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Bangladesh's coastline extends about 350 miles along this bay |
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Campaigning for president, Oct. 24, 1952 in Detroit, he said, "I shall go to Korea" |
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The group of expressionists known as Der Blaue Reiter, or The Blue Rider, formed in this country in 1911 |
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Ferns reproduce by means of these microscopic cells |
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1857 Supreme Court case that nullified parts of the Missouri Compromise & the Compromise of 1850 |
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In ancient China they came in different colors, & yellow ones were superior |
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An arm of the Mediterranean, this sea separates Italy from Yugoslavia |
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Jacob Riis' 1890 indictment of slum conditions was titled "How the Other Half" does this |
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Of Hedda Hopper, Dennis Hopper or Edward Hopper, the one who painted "Nighthawks" |
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The USSR is the top grower of these tall flowers grown for their edible seeds & oil |
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire in 1911 in this city led to demands for improved working conditions |
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This bird gathers up the ashes of its former self & carries them to the Egyptian altar of the sun |
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One of two South American countries that border on the Caribbean Sea |
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Gelett Burgess wrote of his famous poem about this colorful bovine, "I'll kill you if you quote it" |
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The tiny bits of glass & stone used to create this type of art are called tesserae |
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Diatoms are single-cell varieties of these water plants |
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It's said this 1925 trial caused William Jennings Bryan's death |
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Long before Bram Stoker, Alexandre Dumas wrote a play about this kind of creature |
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You'll find the cities of Florence & Pisa on the banks of this river |
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Henry Kissinger called this "the great aphrodisiac" |
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His 1910 painting "Violin and Pitcher" is an example of Analytic Cubism, which he & Picasso invented |
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The "L." attached to the scientific names of numerous plants refers to this Swedish botanist |
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March 27, 1964 is memorable in Alaskan history for this reason |
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It was once believed if one of these slips a magic cap on a mortal's head, the human could live undersea |
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The French call this strait connecting the North Sea & the English Channel "Pas de Calais" |
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Churchill said of Gen. Montgomery, "In defeat, unbeatable; in victory," this |
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Livorno-born 20th-c. artist whose elongated figures reflected his interest in African sculpture |
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First found as a vine on trees, this plant was given a Greek name meaning "lover of trees" |
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The Patrons of Husbandry, founded in 1867, were popularly known as this |
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Though this multi-headed monster could grow 2 new heads for each 1 cut off, Hercules slew it |
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