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This country has more than 40% of Latin America's area & about 1/3 of the people |
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In the 1930s Owens-Illinois merged with this glass-making competitor |
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She organized a money-raising raffle to give away the car Pope Paul VI gave her on his visit to India in 1964 |
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His "Prairie Style" wasn't always comfy; he once quipped that he was almost always black & blue from his own furniture |
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Sadly, the 1978 murder of this "Hogan's Heroes" star remains officially unsolved |
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Gorillas rarely walk upright; instead, they usually support their upper bodies by walking on these |
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This Venezuelan port grew slowly until oil was discovered at a lake of the same name in 1917 |
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The last name of aviator Glenn, it comes afer Lockheed & before Marietta |
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His oral polio vaccine was first tested on volunteer cons, then had large-scale tests in the Soviet Union |
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Bernini, one of this basilica's great architects, designed the magnificent baldacchino over its papal altar |
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This 21st century action star won't reveal his real name; Mark Vincent is a popular guess |
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In 1997 Ving Rhames played this larger than life boxing promoter |
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A monument to Franklin D. Roosevelt stands at the base of La Loma Hill in this Nicaraguan capital |
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In the annals of accountantcy, William Deloitte's name is paired with this man |
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In 1900 his institute of technology was founded in Pittsburgh |
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Famous for his "Red Blue" chair, architect Gerrit Rietveld was a leading member of this country's De Stijl group |
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In 1952 a benefactor who's still anonymous sent this future queen of TV sketch comedy to UCLA |
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(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston) The first element of the ISS was the Zarya control module, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in this former S.S.R. |
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This Indian civilization, likely the earliest in the Americas, flourished in eastern Mexico 1200-400 B.C. |
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Peter Bang's partner in hi-fi's |
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In 1929 he became director of the Central School of Fine Arts in Mexico |
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the set of "Hairspray") "Hairspray" boasts sets by architect David Rockwell, who designed this L.A. theatre, the new home of the Oscars |
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In 1924 producer Thomas Ince mysteriously died during a weekend aboard this tycoon's yacht |
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Followers of this man overthrew the Shah of Iran in 1979 |
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On August 17, 1961 this aid program for Latin America was signed in Punta del Este, Uruguay by the U.S. & 19 nations |
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Mistinguett's dancing partner at the Folies-Bergere in the 1920s, he's associated with Mimi & Gigi |
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The best-known piece of furniture designed by Mies van der Rohe is the chair named for this Spanish city |
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Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her home in this area of L.A. that gained notice during the O.J. Simpson trial |
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This Armenian's 1938 "Poem for Stalin" is less well-known than his "Sabre Dance" |
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