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Along with fighting for equal rights, Lucretia Mott was an abolitionist & her home was a station on this network |
the Underground Railroad
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"Equine" bean variety & a Japanese religion |
pinto & Shinto
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In 1999 this Arizona senator took time away from his day job to co-write "Faith of My Fathers" |
John McCain
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The last movie in this series finds Christopher Lloyd flying off on a hoverboard with Mary Steenburgen before a train crash |
Back to the Future
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Once having the name of a British ambassador, the Elgin Marbles are now named for this temple they were taken from |
the Parthenon
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Words of wisdom say this pair of 3-word phrases will make you "healthy, wealthy & wise" |
early to bed & early to rise
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Emily Warren Roebling was largely responsible for supervising the construction of this bridge built from 1869 to 1883 |
the Brooklyn Bridge
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Mandible-mauling hard candy & one who falls afoul of the justice system |
jawbreaker & lawbreaker
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An actor, playwright, banjoist & much more, he called his autobiography "Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life" |
Steve Martin
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Sandra Bullock & Keanu Reeves switch transports & end up making a subway train go off the rails in this 1994 flick |
Speed
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This statue was found in pieces on a Greek island in 1820; a hand holding an apple found nearby was carved from the same marble |
the Venus de Milo
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In Japan, this type of bed, basically a mattress without springs, was traditionally placed on a tatami mat |
a futon
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In a 1998 presidential election, this world leader defeated a Yale-educated economist & a former Miss Venezuela |
(Sammy: Who's PerĂ³n?)
Hugo Chavez
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Someone who contacts departed spirits & that feeling of boredom |
(Ken: I saw it come to you, that is correct.)
medium & tedium
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In 1994 this Chicago playwright known for unflinching language got novel for the first time with "The Village" |
David Mamet
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After a bus & train collide, Sam Gerard wants a search of every "warehouse, farmhouse... outhouse and dog-house" in this film |
The Fugitive
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A marble bull head on display at the Met was found to be taken from Lebanon & was returned this way, from the Latin for "fatherland" |
repatriation
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You can use this cozy 5-letter couch as a bed; it's also found in the name of a chicken & broccoli dish topped with Hollandaise |
a divan
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In "Why Vietnam?" former OSS Chief of Indochina Archimedes Patti talks about his relationship with this "enigmatic revolutionary" |
Ho Chi Minh
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Deceptive or cunning & the one before |
devious & previous
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A 2013 article for "The Economist" about this novelist was titled "His Bleak Road", which--hat tip--really was an on-the-money title |
(Ken: Author of The Road, you're right.)
Cormac McCarthy
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In this J.J. Abrams film, kids filming a zombie movie are interrupted by a fiery train crash, & then the military shows up |
Super 8
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Sometimes you find your marbles! An eagle-eyed student spied this French sculptor's signature on a "Lost" marble bust of Napoleon |
Rodin
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Meaning "to cause to roll", it's also a type of bed that stows under another bed |
a trundle bed
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18th century B.C. man associated with quotes like "If he knock out the teeth of a freed man, he shall pay 1/3 of a gold mina" |
Hammurabi
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Your rate of inclination & shining brightly |
gradient & radiant
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In 1997, this author who frequently used his native Texas a setting, published "Comanche Moon" |
McMurtry
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In this 2012 WWII flick, David Oyelowo & crew prove they are top guns taking out an enemy train |
Red Tails
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The Bruges Madonna, a marble of Mary & baby Jesus by this renaissance master, was stolen twice |
(Greg: Who is Bernini?)
Michelangelo
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The sleep foundation says using blue-light devices before bed may suppress production of this hormone the body makes naturally |
(Greg: What is melanin?)
melatonin
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