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On February 7, 1990 this party formally relinquished sole power |
Communist
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These larges masses of flowing ice occur where winter snowfall exceeds summer melt |
(Will: What are icebergs?)
glaciers
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Popular for decades, sling-backs are these |
kind of shoe
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On January 20,1992 Winnie Mandela helped lead a march in Atlanta honoring this slain leader |
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Damages can be compensatory, to compensate, or this kind to punish |
punitive
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Whale tale author who wrote, "Youth is immortal; 'tis the elderly only grow old!" |
Melville
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Dr. Svyatoslav Fyodorov invented radial keratotomy, a procedure used on this organ |
eye
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Ash & pumice are examples of tephra, the fragmental material ejected from one of these |
volcano
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The discovery of this in 1922 led to a fashion trend of Egyptian motifs |
(Alex: We have about a minute to go.)
King Tut's tomb
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Charles Evers, brother of this civil rights leader, was mayor of Fayette, Miss. from 1969-1981 |
Medgar Evers
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A contract characterized by exchange of mutual promises, it's also a synonym for betrothal |
(Marilyn: What's a pledge?) (Hugh: What's a contract?)
engagement
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In "The Brook" this "Light Brigade" author wrote, "For men may come & men may go, but I go on forever" |
Tennyson
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Soviet Olympic stars have included Olga Korbut, a gymnast, & Sergei Bubka, one of these |
pole vaulter
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The mineral andalusite was named for a region of this country where it was discovered |
Spain
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This fabric used mainly for coats & pants can be identified by its cut-pile ribs or wales |
corduroy
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In 1899 then N.Y. Governor Teddy Roosevelt dedicated a monument in Rochester to this famed orator |
(Will: Who is William Jennings Bryan?) (Marilyn: Who is Daniel Webster?)
Frederick Douglass
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Legal term meaning to trade goods or services without using money |
barter
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Oscar Wilde wrote, "One should never trust a woman who tells one" this; she "would tell one anything" |
(Hugh: What is her age?) (Alex: No...More specific.) (Hugh: What is...) (Alex: You're not going to get it.)
her real age
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In the 1920s Felix Dzerzhinsky began the system of forced labor camps now known by this Russian name |
gulag
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This period of the Mesozoic Era is name for the Jura Mountains of Europe |
Jurassic
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Among the hairstyles created by this man are "the shape" & the geometric "five-point cut" |
Vidal Sassoon
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It was the nickname of folk singer & composer Huddie Ledbetter |
Leadbelly
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Term for the process by which a person acquires a new citizenship |
naturalization
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Ben Franklin said, "Dost thou love life? Then do not squander" this, "for that's the stuff life is made of" |
time
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In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev replaced this man as party leader |
(Marilyn: Who is Brezhnev?)
Konstantin Chernenko
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From French for "hillock", this is a flat-topped hill smaller than a mesa |
butte
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Flappers of the 1920 popularly wore this tight-fitting, bell-shaped hat with a French name |
cloche
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If "Truth" be told, the birth name of this reformer & abolitionist was Isabella Baumfree |
Sojourner Truth
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Legally speaking this can mean "to endure pain" or "to permit" |
(Hugh: What is license?)
suffer
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Roman orator who said, "No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year" |
Cicero
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