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    | April 19, 1775: Just rode to Lexington & met Dawes; now off to Concord! (Samuel Prescott, you were tagged in this check-in) | Paul Revere 
 
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    | This state's flag flew at half-mast on the day of singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's 1997 funeral | Hawaii 
 
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    | The finale of the Millennium trilogy: "The Girl Who Kicked the ____'s Nest" | Hornet 
 
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    | This capital city on the Dnieper river lends its name to a high-calorie chicken dish | Kiev 
 
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    | In May music fans mourned the death of Robin Gibb & this disco queen | (Parker: Who is Whitney Houston?) (Kristin: Who is Diana Ross?)
 
 Donna Summer
 
 
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    | This word means "in the direction of the place where you live" | homeward 
 
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    | 1485: @Bosworth Field, leading my side against those wretched Tudors & I need a ride desparately | (Alex: "My horse--my kingdom for a horse."  Right.  $7,400.) 
 Richard III
 
 
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    | Born with the first name Israel, he became famous as his brother George's lyricist under this name | (Alex: ...with less than a minute to go.) 
 Ira Gershwin
 
 
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    | Meta-fiction paying tribute to Melville: ____'s wife" | Ahab 
 
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    | The name of this city comes from the Quechua word rimac, & it's on the Rimac River | Lima 
 
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    | There's a little less laughter in Hollywood since the death of this comic | Phyllis Diller 
 
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    | Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim spends his life atoning for being one of these at a crucial moment | coward 
 
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    | December 1913: I'm in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, 'cause I'm governor now! Viva la revolucion! | (Parker: Who is Huerta?) (Kristin: Who is Zapata?)
 (Natalie: Who is Juárez?)
 
 Pancho Villa
 
 
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    | General Israel Putnam is said to have ordered, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" at this battle | Bunker Hill 
 
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    | By Margaret Atwood: "The ____'s tale" | Handmaid 
 
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    | Found on the Aare River, this Swiss capital was founded according to tradition in 1191 | Bern 
 
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    | Though he passed away at 82, this entertainment icon will forever be remembered as "America's oldest teenager" | Dick Clark 
 
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    | It's the opposite of leeward | (Parker: Seward?) 
 windward
 
 
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    | 1949: I'm in Taiwan, setting up a government with other nationalist Chinese leaders | (Parker: Ooh.  Who is Mao Zedong?) 
 Chiang Kai-shek
 
 
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    | In 1844 Israel Josaphat adopted this last name; with an added "S", it would become Europe's leading news agency | Reuter 
 
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    | A recent bestseller set in Paris in 1942 & 2002: "____'s Key" | Sarah 
 
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    | Lome is the capital & largest city of this West African country whose name is also 4 letters long | Togo 
 
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    | On his passing, Barbra Streisand said, "He was a true musical genius, but above all that, he was a beautiful human being" | Marvin Hamlisch 
 
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    | Honest & direct | (Natalie: What is forward?) 
 straightforward
 
 
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    | 480 B.C.: Crossing the Hellespont, supported by 700 ships; it's good to be the Persian king! | Xerxes 
 
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    | Israel ben Eliezer, better known as the Ba'al Shem Tov, founded this Orthodox Jewish movement in the 18th century | Hasidism 
 
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    | Subtitled "A Natural history of Four Meals": "The "____'s Dilemma" | Omnivore 
 
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    | Suva, the capital of this island nation, is a shipping & commercial center of the South Pacific | Fiji 
 
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    | In summer 2012 The Monkees announced their first tour since the death of this bandmate in February | Davy Jones 
 
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    | 2-word equivalent of sommelier | wine steward 
 
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