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REESE'S PIECES OF LITERATURE |
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A form of vocal chamber music, madrigals reached a pinnacle during this "rebirth" period from the 14th to the 16th centuries |
the Renaissance
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1991: 2 women go on the run from the cops after one commits a homicide |
Thelma & Louise
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Here are the borders of this country in 1946; by mid-1992, four of its republics had gone independent |
Yugoslavia
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In the 1970s, Dian Fossey's zoology dissertation at Cambridge examined "the behavior of the mountain" this creature |
a gorilla
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To make a summoning gesture to another |
beckon
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"The Proposal" at the beginning of Jasmine Guillory's novel happens on the JumboTron of this Los Angeles baseball stadium |
Dodger Stadium
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The classic madrigal "Now Is The Month Of Maying" has plenty of fa-la's & also rhymes "bonny" this with "greeny grass" |
lass
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1975: King Arthur & his knights embark on a surreal search for a sacred object |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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The emperors of China had seasonal homes: Peking means "northern capital" & this city's name means "southern capital" |
Nanking
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This man has been operating at a cosmic level since getting his doctorate in astrophysics at Columbia in 1991 |
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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The Coolpix P950 is a digital camera from this Japanese company |
Nikon
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"From Scratch" is Tembi Locke's memoir of marrying a chef & eating great food on this Italian island |
Sicily
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Enriching text with music & vocals, madrigals often employed works by great poets like this heartsick lover of Laura |
(Lauren: Who is, uh... Plutarch?)
Petrarch
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2002: A Hawaiian girl adopts an alien for a pet |
Lilo & Stitch
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Used in World War II to train Germany's Africa Corps, the Bledowska Desert in this country, is one of the few deserts in Europe |
Poland
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Let's get real; this TV Dr. got his Ph.D. in clinical psychology but his license to practice in Texas expired in 2006 |
Dr. Phil
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This title of albums by R.E.M. & the Grateful Dead means a settling of accounts |
Reckoning
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Reese picked "The Giver of Stars" by this woman who got the name Jojo from the Beatles' song "Get Back" |
Jojo Moyes
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Madrigals were this "multi-harmonic" style of several vocal melodies |
polyphonic
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1988: A high school teacher successfully inspires some students to learn advanced math |
Stand and Deliver
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This eastern Mediterranean capital, a key port for 2,000 years, was the site of a 2020 explosion 1/20 the force of Hiroshima |
Beirut
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This dentist was involved in the Earp vendetta ride |
Doc Holliday
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This Asian variety of white radish takes its name from Japanese for "large root" |
daikon
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Not only did Reese put this Celeste Ng novel about drama in the suburbs on her list, she produced & starred in the Hulu adaptation |
Little Fires Everywhere
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The music at his funeral left out his sad "Adagio For Strings" but did use a madrigal by his life partner Gian Carlo Menotti |
Samuel Barber
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1998: Near the end of his life, the director of "Frankenstein" begins a friendship with his gardener |
(Ken: Ian McKellen film, [*].)
Gods and Monsters
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Russia's most important port on the Pacific, it was founded in 1860 with a name that means "Ruler of the East" |
Vladivostok
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One of the 1st women to get a doctorate in this 2-word field, Barbara Jane Liskov won a Turing Award, the field's highest honor |
computer science
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The nonfiction "Braving the Wilderness" is by this alliterative woman whose "Call to Courage" special is on Netflix |
Brené Brown
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