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FEMINISM
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An 1848 declaration said these institutions were unjustly closed to women; today women are the majority there
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colleges
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Giving her 1989 book its title, Arlie Hochschild noted, "Most women work one shift at" their jobs & a "second shift" here
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at home
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In a feminist move the women's social & political union insisted on saying this word with a hard "G", as in "We'll get the vote"
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suffragette
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In a 2012 case the Mass. Supreme Court ruled women who are breastfeeding their infants get time to do this during licensing exams
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pump breast milk
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In "A Room of One's Own", Virginia Woolf spoke up for this type of "mind" that has feminine equally with masculine qualities
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androgynous
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DOUBLE O, DOUBLE E
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IBC or Barq's, for example
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root beer
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A visual examination of something; let's have a...
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a look-see
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"Be of" these 2 words denoting happy spirits
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good cheer
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2-word name for the flat pan used to bake up some snickerdoodles
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a cookie sheet
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To excessively pamper someone with a utensil, metaphorically
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to spoon-feed them
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5-LETTER COUNTRIES
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It stretches southward to Cape Horn
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Chile
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Gaining independence in 1804, it was the second country in the Americas to free itself from colonial rule
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Haiti
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In the 19th century, this Mideast nation fell under the control of the Al Thani Dynasty, which still rules there today
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Qatar
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The rugged Mahabharat range of the Himalayas spans part of this landlocked Asian nation
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Nepal
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This kingdom consists of some 170 islands located about 1,300 miles north of New Zealand
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Tonga
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CHOCOLATE
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What a compliment to chocolate! Theobroma, the genus of cacao, means "food of" these beings
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the gods
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These baked chocolatey squares share their name with a type of sprite
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brownies
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Named for a port in Yemen, mocha is what Americans call the combination of chocolate & this
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coffee
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In 1905, the year after it began making chocolate, this company merged with the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company
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Nestlé
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White chocolate is actually not chocolate--it is milk & sugar mixed with this, the edible fat of the cocoa bean
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cocoa butter
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WILD THINGS
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The only eagle that is native to just North America is this one
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the bald eagle
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Kublai Khan kept this fastest cat as a pet; you can't & shouldn't
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the cheetah
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Mambas are members of this venomous snake family that is famed for its hood
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the cobra
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Red cat-bear is another name for the red this, which lives in the Himalayas & eats bamboo
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panda
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This 5-letter so-called cat excretes a musk that is used in the making of perfumes
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the civet
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YOU MAKE MY HEART SING
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Billy Ray Cyrus found disfavor with country purists for this song, a No. 4 crossover pop hit
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"Achy Breaky Heart"
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Celine Dion had to be convinced by her husband/manager to do a demo for this 1997 movie song; it worked out okay
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"My Heart Will Go On"
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In 2020 Dua Lipa sang "Break My Heart"; in 1996 she gave the impossible demand "Un-Break My Heart"
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Toni Braxton
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A 2015 song by her begins, "This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it"
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Kelly Clarkson
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Heart, a group formed by sisters Ann & Nancy Wilson, had a hit in 1977 with this song named for a predatory fish
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"Barracuda"
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HOW ARTSY
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It is rumored that in 1508 Raphael & Bramante pushed for this man to paint a Vatican ceiling, hoping he would fail
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Michelangelo
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I'm not sure which is the bigger disaster, the storm in the painting by this Dutch master or that it was stole in 1990
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Rembrandt
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It was Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven who signed "R. Mutt" to a urinal in this French Dadaist's provocative 1917 artwork
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Marcel Duchamp
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To honor this artist's 125th birthday, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, commissioned statues like the one here
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Grant Wood
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A TOTAL SMOKE SCREEN
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Since 1964, 2.5 million non-smokers have died from exposure to secondhand smoke, says the website of this govt. doctor
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the Surgeon General
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The smoke monster on this 2000s ABC drama was really the Man in Black
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Lost
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This website founded in 1997 provides authentic documents from court files & government records
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thesmokinggun.com
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Haze was visible on the East Coast after the 1912 eruption of the volcanic Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in this now state
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Alaska
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20th CENTURY AMERICA
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In December 1917 just one representative in Congress said no to war with this dual monarchy
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Austria-Hungary
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As the dot-com bubble swelled, this tech-heavy stock index rose from 1,000 to 5,000 between 1995 & 2000
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the Nasdaq
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A 1920s song asked, "How ya gonna keep em down on" this place? Many didn't, as in that decade, the U.S. became majority city folk
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the farm
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Thanks to the 23rd Amendment, on November 3rd, 1964, residents of this city cast their first votes for president
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Washington, D.C.
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Eugene Hasenfus survived a shoot-down by the Sandinistas, leading to the exposure of this 1980s scandal
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Iran-Contra
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ADVICE TO THE NOVEL HEROINE
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Anna, Vronsky may be something now, but he is easily distracted--you bet on the wrong horse
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Anna Karenina
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Emma, your marriage to a country doctor won't fulfill you, but neither will your affairs with Leon & Rodolphe
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Madame Bovary
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Dagny, you will fall in love with John Galt even though you are a stand-in for Ayn Rand's vision of capitalism
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Atlas Shrugged
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Miss Kenton, even all the Nazis at Darlington Hall couldn't bring you & Stevens the butler together
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The Remains of the Day
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Lily, I think you should wait one more day for Lawrence Selden--at least tell him the debts are paid
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The House of Mirth
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WARM WORDS
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It follows "dead" in a race with no clear winner
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heat
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Like a passionate affair, a zone of the Earth between the tropics is called this "T" word
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torrid
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In the book of Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar tosses 3 men into this alliterative "furnace"
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fiery
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This word for an updraft of warm air is from the Greek for "heat"
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thermal
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It can mean both crazy & pleasantly warm, like a mild tropical climate
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balmy
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ASIAN AMERICANS ON TV & FILM
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This real-life doctor turned comedic actor is one of the panelists on "The Masked Singer"
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Ken Jeong
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For 7 seasons she played Dr. Joan Watson on "Elementary"
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Lucy Liu
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Of Indian descent, Kal Penn had roles on "Designated Survivor" & "House" & was one half of this movie duo opposite John Cho
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Harold & Kumar
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This Japanese-American actor has more than 10 million followers on Facebook
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(George) Takei
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This star of her own stand-up specials starred opposite Randall Park in the romcom "Always Be My Maybe"
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Ali Wong
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WORLD FLAGS
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Both Wales & Bhutan have flags bearing one of these mythical creatures
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a dragon
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