THAT'S HEAVY, MAN
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$200
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She's 111'1" tall heel to head & her copper alone weighs 31 tons
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the Statue of Liberty
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$400
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Lolong, a 2,400-pound saltwater one of these reptiles with at least one human death pinned on him, died in 2013
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a crocodile
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$600
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A Nimitz-class this type of ship can weigh more than 100,000 tons
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aircraft carrier
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$800
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A 4-year restoration plan begun in 2017 stopped this 15.1-ton great hour bell from chiming, save for special occasions
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Big Ben
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$1000
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Named for a Civil War general, this World War II tank weighed 33 tons & was powered by a 425-hp engine
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a Sherman tank
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BODIES OF WATER
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$200
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This largest lake in Africa is named for a British queen
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Victoria
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$400
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This body of water is centered on the North Pole
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the Arctic Ocean
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$600
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Accessible only by ferry, Vashon Island is in this body of water, between Seattle & Tacoma
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Puget Sound
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$800
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Catumbo lightning is a phenomenon regularly seen over this huge Venezuelan lake
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Lake Maracaibo
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$1000
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Saudi Arabia lies between the Red Sea & this 93,000-square-mile gulf
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the Gulf or Persia (the Persian Gulf)
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THE MAIN LIQUOR
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$200
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In a Highland Fling
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Scotch whiskey
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$400
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In a strawberry margarita
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tequila
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$600
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In a Gorky Park
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vodka
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$800
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In a Planter's Punch
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rum
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$1000
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In a Caruso, a confirmed bachelor or a Ramos Fizz
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gin
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A MESSY CATEGORY
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$200
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This newspaper word game with mixed-up letters is also a word meaning a disorderly mixture
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a Jumble
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$400
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This "Peanuts" character fits the category
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Pig-Pen
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$600
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I'd invite you in, but my place is in total this, the primeval formlessness of the ancient Greek cosmos
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chaos
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$800
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This 8-letter word for shabby originally described people wearing loose shoes
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slipshod
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$1000
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Shambles is an old word for one of these workplaces, a literal scene of carnage
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a slaughter house
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PLAY TIME IS OVER
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$200
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In 1967, killjoys at the NCAA banned this crowd-pleasing basketball shot; they unbanned it in 1976
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a slam dunk
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$400
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An MLB rule change eliminated the "neighborhood play"; fielders now have to touch this base to record an out there
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second base
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$600
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In 1992 the NHL began calling this "elevated" penalty above waist level, not just shoulder height
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high sticking
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$800
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In college hoops this play used to happen after every basket, but the possession arrow took over decades ago
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a jump ball
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$1000
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After the Raiders won a 1978 game on a play called "The Holy Roller", the NFL cracked down on offensive advances via these
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fumbles
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MOBITUARIES WITH MO ROCCA
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$200
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(Mo Rocca presents the clue.) I explore these early humans, the archetypal cavemen portrayed as uncivilized & primitive, but who actually exhibited intelligent behavior; and though they've long disappeared, they remain a part of us, showing up today in our DNA tests
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Neanderthals
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$400
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(Mo Rocca presents the clue.) Audrey Hepburn suffered hunger & loss as a teen in Nazi-occupied Netherlands & felt a special bond with this girl born in the same year; the girl's diary evoked such painful wartime memories the Hepburn declined to play her on film, even at the request of the girl's father
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Anne Frank
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$600
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(Mo Rocca presents the clue.) If places had obituaries, the one for this once powerful territory might have mentioned its spiky hats & its extravagantly mustachioed Kaisers named Wilhelm
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Prussia
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$800
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(Mo Rocca presents the clue.) "He had lived long, did some good and much harm, said one obituary of this "Common Sense" pamphleteer who had only a handful of people show up to his funeral in 1809
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Thomas Paine
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$1000
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(Mo Rocca presents the clue.) This English dandy with an alliterative name, was an influencer of men's fashion in the 1800s, counting Lord Byron among his fans; today his name is an old-fashioned term for a fashion plate
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Beau Brummell
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CITY FILL IN
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$400
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____ Rock: It became a symbol of freedom after it split in two in 1774
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Plymouth
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$800
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____ Slugger: It's used to hit in the big leagues
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Louisville
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$1200
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____ Ward: Since 1872, great deals for those from Chicago & Alabama alike
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Montgomery
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$1600
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____ sausage: Oddly, in Austria it's called a frankfurter
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Vienna
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$2000
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____ jar: A Dutchman stored electricity in it
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Leyden
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ASIAN LITERATURE & DRAMA
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$400
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The traditional Korean form of drama known as talchum involves singing, dancing & the donning of these
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masks
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$800
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1913 Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore wrote the words & music to this country's national anthem
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India
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$1200
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This acclaimed 1950 multi-perspective film is based on 2 Japanese short stories
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Rashomon
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$1600
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A collection of verses first translated into English in the 19th century, "The Rubaiyat" is by this Persian poet
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Omar Khayyam
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$2000
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Also called "Lunyu", this work is a collection of the sayings & teachings of the philosopher Confucius
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the Analects
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TIME LINES
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$400
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In his "Advice to a Young Tradesman", he said, "Remember that time is money"
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Franklin
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$800
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"The time has come", this character says, "to talk of many things: of shoes--and ships--and sealing wax--of cabbages--and kings"
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the Walrus
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$1200
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"You must remember" this song that says, "A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh"
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"As Time Goes By"
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$1600
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This book of the Bible mentions "a time to weep, a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance"
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Ecclesiastes
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$2000
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At a commencement speech at Stanford in 2005, he said, "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life"
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Steve Jobs
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U.N. ANNIVERSARIES
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$400
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In 2020 the U.N. celebrated the 75th anniversary of its October 1945 founding in this U.S. West Coast city
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San Francisco
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$800
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2019 marked the 100th anniversary of the International Labour Organization, once part of this U.N. predecessor
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the League of Nations
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$1200
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The 20th anniversary celebration of the statute creating the ICC, this agency, included a mock trial
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the International Criminal Court
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$1600
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2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the U.N.'s first deployment of these blue-helmeted folks, during a 1948 Mideast crisis
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peacekeepers
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$2000
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In 2011 the U.N. solemnly marked the 50th anniversary of the death of this beloved Swedish secretary-general in a plane crash
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Dag Hammarskjöld
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MUSICAL SEQUELS
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$400
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The sequel to this Broadway hit was once subtitled "Miss Hannigan's Revenge"
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Annie
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$800
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In the 1982 musical sequel to this movie, the Rydell High exchange student is from Britain, not Australia
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Grease
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$1200
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Zac, Vanessa & the gang spend a summer vacation working at Lava Springs Country Club in 2007's this movie "2"
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High School Musical
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$1600
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20 years after "Bye, Bye" this guy, "Bring Back" this guy didn't fare so well, closing after 4 performances
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Birdie
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$2000
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"Of Thee I Sing" was such a big hit for these brothers, George & Ira, that they came up with "Let 'Em Eat Cake" (which bombed)
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the Gershwins
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ENDS IN "GH"
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$400
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It's a 12-letter word for a sudden advancement or development, especially in science
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a breakthrough
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$800
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A depression in the ocean floor, or what a horse drinks from
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a trough
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$1200
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We salute you if you know it's the service song heard here
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"Anchors Aweigh"
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$1600
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It's a leave of absence in the military, or mandatory unpaid time off for an employee
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a furlough
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$2000
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It's a synonym for molt
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slough
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19th CENTURY AMERICA
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N/A
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2-word term for the statement saying U.S. policy is "to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope... other powers will (do) the same"
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the Monroe Doctrine
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