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A CHAPTER OF IT BEGINS... |
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TONY-WINNING MUSICALS BY SONG |
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The very first czar, in 1565 I formed the Oprichnina to deal with traitors as I wished (& my wishes were kinda super-harsh) |
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Stop by the salad bar for this, from "kool", the Dutch word for cabbage |
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"During the summer the packing houses were in full activity again, and Jurgis made more money" |
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1980: "Peron's Latest Flame" |
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Anne Boleyn is said to haunt this prison & castle begun by William the Conqueror in 1066 |
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It's paired with "forgive" in an idiom meaning you should pretend past wrongs never happened |
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In 1931 I took an autogiro up to a record 18,415 feet; oh yeah, I wed George Putnam that year too, so y'know... busy |
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This fruit's name comes from the Latin "praecoquum", meaning "early to ripen" |
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"Vronsky had never had a real home life... his father he scarcely remembered" |
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1977: "You Won't Be An Orphan for Long" |
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A synonym for labyrinth, this prison in Northern Ireland held IRA prisoners like Bobby Sands until it closed in 2000 |
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This word with a double letter pair in the middle can mean to bubble just below boiling or to seethe with inner turmoil |
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In June 1791, I tried to escape captivity, fleeing Paris in a regular-guy hat; unfortunately, people tend to recognize the king |
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In England, it's a cookie & in the U.S. it's a roll, but either way, it's from Old French for "twice baked" |
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"When I reached home, my sister was very curious to know all about Miss Havisham's, and asked a number of questions" |
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1952: "March Of The Siamese Children" |
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Russia's Petak Island Prison in the middle of a lake is often compared to this Calif. lockup that started in 1861 as a military prison |
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This word meaning "to interfere" comes from the Latin for "foot" |
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Czech-born, in 1997 I was confirmed by the Senate to be Secretary of State, 99-0. Think that'd happen today? |
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Denoting its traditional preparation, gravlax is from Swedish words meaning "trench" & this fish |
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"My dearest Lucy, --forgive my long delay in writing, but I have been simply overwhelmed with work... your loving Mina" |
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Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison was known by this infamous nickname when it held captured U.S. pilots like James Stockdale |
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Disinter is another word for this action of digging something out of the ground |
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Around 342 B.C. I got the call from Philip II of Macedonia to tutor his 13-year-old kid, Al; well, that's just great |
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The name of this style of slow-roasted, seasoned chicken of Jamaica comes from the Quechua for "dried meat" |
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"At this epoch, Marius was twenty years of age. It was three years since he had left his grandfather" |
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1995: "Every Movie's A Circus", along with "As If We Never Said Goodbye" |
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This German prison that housed Nazi war criminals was demolished after the death of Rudolf Hess, its last inmate |
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To remove a stock from the roster of securities traded on an exchange |
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