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FEMALE NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS |
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THERE'S "AIR" IN THE SOMETHING |
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Verne drew from Edgar Allan Poe to write his first novel, "Five Weeks in" this aerial transport |
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In 1747 Jacques Daviel became the first to treat cataracts by safely removing this clouded eye part |
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South African literature laureate Nadine Gordimer was part of the struggle against this policy of segregation |
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Mia Wallace in "Pulp Fiction" |
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The Democratic HQ at the Watergate that the burglars broke into was busy supporting this eventual 1972 nominee |
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This seagoing captain is described as "an Indian, the Prince Dakkar, son of a rajah" |
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Gem-quality term for the items peeking out from the peas |
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She was the first & the fourth woman to win a Nobel Prize |
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Barbara Weston in "August: Osage County" |
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These 2 Washington Post Metro Desk reporters were assigned to cover the break-in |
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Treeless grassland of central North America |
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Though his mind was up in the clouds, in 1857 Verne began an earthbound job as one of these securities agents |
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At the first international exhibition of this weird ‑ism, Dylan Thomas offered visitors boiled string |
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Dorothy Hodgkin won 1964's Chemistry prize for using these rays to study compounds |
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Donnie Azoff in "The Wolf of Wall Street" |
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Of Nixon's attempts to claim executive this, Senator Sam Ervin said, "That is executive poppycock" |
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A single diamond in a setting |
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During her 72-day trip around the world, 1889-90, she stopped in Amiens to visit with Verne, who had inspired her trip |
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Who are the Houthis? They're Shiite rebels who've booted the president of this Arabian Peninsula country |
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Matron Mama Morton in "Chicago " |
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The scandal led to the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman & this ‑man, assistant to Nixon for domestic affairs |
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It was a pirate of the southern Mediterranean |
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This novel features 3 space travelers who launch from near present-day Kennedy Space Center |
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Workers in this New Deal agency, the CCC, planted more than 2 billion trees in the 20th century to help fight erosion |
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Dr. Berger in "Ordinary People" |
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In 2014, when he was 75, this White House counsel put out a book with the tapes transcribed |
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A mound of rough stones stacked as a memorial lends its name to this breed of terrier |
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