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In 2002 she made movie history as the first African-American to win the Oscar for Best Actress |
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The Pompidou Center held a 1962-2002 retrospective on this designer often known just by his initials |
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We're certain it was Benjamin Franklin who said, "In this world nothing can be...certain except" these 2 things |
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When Anaximander drew this around 550 B.C. he represented it as a flat disk; 100 years later people were still doing it |
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Holding one of these gives you the exclusive right to market an invention |
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We now salute Henry O. Flipper, seen here, the first African-American graduate of this academy |
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Italian designer seen here; his name is on the Emporio's new clothes |
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In 2001 this opera singer quipped, "I have just made a colossal mistake...instead of losing 25 pounds, I gained them" |
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The main source of fat in the diet of an ancient Greek was this oil |
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Named for its 2 founders, this company supplied the Union during the Civil War & later introduced Ivory & Tide |
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In 1874 Patrick Francis Healy, a Jesuit theologian, became the first black president of this D.C. university |
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"When I See an Elephant Fly" |
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This classy Indiana-born designer who sold his company in 1999 for $50 million passed away in 2002 |
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Abraham Lincoln said, "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a" this |
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In Athenian coinage 6 obols made 1 of these |
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Radio waves are sent out in short, rapid bursts by these unusual stars that are similar to quasars |
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This man, seen here, went on the air as CNN's first African-American news anchor |
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"You've Got a Friend in Me" |
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A swimsuit by this designer in 1959 featured a large cutaway; topless came later |
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Aristotle described this type of person as "A single soul dwelling in two" buddies -- er, "bodies" |
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In the 5th century B.C. this building in Athens replaced the Temple of Zeus at Olympia as the largest building in Greece |
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These "spiny" cacti of the genus Opuntia share part of their name with edible fruits of the genus Pyrus |
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Rita Dove was the first African-American writer to serve in this post from 1993 to 1995 |
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It's the film that featured the following Let's get together, yeah, yeah, yeah... |
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With a show at the Capitole Museum in 1991 Rome honored this "Sheik" designer's 30th year in fashion |
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Admiral Halsey's formula for waging war was "Hit hard, hit fast" & this |
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Even back in Ancient Greece the entertainment industry loved franchises; in 418 B.C. he wrote "Clouds II" |
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1 of the 2 men usually credited with the Bunker Hill quote "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" |
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