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A semainier was a tall narrow chest traditionally of this many drawers, containing linen for a whole week |
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Not about zombies, the short story "The Dead" is found in this Irish author's collection "Dubliners" |
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In 1961 Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West as the Kirov Ballet played Paris; this dancer defected in Toronto 13 years later |
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From the Victorian era, the spoonback variety of this piece of furniture came in a comfy, slightly lower nursing version |
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An Algonquian language: people of the point bay, Rhode Island |
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One of his most famous characters, Harry Haller, has the same initials as the author |
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When it's a slow space news day, NASA TV may show a view of Earth from this, launched in 1998 |
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Tito, leader of this country that's no longer on the map, chafed against Stalin & pursued a policy of "nonalignment" |
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Rene Lalique's early 20th century designs in jewelry & this medium, verre in French, are highly prized today |
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In Sept. 2018 this Singapore-born man had 3 books in the top 5 on the New York Times fiction bestseller list |
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"How It's Made" shows the manufacture of items from pipe organs to masks for these men in the nets |
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Beleaguered is a synonym for this, whether by soldiers around your castle or by problems |
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With the goal of easing relations, German chancellor Willy Brandt pursued this type of policy, from the French for "relaxing" |
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Seen first from above, is a piece of furniture with both convex and concave edges, an example of this snaky adjective |
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Welsh: high hill, Pennsylvania |
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He's taken us on "A Walk in the Woods" & given us "A Short History of Nearly Everything" |
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A followup to Carl Sagan's original show, "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" explored the universe with this host |
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It's the state of a sailing ship that can't move because there's no wind |
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With a seasonal name, this brief period of Czech liberalization inspired by Alexander Dubcek began in April 1968 |
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Treasured Belleek ware pottery was manufactured starting in the 1850s at Fermanagh on this island |
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Spanish: Blood of Christ mountains, Colorado & New Mexico |
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This "verdant" author's "The Heart of the Matter" was set in Sierra Leone, where he was once stationed in World War II |
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Focusing on the oceans, "The Blue Planet" and "Blue Planet II" are both narrated by this Brit |
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Lacking knowledge, unenlightened; literally, it refers to a traveler who must stop because it gets dark |
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