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    | This man tells Esau that he must "swear to me this day" to sell his birthright | 
    Jacob
 
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    | Seen here is this chess piece as represented in the Unicode system for electronic communication | 
    the bishop
 
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    | Published soon after he came to power, Robert Payne's 1950 study of this leader is subtitled "Ruler of Red China" | 
    Mao
 
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    | The name of this pungent striped mammal comes from the Massachusett language | 
    skunk
 
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    | Since 1995 the Schengen Convention has allowed free movement among 26 member countries on this continent | 
    Europe
 
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    | In Isaiah 45:23 the Lord says, "unto me every knee shall bow, every" this body part "shall swear" | 
    (Gairen: What is mouth?)
  tongue
 
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    | In the 1960s & '70s, signs with 3 triangles indicated that a building had one of these nuclear war sanctuaries | 
    fallout shelter
 
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    | Not "Hidden Dragon" but this is the title of a study by Peter Navarro of China's growing militarism | 
    Crouching Tiger
 
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    | This word for a fierce tropical storm comes from the Taino name for a turbulent god | 
    hurricane
 
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    | The Berne Convention protects these for the life of the author plus 50 years | 
    copyrights
 
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    | Denying Jesus for the third time, he "began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak" | 
    Peter
 
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    | In white, the flower known as the calla this is a symbol of purity | 
    lily
 
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    | "Empress Dowager Cixi" is a bio of a 19th c. mother of emperors who began as a low-ranking one of these mistresses | 
    concubine
 
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    | The high-flying condor gets its name from the word for that bird in this Inca language | 
    Quechua
 
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    | Banning trade in many plants & animals, CITES is the Convention on International Trade in these | 
    Endangered Species
 
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    | Hebrews 6 says that when God made a promise to this patriarch, "because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself" | 
    Abraham
 
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    | A symbol of the Mormon faith is the angel Moroni with one of these in his mouth | 
    horn (trumpet)
 
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    | In "The Great Walk of China", Graham Earnshaw describes a journey on foot from this massive seaport to Tibet | 
    Shanghai
 
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    Athens
 
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    | Zucchini & pumpkins are both types of this vegetable, a gourd family from a Narragansett name | 
    squash
 
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    | The 1786 Annapolis Convention on Interstate Commerce pointed up the weakness of these, leading to another convention next year | 
    the Articles of Confederation
 
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    | The book of Jeremiah asks, "Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto" this Canaanite god? | 
    Baal
 
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    | With one serpent, the rod of Asclepius can be confused with the Caduceus, a twin-serpent symbol of peace belonging to this messenger | 
    Hermes
 
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    | Nixon's famed trip is covered in "On China", a look at Sino-U.S. relations by this former Secretary of State | 
    Kissinger
 
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    Jerusalem
 
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    | From Salish, it can be a type of salmon of the Pacific Northwest, or a warm, dry wind | 
    Chinook
 
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    | This pro-central-government party conducted the secret antiwar Hartford Convention of 1814-15 | 
    Federalist Party
 
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