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A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE |
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As of July 17, 2005 this Dan Brown novel had spent 120 weeks on the N.Y. Times' list |
The Da Vinci Code
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His original lyrics to "This Land Is Your Land" mention the relief office & people who stood hungry |
(Woody) Guthrie
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This World War II radio propagandist was born on the Fourth of July, 1916 |
Tokyo Rose
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In 1966 this French president pulled France out of NATO's integrated military structure |
Charles de Gaulle
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The saluki, the Sanhedrin, the Salmineo |
the saluki
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It's a folded & grilled flour tortilla filled with cheese & often chicken; es muy buena! |
a quesadilla
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Appropriately, "A Salty Piece of Land" was penned by this "Margaritaville" singer |
(Jimmy) Buffett
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In 1963 this trio breezed to No. 2 with "Blowin' In The Wind" |
Peter, Paul and Mary
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Alliterative woman described in song here by Nat King Cole
"Wild and wind-blown / That's how you've grown" |
"Ramblin' Rose"
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This French emperor's own "Waterloo" came against the Germans in 1870 |
Napoleon III
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The Ridgeway, the Ridgeback, the Ridgebone |
the Ridgeback
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10-letter term for feeling stiff from horseback riding |
saddlesore
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The CIA arranges a presidential pardon for mover & shaker Joel Backman in this John Grisham tale |
(Victoria: What is The Spy?) (Alex: No. What is [*]? Not one of his best-known works, but it drops you all the way down to $600. You're still in second place.)
The Broker
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In 1997 he won a Grammy for his first new album in over a decade, simply titled "Pete" |
(Pete) Seeger
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In 1956 Aussie Murray Rose became the 1st male swimmer to win 2 solo Olympic golds since this man in 1924 |
(Alex: [*], yes. Tarzan.)
(Johnny) Weissmuller
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In French, this French monk of the Middle Ages is known as Pierre l'Ermite |
Peter the Hermit
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The Dandie Dinmont, the Dandie Dinkum, the Dandie Doodahday |
the Dandie Dinmont
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We see this Southern California ctiy, originally named Indiana Colony, through rose-colored glasses |
(Alex: A reference to the Rose Parade each year in [*].)
Pasadena
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The doctor was in, or rather on, the list with his environmentally themed "State of Fear" |
(Alex: With a minute to go.)
Michael Crichton
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In 1958 this group heard here reigned at No. 1
"...well / Hang down your head, Tom Dooley / Hang down your head..." |
The Kingston Trio
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In this Umberto Eco novel, William of Baskerville solves a murder like a medieval Sherlock Holmes |
The Name of the Rose
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"The Moon and Sixpence" was Somerset Maugham's roman a clef based on the life of this French artist |
Paul Gauguin
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Ekkenpinscher, Hauzzenpinscher, Affenpinscher, Didhepinscher |
Affenpinscher
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Any war carried out under papal sanction |
a crusade
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This Tom Wolfe novel got the Presidential seal of approval when W. recommended it to friends |
I Am Charlotte Simmons
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After she sang the anthem "We Shall Overcome" at a 1963 march, her version of it hit the charts |
Joan Baez
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The 2 British royal houses of the Wars of the Roses |
York & Lancaster
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This 19th century French politician & writer gave his name to a style of steak |
(Steve: Who is Mignon?)
(Francois Auguste) Chateaubriand
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Redfoot Coonhound, Greenhead Coonhound, Bluetick Coonhound |
Bluetick Coonhound
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His rule of Syria included the 1982 killing of perhaps 20,000 in the city of Hamah |
Hafez al-Assad
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