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| WHAT I LEARNED FROM WOMEN'S MAGAZINES |
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| He was tutored by Aristotle, tamed Bucephalus & cut the Gordian Knot; then after lunch... |
Alexander the Great
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| Travel is murder on hair: local water & levels of this, not the heat, can destroy even a perfect hair-care regimen |
humidity
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Freddy Eynsford Hill, Col. Pickering, Henry Higgins |
Pygmalion (or My Fair Lady)
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| Songbird seen here, or a girl's first name |
Robin
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| "'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try..." |
"Satisfaction"
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| On September 18, 1999 Heather French got to put this before "America" on her resume |
(Adam: Can't get it.)
Miss
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| Exactly 600 years after the Norman Conquest, London suffered through plague & this other major disaster |
the Great Fire of London
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| Mademoiselle says, before you wed, try dating a wealthy older man described by this candy phrase |
sugar daddy
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Natasha Rostova, Pierre Bezuhov, Napoleon |
War and Peace
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| Yes sir! This term for the seeds or grains of wheat sounds like a military rank |
kernel
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| "But if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need" |
"You Can't Always Get What You Want"
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| Brenner is a famous one of these in the Alps |
(Kirsten: [No response])
Pass
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| While trying to figure out why there were 2 of these, the 1409 Council of Pisa elected a third one |
popes
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| These are back, not just combed over the forehead, but swept to the side & layered |
bangs
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Rusty Trawler, Sally Tomato, Holly Golightly |
Breakfast at Tiffany's
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| A variety of this endangered mammal is seen here |
manatee
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| "Now you always say that you want to be free but you'll come running back, you'll come running back..." |
"Time Is On My Side"
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| Word that completes the Wordsworth line "Behold her, single in the field, yon solitary highland..." |
lass
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| In 1864 the first Red Cross conference was convened in this city |
(Kirsten: What is Boston?)
Geneva, Switzerland
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| Whether in tones of aubergine or plum, this, the color of royalty, is chic again |
purple
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Bertha Mason, Grace Poole, Mr. Rochester |
Jane Eyre
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| When destroying cotton seed pods, the snout beetle is more commonly known by this name |
boll weevil
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| "It's a gas, gas, gas" |
"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
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| As good old Ludwig Mies van der Rohe used to say, this "is more" |
less
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| In February 1961 violence erupted in this Portuguese possession in West Africa |
Angola
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| Turning on the waterworks to avoid a fight is a girlfriend gaffe, so don't play this, the title of a 1992 Stephen Rea film |
The Crying Game
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Amelia Sedley, George Osborne, Becky Sharp |
Vanity Fair
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| One example of the six endangered varieties of this animal is seen here |
aalamander
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| "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste" |
"Sympathy For The Devil"
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| This synonym for kiss also ends in "ss" |
buss
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