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In Jan. 1981 Pres. Reagan welcomed home the 52 hostages held for 444 days in this country |
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His mother's maiden name was Zilpah Wadsworth, hence his middle name |
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Though the marriage was stormy, Juno was the wife of this king of the gods in Roman myth |
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It's the name of a plant disease as well as the most common form of iron corrosion |
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As a teenager this first American woman in space was a nationally ranked tennis player |
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The promise made by Johnson's Baby Shampoo, according to its label |
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A lawsuit settled in 1982 forced this communications giant to divest itself of its Bell Cos. |
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He won a 1924 Pulitzer Prize for "New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes" |
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Tradition says Romulus & Remus did this April 21, 753 B.C. |
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On a black oak this fruit takes 2 years to grow to maturity; on a white oak just 1 |
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In August 1990 President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed her as prime minister of Pakistan |
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He's the title character in Ian Fleming's fifth book about James Bond |
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In April 1988 Cher won an Oscar for "Moonstruck" & Sonny Bono was elected mayor of this city |
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Reader's Ency. says her best poem is "The Dance to Death", not "The New Colossus" |
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Created by the early kings as an advisory body, it originally numbered 100 |
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Some think of it as the fourth dimension after length, width & height |
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After a long relationship with diva Maria Callas, he married Jacqueline Kennedy in 1968 |
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In 1990 singer Barbara Mandrell became the spokesperson for this brand of pantyhose |
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In 1985 music's hottest acts took part in this all-day rock telethon organized by Bob Geldof |
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This Illinois poet's stories for children include "Potato Face" & "Rootabaga Pigeons" |
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After the 1st 2 Punic Wars, this city paid big fines to Rome; after the 3rd war, in 146 B.C., Rome razed it |
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They're highest when the Moon & the Sun are in line |
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Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated on a street in this city in 1986 |
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Kevin Costner played a naval hero working in the pentagon in this 1987 film thriller |
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After pulling out of the presidential race in May '87, this Coloradan reentered & withdrew again |
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After marrying a poet, this poetess wrote, "Papa thinks that I have sold my soul - for genius" |
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Emperor who rebuilt Lyon after the fire there in 59 A.D. & did the same for Rome 5 years later |
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This era which ended with the Cretaceous Period, is also called the "Age of Reptiles" |
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This founder of the Columbia Broadcasting System died in 1990 |
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At the 1988 GOP convention, pres. nominee George Bush got his greatest applause when he vowed this |
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