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Tel means "hill" & the name of this Israeli city means "hill of spring" |
Tel Aviv
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"Natural Language Processing" is a section in a leading textbook on this, A.I. for short |
artifical intelligence
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Bodybuilders can only dream of pecs, short for these muscles, as developed as the ones that help birds take off |
pectorals
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A Judy Garland show that wins 4 Grammys--this classy NYC hall, 1961 |
Carnegie Hall
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The Battle of Dien Bien Phu basically ended the first Indochina War but precipitated this other conflict |
the Vietnam War
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This glorious sight is formed by the refractive dispersion of light through falling water droplets |
a rainbow
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In 1942 the Allies held the high ground at Tel El-Eisa near El Alamein & kept German forces from this canal |
the Suez Canal
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This anthology of English lit is now in its 10th edition, supervised by Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt |
the Norton anthology
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It's the substance in wheat that makes dough elastic & enables it to rise by trapping gas |
gluten
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The "Aquaman" premier in Hollywood, Dec. 12, 2018 |
(Rachel: What is the Kodak Theater?)
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
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Leading up to WWII, Britain issued its citizens 40 million of these, to protect against a weapon cruelly used on WWI battlefields |
gas masks
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A substance like oil or grease used to reduce friction |
a lubricant
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Many Christians of Tel Keppe, near Mosul in this country, were forced to leave & emigrated to Detroit |
Iraq
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A classic of foreign policy, "Diplomacy" by this former Secretary of State includes the story of the reopening of China |
Henry Kissinger
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According to Ben Franklin, "Early to bed & early to rise, makes a man" these 3 positive things |
healthy, wealthy and wise
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Johnny Cash's musical memorial service--this Nashville auditorium & former home of the Grand Ole Opry |
the Ryman
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Riots in Havana in 1898 led to this doomed U.S. ship being sent there |
(Alex: People keep saying, "Remember [*]." We obviously forgot it.)
the Maine
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It's the vocal range between tenor & bass |
baritone
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Tel Al-Hawa is a neighborhood in this area on the Mediterranean controlled by Hamas |
(Rachel: What is the West Bank?)
the Gaza Strip
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In 1890 this brother of novelist Henry published his classic textbook "The Principles of Psychology" |
William James
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At the end of the Stravinsky ballet "Orpheus", this musical instrument rises from the hero's grave up to the heavens |
a lyre
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Frank Sinatra's Las Vegas debut--this "Inn", 1951 |
the Desert Inn
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When Rome booted a Carthaginian garrison on Sicily in the 200s B.C., the first of these conflicts was soon afoot |
(Doug: What are the Peloponnesian Wars?)
the Punic Wars
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Important for energy production in the body, it's also called Vitamin B2 |
riboflavin
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The refugee camp of Tel El-Zaatar was the scene of a 1976 massacre early in this Mideast country's civil war |
Lebanon
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N. Gregory Mankiw has penned texts on these "large" & "small" fields, relating to how governments spend & how you do |
macroeconomics and microeconomics
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The world premiere of the drama "The Widow Lincoln"--this D.C. venue, January 2015 |
Ford's Theater
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The 1454 Battle of Stamford Bridge between Nevilles & Percys presaged this larger war of 1455 featuring other families |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go.)
the Wars of the Roses
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If you're "under" this in a hospital, you're technically an outpatient though you may stay for days |
observation
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