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MUSIC FOR CHAMPIONS
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In 2007, he performed his song, "Champion", on "Saturday Night Live"
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Kanye West
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$400
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"Look at how you winning now", says her 2012 track, "Champion"
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Nicki Minaj
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$600
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"Poetic Champions Compose" is a 1987 album by this Irish rock & R&B legend who was knighted in 2016
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Van Morrison
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$800
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"Heart Of A Champion" is the opening track on this one-named hip-hop star's 2004 album, "Sweat"
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Nelly
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$1000
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The 2014 song, "Champion", is by Matthew Miller who performed under this Hebrew stage name
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Matisyahu
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NEWER HISTORY BOOKS
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$200
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In "The Moth and the Mountain", the moth is a gipsy moth, one of these Maurice Wilson used to get to Everest in the 1930s
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a plane
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$400
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"The Great Secret" tells how a military doctor found cancer-fighting uses in this type of poison gas
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mustard gas
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$600
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In Isabel Wilkerson's book, this 5-letter title doesn't refer to India's social hierarchy, but America's
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Caste
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$800
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"Islamic Empires" follows the rise of the religion from its birth in Mecca to modern cities like Doha in this country
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Qatar
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$1000
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"Sicily '43" sees the Allied invasion of the island through the eyes of men like Patton & this British field marshal
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(Bernard) Montgomery
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FLAGS
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$200
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Juneteenth has its own flag with many symbols; the star stands for freedom & for this state where the celebration began in 1865
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Texas
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$400
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Mary Hoff, whose husband was shot down over Laos, had the idea for this, the only flag on permanent display in the Capitol rotunda
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the POW flag (MIA flag)
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$600
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The American flag has 7 red & 6 white stripes, while the similar flag of this African country has 6 red & 5 white stripes
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Liberia
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$800
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The map on the United Nations flag is centered on this geographical feature
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the North Pole
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$1000
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A domed dwelling of Southwest Native Americans, it's represented on Wichita's flag as a symbol of home
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a hogan
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STARTS WITH SOMETHING YOU CAN RIDE
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$200
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They help waiters in restaurants with resetting tables & other tasks
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a busboy
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$400
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All aboard, it's the type of straw hat seen here
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a boater
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$600
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Raise high these wooden beams that support your roof
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rafters
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$800
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To discard an object to lighten a craft, perhaps a really fast plane
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to jettison
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$1000
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It's the leading segment of an army's forces, as mom & her soccer kids know
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a vanguard
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WHAT TO WEAR
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$200
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This short jacket shares its name with a movement of the shoulders
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a shrug
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$400
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How about a blazer in this "fishy" pattern with alternating V shapes
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herringbone
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$600
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The song "Surfin' U.S.A." mentions these sandals with a Mexican Spanish name
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huaraches
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$800
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Similar to a jumpsuit, a one-piece women's garment combining a short-sleeve top & loose shorts has this lively name
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a romper
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$1000
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The soft underfur of a Tibetan goat gives this cashmere shawl its name, which is partly derived from Urdu
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a pashmina
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ZODIAC RHYME TIME
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$200
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The sign of the crab is the response to a question
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the Cancer answer
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$400
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A super funny archer
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a hilarious Sagittarius
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$600
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A new breed of dinosaur whose name means "bull lizard"
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Taurus-asaurus (Taurusaurus)
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$800
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The fishes' frozen carbonated beverages in a variety of flavors
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Pisces Icees
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$1000
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Partly from Latin for "crime", a wicked & immoral water bearer
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a nefarious Aquarius
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CHINESE THEATRE HAND & FOOTPRINTS
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$400
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A bit over "Four Christmases" this 6'5" actor put his big shoes in the theater's cement
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Vince Vaughn
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$800
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This veteran actor left his hand & foot, but not mustache prints
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Sam Elliott
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$1200
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This honoree produced Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" & composed the theme for "Sanford & Son"
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(Quincy) Jones
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$1600
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This director of a superhero trilogy was honored for movies that thrill & challenge audiences
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(Christopher) Nolan
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$2000
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She played 110-year-old Miss Jane Pittman in 1974 & left her prints in 2018 at age 93
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Cicely Tyson
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ON THE RIVER
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$400
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The Gateway Arch, Beale Street Landing
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the Mississippi
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$800
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Waldpark Mannheim, Cologne Cathedral
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the Rhine
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$1200
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Cincinnati Municipal Airport, Wheeling Suspension Bridge
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the Ohio
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$1600
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Museo del Greco & Lisbon Oceanarium
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the Tagus
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$2000
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Ciudad Bolívar,Ciudad Guayana
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the Orinoco
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NON-ITALIAN ROMAN EMPEROR
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$400
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The ashes of this Roman emperor who was originally from Spain are said to have been placed in his column in 117 A.D.
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Trajan
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$800
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Maximinus Thrax got his heavy metal name because he was born in this ancient region spanning Greece, Turkey & Bulgaria
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Thrace
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$1200
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Claudius & Caracalla were born in this Roman region in what is now the city of Lyon
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Gaul
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$1600
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Diocletian was born in what is now this country, not far from his famous palace in Split
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Croatia
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$2000
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Born in Syria, a 3rd century emperor was known as Philip the this ethnicity
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the Arab
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ELEMENT"IUM"
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$400
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A "cubic" crystal compound containing this element is used to simulate diamonds
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zirconium
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$800
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Greek for "color" gives us the name of this metal that will take a high polish
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chromium
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$1200
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Symbol Sc, it was discovered in the 1870s in Sweden
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scandium
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$1600
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Kalium is another name for this element
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potassium
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$2000
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This silvery white metal was first known in compounds like Epsom salts
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magnesium
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TOO MUCH
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$400
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A lethal verb ends this compound word referring to too much of something
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overkill
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$800
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It's the drain seen here in the tub, or the event it's there to prevent
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an overflow
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$1200
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This idiom for an overacted performance comes from World War I soldiers charging up out of their trenches
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over the top
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$1600
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A 2019 Supreme Court ruling on excessive fines also used this other "ex" word for a too-high cost
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exorbitant
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$2000
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The overlarge figures painted by Henri Rousseau as in "To Celebrate the Baby" are often described with 16-letter word
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disproportionate
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NEVER ENOUGH
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$400
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In 2020 the U.S. Mint established a task force over weak circulation of these; empty your old jars, America!
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pennies (coins)
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$800
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This letter blood type belonging to 45% of Caucasians but over 50% of African Americans is always in high demand
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O
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$1200
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Some have waited 10 years to get their hands in a Daytona from this luxury brand
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a Rolex
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$1600
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A balsa wood shortage has slowed the renewable energy industry, as it's often used in the blades of these structures
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windmills
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$2000
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Industry needs more of these skilled workers, like the arc type, who are similar to brazers
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welders
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20th CENTURY ARTWORK
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N/A
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The artist's wife described the scene of this 1942 painting as "Brilliant interior of cheap restaurant"
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Nighthawks
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