she ordered an attack on Amritsar's Golden Temple |
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Among this graphic novelist's revisions to the Batman story was making Robin a teenage girl |
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A: At the American Art Museum, 34 of his photos, including several of Yosemite |
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From the Old Norse for "brag", it means to complain or find fault in a petty way |
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Britannica dates the end of this European "system" to the 12th c. but in Andorra to 1993 & a new constitution |
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