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WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg, Germany.) A final Nazi rally, ironically called the Party Rally for Peace, was scheduled for September 2, 1939, but never held, as Germany invaded this country & set off World War II the day before
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Poland
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg, Germany.) At a 1934 Nuremberg rally, the Nazis proclaimed that this German empire would last a thousand years; but in 1945, U.S. troops helped put the finishing touches to it after little more than a decade
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the Third Reich
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During the Battle of Britain, brave engineers removed an unexploded bomb that would have devastated this London landmark
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St. Paul\'s Cathedral
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U.S. troops marched into Germany through the dragon's teeth of this defensive line named for a legendary German hero
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the Siegfried Line
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Here's the view from one of these alphanumeric flying fortresses as it unleashed its bombs over occupied Europe in 1943
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the B-17
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LITERARY SUBTITLES
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The prologue to a trilogy, this novel is subtitled "There and Back Again"
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The Hobbit
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In England, this classic was published as "The Whale"; in the U.S., "The Whale" was a subtitle
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Moby-Dick
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First published in 1854, this nonfiction work has the subtitle "or Life in the Woods"
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Walden
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This novel's "The Modern Prometheus" refers to the Titan who created man out of clay
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Frankenstein
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Longfellow's narrative poem named for this woman is "A Tale of Acadie"
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Evangeline
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THE WEEKLY CONFERENCE CALL
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The P.R. department says we need a new this, a catchy 6-letter musical ad slogan like "Plop Plop Fizz Fizz"
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a jingle
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How are we on office supplies? Let's get some Clic Stic Fashion ball point pens from this company, & maybe some of its lighters
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BIC
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The accounting team says the R.O.I., short for this, was solid on the Plotsky deal
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return on investment
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We're aware of the takeover bid, but the legal team added this "tough to swallow" alliterative proviso to kill any deal
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poison pill
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The CEO will meet with Alcoa at its headquarters in this city & maybe even catch a game at Heinz Field
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Pittsburgh
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"O"PPOSITES
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Of vacant (8 letters)
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occupied
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Of written (4 letters)
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oral
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Of chaos (5 letters)
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order
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Of powerless(10 letters)
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omnipotent
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Of pellucid (6 letters)
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opaque
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GRAMMY WINNERS
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2020: It was a family affair for her & daughter Blue Ivy Carter, winning for the video "Brown Skin Girl"
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Beyoncé
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2008: Not in attendance, she dominated the evening, winning 5 awards
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Winehouse
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2011: This song gave it all to Adele--Record of the Year, Short Form Music Video & Song of the Year
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"Rolling In The Deep"
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2015: He continued "Livin' La Vida Loca" with the best Latin Pop Album, "A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)"
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Ricky Martin
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2019: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album went to this British singer/songwriter & The Imposters, not the Attractions
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Elvis Costello
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TODAY I LEARNED
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Thought to be extinct in 1912, an Australian nocturnal type of this bird was rediscovered in 2013; no word on if it wanted a cracker
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a parrot
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The mugshots of Dan Aykroyd in "Trading Places" & this late actor in "The Blues Brothers" have nearly the same prisoner numbers
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John Belushi
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The food & drink shop here was uncovered in 2020, complete with traces of 2,000-year-old food in this city buried by a volcano
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Pompeii
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An "Only in 2020" headline: the Rainbow Warriors of this university "knocks off Houston in Texas-based New Mexico Bowl"
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Hawaii
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This Vermont senator is not only 3rd in the succession line to the presidency, he was born blind in one eye & has been in 5 "Batman" movies
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Leahy
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SCIENCE & NATURE
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Neutrophils are the most plentiful type of these colorless components in the body that fight infections
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white blood cells
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Now extinct, the largest mammal of the order that includes the manatee & the dugong was the Stellar's this
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a sea cow
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This lowest part of the brainstem helps maintain normal blood pressure, among other activities
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the medulla
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This 7-letter adjective describes animals like elephants & gorillas that are mostly active during the day
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diurnal
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The citric acid cycle also goes by the name of this German-born biochemist who discovered it in 1937
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Krebs
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S.E.C.! S.E.C.!
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University of Mississippi alumni include Shepard Smith, Michael Oher & this bestselling author of "The Street Lawyer"
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Grisham
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In 1965 scientists at the University of Florida came up with this beverage to help the football team stay better hydrated
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Gatorade
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The University of Tennessee is one of 2 S.E.C. schools from the state; this one founded by a shipping magnate in 1873 is the other
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Vanderbilt
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Gov. George Wallace protested the court-ordered end of racial segregation at this school in 1963
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the University of Alabama
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He was the first superintendent of Louisiana State but resigned to "march" off into the Union Army
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Sherman
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POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER
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12th U.S. president who topped the pop charts with "Shake It Off"
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Zachary Taylor Swift
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Talented singer & pianist who can do a mash-up of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" & "All Of Me"
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Elton John Legend
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Movie where the monstrous Lester Burnham locks up Belle, who finds an enchanted rose
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American Beauty and the Beast
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Han Solo's freighter is a 1980s primetime soap set at a vineyard & starring Jane Wyman
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Millennium Falcon Crest
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Film in which a kid in a Welsh coal-mining family like totally falls for a 1980s Southern California chick
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How Green Was My Valley Girl
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6-LETTER THE BETTER
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This synonym for plea can be found after mass, curb & sex
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appeal
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To sell off all shareholdings from your portfolio, as people did to protest apartheid in South Africa
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divest
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It's the type of bracelet seen here
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a bangle
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Flotsam's partner, it's thrown off a ship to aid stability
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jetsam
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This end-of-the-alphabet word is a warm, soft western breeze
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zephyr
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HIGH
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The High Atlas is a mountain range in this country
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Morocco
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The Aswan High Dam controls the floodwaters of the Nile, forcing them into this lake
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Lake Nasser
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Hey, drifter, you should know that this western third of Kansas is an elevated plateau
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the High Plains
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This national scenic trail passes by High Point, the highest peak in New Jersey
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the Appalachian Trail
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The high pressure system known as the Siberian High is centered on this big Russian body of water
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Lake Baikal
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ON LIFE
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"There is no God... man simply is", Jean-Paul Sartre said in a 1945 lecture defending this philosophy
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existentialism
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Per Plato's "Apology", this other guy said an unexamined life is not worth living
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Socrates
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Always figuring the odds, this "Guys and Dolls" scribe noted, "All life is 6 to 5 against"
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(Damon) Runyon
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No stuffed tiger, he wrote in "Leviathan" that life was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"
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Thomas Hobbes
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Stuart was the middle name of this British philosopher who said, "Liberty consists in doing what one desires"
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John Stuart Mill
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HISTORY
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Completed around 1455, it sometimes gets another name because a famous copy was found in the library of Cardinal Mazarin
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the Gutenberg Bible
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