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By 1848 this country had lost half of its territory to the U.S. |
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In a 1947 film Danny Kaye portrayed this James Thurber character who had a "Secret Life" |
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Fast-growing companies tend to be those that invest heavily in R & D, which is this |
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Vine with showy purple or white flowers named after U.S. anatomist Casper Wistar |
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During the summer, the people of India pray for these winds to bring heavy rains |
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Jack & Jackie Kennedy lived in this section of D.C. before moving into the White House |
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Talk about young--in 1890 this Dutch queen ascended the throne at age 10 |
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"The Bridges at Toko-Ri", "Sayonara" & "Hawaii" were movies based on his novels |
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Measuring a country's total production of goods & services, the GNP stands for this |
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A pensive person should know this flower's name is from the French "pensée", thought |
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This forms when the air cools to a dew point of 0°C or below |
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The Japanese captured this island 3 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor |
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The 1899 Hague Conference put a 5 year ban on the use of projectiles dropped from these |
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Audrey Hepburn & Henry Fonda starred in this condensed version of the over 500,000 word Tolstoy novel |
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When a nation does this to its money, the cost of exports decreases & the cost of imports increases |
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Associated with springtime, it's a yellow narcissus |
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Geographical word used to describe a New England storm that blows onshore from the Atlantic |
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Martin Cruz Smith put this Moscow park on the map with his 1981 best seller of the same name |
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In 1864 the International Red Cross was founded in this European country |
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"Stage Door", "Cimarron" & "Giant" were just 3 of her works that made it to the silver screen |
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From the French for "undertake", it's the person who organizes, operates & assumes the risk for a business |
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The African lily is also referred to as the "lily of" this river |
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Full name of the WMO, an agency of the U.N. |
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Belgian city that was the site of the signing of the treaty ending the War of 1812 |
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An 1825 uprising in Russia was called this, after the month in which it occurred |
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20th c. English economist who handled his own investments every morning while he ate breakfast in bed |
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The London Times reports this small country accounts for 63% of all world exports of cut flowers |
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Lightning, thunder & large hail occur only with this type of cloud |
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Right next door to the Ivory Coast, it was called the Gold Coast for nearly 500 years |
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