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A 20th CENTURY DECADE
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The first humans land on the Moon
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the 1960s
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Joseph McCarthy is officially censured by the U.S. Senate
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the 1950s
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World War II begins in Europe
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the 1930s
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The Soviet Union is dissolved
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the 1990s
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ENIAC, the world's first general-purpose electronic digital computer, is built
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the \'40s
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MASKS
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"Who Was That Masked Man?" is a book about this title character from radio, TV & movies
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the Lone Ranger
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Writer Johnston McCulley created this masked vigilante with a Spanish name that means "fox"
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Zorro
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Here are some of the masks of these Mexican wrestlers
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luchadores
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This Dumas novel suggests that the prisoner is actually the twin brother of Louis XIV
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The Man in the Iron Mask
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In this French novel, a singer named Christine longs to see beneath the mask of the title character
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The Phantom of the Opera
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DAM BUILDING
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Called "Gujarat's Lifeline", the Sardar Sarovar Dam in this country still took 56 years to complete
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India
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This civilization built some of the oldest dams still in use, including the Proserpina Dam at Mérida, Spain
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the Romans
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Now in danger of failing, the Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River created the world's largest one of these by volume, 43 cubic miles
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a reservoir
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In the 1950s Switzerland's Mauvoisin Dam became the world's tallest one, replacing this American one
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the Hoover Dam
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The Guri Dam near the Guyana border was built to ease this South American country's dependence on oil
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Venezuela
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IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS
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In 1764 this school, then called Rhode Island College, became the 7th college chartered in America
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Brown
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This college cited Woodrow Wilson's "racist thinking & policies" as it took his name off its School of Public & Intl. Affairs
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Princeton
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Dartmouth's Geisel Medical School is named for this writer & his wife; though he was a "Dr.", he was not an M.D.
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Dr. Seuss
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Here's Handsome Dan, who became the mascot of this school in 1889
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Yale
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Part of Penn, this business school once had the goal of its grads becoming "pillars of the state"
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Wharton
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WOMEN IN MUSIC
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This "Girl On Fire" performer chose her last name in reference to the piano & because "it can open so many doors"
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Alicia Keys
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"I Will Survive" indeed; in 2020, 40 years after her hit, this singer was back on top, winning a Grammy for Best Roots Gospel Album
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Gloria Gaynor
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In 2015 Rolling Stone named her & Ike No. 2 on their list of the Greatest Duos of All Time
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Tina Turner
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With more than 100 million albums sold, this "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" singer is among the top-selling country artists of all time
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Shania Twain
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This frontwoman for the Go-Go's has also had solo hits like "Mad About You" & "I Get Weak"
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Belinda Carlisle
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ALL "IZE"
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To make a partisan matter out of something, maybe by dividing Democrats & Republicans
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politicize
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To get used to a new environment, particularly its temperature
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acclimatize
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Term for milk that hasn't been heat-treated to kill microorganisms
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unpasteurized
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To appoint someone as a sheriff's assistant
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deputize
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To do exercise that increases oxygen intake, perhaps to a Jane Fonda workout video
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aerobicize
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A BUSY BODY
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It's just 3 to 4 inches long & seems to be gradually disappearing through evolution, but when it gets blocked, it can still kill you
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the appendix
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The thinking part of the brain, it accounts for about 85% of the brain's weight
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the cerebrum
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The trochlea, a spool-shaped surface in this bone, articulates with the ulna, & that's no joke
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the humerus
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Blockage of these neck arteries that bring blood to your brain can lead to stroke
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the carotid artery
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Chronic alcohol drinking is a big cause of this disease, but it can also occur due to obesity or hepatitis C
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cirrhosis
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JEOPARDY! WORLD TOUR
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We wish you a merry isthmus as we travel from Las Tablas to Los Pozos in this Central American country
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Panama
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We'll start in Irkutsk, go past Lake Baikal, then up into the Arctic Circle; all are a part of this Russian region
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Siberia
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We've landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport for a stay in this capital; we hear one night there makes a hard man humble
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Bangkok
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We'll head out of Regina, hit Moose Jaw, then head up to catch some northern pike at Wollaston Lake in this prairie province
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Saskatchewan
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Head from Mongo to Koro Toro, then cross the northern border of this landlocked African nation into Libya... or maybe not
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Chad
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ALLUSIVE TITLES
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John Steinbeck lifted the title of this novel from "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
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The Grapes of Wrath
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Thomas Gray's line "far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife" gave this Thomas an 1874 novel title
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Thomas Hardy
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Milton's "Unless the almighty maker them ordain / His dark materials to create more worlds" inspired the title of a trilogy by him
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Philip Pullman
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This Shakespeare play provided Agatha Christie with "by the pricking of my thumbs"
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Macbeth
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Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" takes its title from this man's poem "The Second Coming"
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(William Butler) Yeats
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FURNITURE STUFF
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Names for stools include counter, bar & this 3-letter synonym for bar
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a pub stool
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The king mattress named for this U.S. state measures 72" wide by 84" long
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California
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This alliterative "bookcase" with glass or wooden doors is named for a type of British lawyer
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a barrister
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Two sets of double letters end the name of this smallish sofa
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a settee
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This free-standing cupboard has an Italian name
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credenza
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FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
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A Latin word for "grace" or "favor", it means free of charge
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gratis
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Borrowed from German, this 5-letter word means an intense but nonspecific anxiety
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angst
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An Italian grandmother gives this command when it's time to eat
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mangia
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Excessive sentimentality or chicken fat--this Yiddish word means both
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schmaltz
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Instead of calm or nonchalance, try this French phrase that means cold blood
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sang froid
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THE CELEBRITY'S BOOZE
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This actress offered Drew's Blend, a pinot noir
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Drew Barrymore
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Haig Club whisky added some Posh Spice to its recipe, relative-ly speaking, after this soccer star became a partner
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(David) Beckham
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He must have worked up a thirst starring in "Two Guys, a Girl & a Pizza Place" & " Deadpool" , as he invested in Aviation Gin
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Ryan Reynolds
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"Drink You Away" was part of this singer's "20/20 Experience"; he might suggest his Sauza 901 Tequila for the task
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Justin Timberlake
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Strip away his credit as "Magic Mike" & he was still born & bred to be part of Born & Bred Vodka
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Channing Tatum
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18th CENTURY AMERICANS
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One eulogizer of this man noted, he "was able to restrain thunderbolts & tyrants"
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Benjamin Franklin
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