OFF TO THE LANDMARK
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$200
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It was one of the first bridges to use steel for cable wire! On N.Y.'s East River, it almost sells itself!
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the Brooklyn Bridge
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$400
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Hello, young lovers. Head over to this symbol of the Universal Exposition of 1889; the world's tallest structure then; iconic now
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the Eiffel Tower
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$600
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Nearly 1,400 feet of limestone awaits you when you enjoy this territory seen here
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Gibraltar
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$800
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UNESCO described this landmark, built in memory of a man's wife, as "the jewel of Muslim art in India"
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the Taj Mahal
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$1000
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There are over 160 stories in Dubai, & this 2,717' building has every one of 'em! This building ...it'll make you say gee, wiz!
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the Burj Khalifa
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NEWER NECCO CANDY HEARTS
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$200
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Ahead of the new millennium, Necco offered the saying this many "Kisses" & this many "Hugs"
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2,000
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$400
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The animal attraction series had "Purr" followed by these 4 letters
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"fect""
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$600
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In 1999 this pair of 2-letter words, a "Clueless" movie quote, was kind of a mean choice
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"As If""
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$800
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In 1998, between "Call me" & "Text me", came this 2-word phrase invoking now-outmoded telecommunications
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"Fax Me" (**"Page Me")"
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$1000
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A "Twilight"-themed series included do this to "Me"
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"Bite""
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SCI-POURRI
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$200
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Using one of these he built himself, in 1674 Anton Van Leeuwenhoek gave the first accurate description of red blood cells
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a microscope
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$400
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The big rock that caused mass extinction 65 million years ago has the alliterative name the "Alvarez" this
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an asteroid
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$600
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The optic nerve transmits impulses to the brain from the one million ganglion cells in this eye part
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a retina
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$800
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) This system, part of the circulatory one, returns fluid from tissues to the bloodstream and helps the body absorb fat
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the lymphatic system
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$1000
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The 3 most basic types of clouds are stratus, cumulus & this high, wispy type with a name meaning "curl"
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cirrus
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BIOPIC SUBJECTS
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2019: "Harriet"
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Harriet Tubman
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$400
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2011: "The Iron Lady"
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Margaret Thatcher
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$600
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2018: "On the Basis of Sex"
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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$800
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On HBO: "Behind the Candelabra"
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Liberace
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$1000
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2014: "The Theory of Everything"
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Stephen Hawking
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MILITARY ABBREVIATIONS
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In battle you better follow the R.O.E., rules of this
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engagement
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$400
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CPOs are these officers, but I don't think they are spiteful
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a chief petty officer
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$600
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Abbreviated DZ, it's the area where airborne troops, equipment or supplies are expected to land
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a drop zone
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$800
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You can buy stuff at a PX, post exchange, or BX, this
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the base exchange
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$1000
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To some, G.I. means "government issue"; MacArthur thought it meant this "issue" & couldn't stand the term
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general
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PARTS OF SPEECH, DEFINED
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It is "often thought of as referring to persons (or) places"
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a noun
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$400
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They are "distinguished...by their function as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences"
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conjunctions
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$600
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They are a "class of words expressing emotion, distinguished...by their use in grammatical isolation"
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an interjection
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$800
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They "typically express some relation of place, time, manner..."
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adverb
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$1000
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They "typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship"
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a preposition
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2020 ANNIVERSARIES
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$400
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400 years ago, it reached Plymouth carrying 102 passengers
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the Mayflower
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$800
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August marks the 30th anniversary of Iraq invading this country, leading to the Persian Gulf War
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Kuwait
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$1200
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In 2020 this composer's birth city of Bonn & surrounding areas are celebrating his 250th birthday all year long
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Beethoven
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$1600
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Once part of Massachusetts, this state is celebrating its bicentennial
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Maine
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$2000
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February is the 200th birthday of this union general whose middle name honored a Shawnee chieftain
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(William Tecumseh) Sherman
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JUST A SAMPLE
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$400
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My my my! It took 20 years for The Knack to notice that Run-DMC sampled this song on "It's Tricky"
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"My Sharona""
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$800
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The Rolling Stones sued The Verve claiming too much of their song The Last Time" was used on this "Symphony"
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"Bitter Sweet""
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$1200
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Sampling Rick James' "Super Freak" worked out okay for this rapper, as his album went on to sell more than 10 million copies
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MC Hammer
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$1600
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Sections from "Straight To Hell" by The Clash play in this 3-letter rapper's "Paper Planes"
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M.I.A.
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$2000
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Oh darlin', darlin'--Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" sampled some of this Ben E. King classic
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"Stand By Me""
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RUSSIAN ART & CULTURE
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$400
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Frommer's says some of the best souvenirs you can bring home from Russia are nesting dolls & bottles of this--cheers!
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vodka
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$800
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In 1909, painter Boris Kustodiev captured a promenade and some merrymaking along this river
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the Volga
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$1200
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Before leaving Russia in 1922, he designed some decorative panels for the Jewish Chamber Theatre in Moscow
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Chagall
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$1600
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Russian for "self-boiler", these urns were traditionally used to heat water for tea & in 1989 were showcased on a series of stamps
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a samovar
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$2000
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In this Stravinsky ballet, the title character gives Prince Ivan a magical feather after he captures & releases her
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The Firebird
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MARY: ME
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"Disclosing the Past" is the autobiography of this Mary who dug up some very old skulls
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Mark Leakey
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$800
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"What's the 411?" She received a double Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress & Original Song for "Mudbound"
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Mary J. Blige
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$1200
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& Here's to you, Mary Robinson, president of this European country from 1990 to 1997
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Ireland
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$1600
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Mary Mapes Dodge is best remembered for her tale of this Dutch lad, illustrated here
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Hans Brinker
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$2000
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Failing eyesight & eventual blindness forced this American-born artist to stop painting around 1914
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Mary Cassatt
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SHAKESPEARE BY NIGHT
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$400
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In this play Oberon says, "Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania"
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A Midsummer Night\'s Dream
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$800
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"Romeo and Juliet": "Good night, good night!" these 5 words "that I shall say good night till it be morrow"
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"Parting is such sweet sorrow""
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$1200
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Act II of this play ends with Cornwall saying, "'Tis a wild night. My Regan counsels well. Come out o' the storm"
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King Lear
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$1600
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Speaking to Viola in this play, Olivia says, "Love's night is noon"
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Twelfth Night
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$2000
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Marcellus asks this friend of Hamlet "to watch the minutes of this night, that if again this apparition come, he may...speak to it"
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Horatio
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""A"TONYM
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$400
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Of natural, like certain sweeteners
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artificial
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$800
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Of enemy, especially during wartime
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ally
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$1200
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Of declare guilty in a court of law (6 letters)
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acquit
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$1600
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Of bedridden or unable to walk (10 letters)
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ambulatory
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$2000
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Of relating to the period after the biblical flood
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antediluvian
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WORLD CAPITALS
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N/A
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Sharing its name with another ancient city on the sea, this African capital is called "Bride of the Mediterranean"
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Tripoli
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