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    | A lynx was part of the petting zoo at this hotel heiress' 30th birthday bash in 2011 | 
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    | A common pitching stat spells out this 3-letter word, a specific time marked by distinctive events | 
    era
 
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    | It's Australia's second-most populous city | 
    Melbourne
 
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    June 10, 1829: The "blues" of these 2 universities stroke their way down the Thames in their first boat race | 
    Oxford & Cambridge
 
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    | It's a final proposal; there was a Bourne one in a 2007 movie title | 
    ultimatum
 
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    | Keep your coffee hot in a vacuum flask bottle, which got this name in a 1904 contest | 
    a Thermos
 
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    | The Belvedere brand of this paid $100,000 to sponsor a party for Dwyane Wade in 2011 | 
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    | In the 20th century the "jazz" one was followed by the "atomic" one | 
    the age
 
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    | Cape Dezhnev, the easternmost point on mainland Asia, juts into this strait | 
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    August 25, 1916: An act of Congress establishes the U.S. NPS, this | 
    National Park Service
 
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    | "The Elements of Style" says it is incorrect to modify this adjective that means "being the only one" | 
    unique
 
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    | This West Coast state's 1971 "bottle bill" helped jump-start recycling in the U.S. by banning nonrefundables | 
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    | A red carpet party for Lil Wayne Nov. 7, 2010 celebrated his homecoming after 8 months here | 
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    | The time of the oscillation of the earth's axis, varying between 416 & 433 days, is the Chandler this.  End of sentence | 
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    | Once part of Yugoslavia, this country consists of a Muslim-Croat federation & a Serbian-led republic | 
    Bosnia-Herzegovina
 
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    August 12, 1851: Isaac Singer gets a U.S. patent for this machine | 
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    | Vintage bottles of products from this company, sold door to door by ladies since the 1880s, are now collectibles | 
    Avon Products
 
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    | "90 Years of Excess" read a banner at the bacchanal for the birthday of the French edition of this fashion mag | 
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    | In astronomic terms, this 3-letter word describes a billion years | 
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    | Pico Mogoton, Nicaragua's highest point, lies on its northern border with this country | 
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    September 21, 1897: It seems 3 months early, but the N.Y. Sun publishes an editorial famous for this 7-word phrase | 
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    | John Stuart Mill wrote the book on this philosophy that says an action is right if it promotes happiness | 
    (Danny: What is utopia?) (Alex: No.) (Danny: Utopian?)
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    | Illegal in many places, this 1 1/2" fireworks item, also the first film Wes Anderson directed, has a 12" stick attached | 
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    | Celebs are among the 1,000-plus revelers at Shark Attack Sounds, an annual 4th of July bash at Montauk on this island | 
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    | One complete heartbeat, consisting of one contraction & relaxation of the heart, makes up the cardiac this | 
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    | This "Great" depression stretches about 4,500 miles, from Syria to Mozambique | 
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    November 9, 1923: The Beer Hall Putsch, an attempt to overthrow Germany's government, fails in this city | 
    Munich
 
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    | Matthew 9:17 instructs us that it is not good to put this "into old bottles" | 
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