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    | "Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for" this poet on May 15, 1886 | 
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    ultrasound
 
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    | In 1984 Sammy Hagar sang, "Write me up a 125, post my face wanted dead or alive... I can't drive" this speed | 
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    Space Needle
 
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    earthworm
 
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    | This noted Philistine-slayer ruled Israel for 4 decades starting around 1000 B.C. | 
    David
 
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    | In a poem titled "September 1" of this year, W.H. Auden wrote, "The clever hopes expire of a low dishonest decade" | 
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    | Prince drove this tiny title auto to No. 6 in 1983 | 
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    | In 2001 you could have taken in performances of "Il Grande Gatsby" & "Turandot" at this famous opera house in Milan | 
    La Scala
 
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    | Hirudinea medicinalis is a species of this bloodsucking worm used in medicine | 
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    | Around 1720 B.C. the Minoans were shaken up by this event that destroyed their palace at Knossos | 
    earthquake
 
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    | Pastoral poetry portrays rural life, in particular this occupation for which Spenser wrote a "calendar" | 
    shepherding
 
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    | Used for TV transmissions between 300 & 3,000 megahertz, it's abbreviated UHF | 
    ultra high frequency
 
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    | This "Little" Beach Boys vehicle can "do a hundred & forty with the top end floored" | 
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    | Sand on the floor of the Virgin Islands' St. Thomas Synagogue commemorates the Israelites' escape from this country | 
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    | A worm that shares its name with this volcano-buried city lives in the scalding water of ocean vents | 
    (Alex: Less than a minute now.)
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    | Dying in 149 B.C. finally stopped Roman statesman Cato from nagging, this African city "must be destroyed" | 
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    | In 1650 Anne Bradstreet's poems appeared as "The Tenth" of these goddesses "lately sprung up in America" | 
    Muses
 
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    | A deep blue pigment made from the mineral lapis lazuli | 
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  ultramarine
 
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    | Caesars Palace, the Luxor & the Excalibur lie on this boulevard nicknamed "The Strip" | 
    Las Vegas Boulevard
 
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    | This disease in humans is caused by parasitic worms found in undercooked meat, usually pork | 
    trichinosis
 
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    | He died violently around 3,000 B.C. & lay in a glacier until he was found in 1991 | 
    the Iceman
 
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    | A stamp issued in 2002, for the 100th anniversary of his birth, included the full texts of 6 of his whimsical poems | 
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    | A single-seat aircraft powered by a small motor | 
    ultralight
 
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    | In 1976 Rose Royce did the dirty work & went to No. 1 "employed" here (Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa!) | 
    "Car Wash"
 
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    | The tossing of this very heavy, long wooden pole is a highlight of Scotland's Highland Games | 
    caber
 
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    | "Dracula" author Bram Stoker also wrote the spooky & supernatural novel "The Lair of" this | 
    the White Worm
 
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    | In the 1400s B.C. Egypt ruled these supersailors of what's now Lebanon | 
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