AUDIBLE
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$200
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She gives her life in lyrics in "Songteller":"Well, I've often said that my songs are my children and I expect them to support me when I'm old. Well, I am old and they are!"
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Parton
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$400
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Known for nothing, this funny guy narrates his memoir called "Is This Anything?": "I was a very, very nervous performer when I first began going onstage. But I was encouraged by my college friends Jesse Michnik, Joe Bacino and Mike Costanza."
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(Jerry) Seinfeld
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$600
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Feel your pulse pound with a 1988 bestseller by this action novelist: "Look, Dr. Ryan," the general started to say. Jack cut him off. "General, I am cleared for Tea Clipper. You know that, so let's stop screwing around."
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(Tom) Clancy
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$800
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Johnny Depp got the honor of bringing this guitar legend's memoir to life: "Mick and I knew each other just because we happened to live very close, just a few door away, with a bit of schooling thrown in."
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Keith Richards
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$1000
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This actor bares all in his memoir "Greenlights": "I've had four concussions from falling out of four trees, three of them on a full moon. I have bongoed naked until the cops arrested me."
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(Matthew) McConaughey
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THE 16th CENTURY
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$200
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Some were suspicious in 1560 when Amy Robsart died at 28 just when her husband the Earl of Leicester was hoping to marry this queen
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Elizabeth
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$400
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In 1593 a Thai king & a Burmese prince settled a battle one-on-one, riding on these; the king won
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elephants
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$600
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A landmark of mannerism inside & out, the Palazzo Te was built for this ruling family of Mantua, not of Spokane
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Gonzaga
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$800
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Launched in 1536, the Portuguese version of this focused largely on pretend converts
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the Inquisition
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$1000
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This Ottoman sultan promised he'd eat breakfast in Vienna; after a few days of siege, he got a note saying his food was getting cold
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Suleiman
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AUTOMOBILES... ASSEMBLE!
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$200
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I'm leavin' on a Jetta non-plane
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Volkswagen
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$400
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It's always the Sentra of attention
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Nissan
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$600
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The 2021 XF is quick as a cat... starting at 44 grand
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Jaguar
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$800
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Its Roadster can top 250 mph & has a 620-mile range, sans gas
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Tesla
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$1000
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Its Legacy is on the line every day
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Subaru
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TALK TO THE HAND
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This digit only has 2 phalanges
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the thumb
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$400
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Useful when performing magic, this 3-word skill refers to manual dexterity employed in doing tricks
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sleight of hand
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$600
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This twisting action done out of grief or concern can also mean showing an exaggerated amount of those emotions
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wringing your hands
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$800
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Ambrose Bierce defined this divination practice as "the 947th method... of obtaining money by false pretences"
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palmistry
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$1000
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The nerves providing sensation to the hand are the median, radial & this one that enters the hand via Guyon's canal
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ulnar
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5, MOUNTAIN TIME
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$200
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Notable in Japanese art, a series of woodblock prints called "Thirty-Six Views of" this mountain were made in the 1800s
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Mount Fuji
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$400
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Billed as the world's smallest mountain, Mount Wycheproof rises a majestic 141 feet in this Aussie state fit for a queen
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Victoria
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$600
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At 8,100 feet, Galdhopiggen, northeast of Bergen, is this country's highest peak
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Norway
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$800
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You can enjoy "The Snows of" this Tanzanian massif on its central cone, Kibo, a dormant volcano
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(Mount) Kilimanjaro
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$1000
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There's great skiing at places like Tremblant in these mountains, the Quebec portion of the Canadian Shield
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the Laurentians
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LET'S "EET"
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$200
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Precipitation coming down as a mixture of snow & rain
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sleet
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$400
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Adjective meaning careful & circumspect in what one says or does
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discreet
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$600
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Botox alert! These tiny wrinkles at the outer corners of the eyes are the result of age & squinting
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crow\'s feet
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$800
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In this "speak" used in Internet chat rooms, letters are replaced by numbers or other symbols
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leet
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$1000
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Term for a newspaper published in a large format, regarded as more serious & less sensational than tabloids
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a broadsheet
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ANTON CHEKHOV
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$400
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In an 1889 letter Chekhov laid down a famous principle, saying if you show one of these, it must be used
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a gun
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$800
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In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", an albatross gets killed; in an 1896 Chekhov play, it's one of these birds
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seagull
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$1200
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The title siblings in this Chekhov play are named Olga, Irina & Masha
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Three Sisters
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$1600
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Chekhov's last play is about a woman who must decide if she wants to allow houses to be built on this title plot of land
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The Cherry Orchard
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$2000
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Several Chekhov plays were staged in the Moscow Art Theatre, founded by this man known for his acting "method"
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(Konstantin) Stanislavski
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3-LETTER WORDS
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$400
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This verb means to handle something roughly, like an animal would
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paw
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$800
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Portugal's national dish is salted this fish
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cod
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$1200
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The British use this booze to mean "strange"
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rum
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$1600
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This term for flax fiber goes before "headed" to describe kids with very light blond hair
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tow
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$2000
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Term for a day on Mars--24 hours & nearly 40 minutes, so you can hit snooze a little longer there
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sol
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HOWDY, SHERIFF
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$400
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Sheriff Johnny Behan arrested 3 Earp brothers, also lawmen, after a shootout at this place; the 3 were exonerated
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the O.K. Corral
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$800
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Nucky Johnson, who inspired Steve Buscemi's character on this HBO show, was a corrupt sheriff of Atlantic County, New Jersey
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Boardwalk Empire
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$1200
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As a sheriff, this man found Billy the Kid twice & killed him once; he'd later get a sweet new gig thanks to Lew Wallace
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(Pat) Garrett
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$1600
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More slender as a sheriff than as a politician, Grover Cleveland was once known as the hangman of this city in New York
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Buffalo
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$2000
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Daughter of migrant farmworkers, Sheriff Lupe Valdez ran in 2018 to become this state's governor, losing to Greg Abbott
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Texas
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"C" IN SCIENCE
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$400
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The Earth's mantle is sandwiched between these two layers
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core & crust
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$800
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This insoluble plant fiber is found in paper pulp & in the fruits & vegetables that we eat
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cellulose
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$1200
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This field concerned with the effects of low temperatures on organisms derives its name from words meaning "icy life study"
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cryobiology
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$1600
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In 1970 these artificial sweeteners were banned for good after they were linked to cancer in rats
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cyclamates
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$2000
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Numbers 55 & 58 on the periodic table are these 2 elements that differ by a letter
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cesium & cerium
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THE CHOSEN FEW
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$400
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British Airways in 1996 was the first airline in modern times to offer its first class flyers this feature for a comfy snooze
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a lie-flat bed
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$800
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Anyone is allowed to book time to use this space telescope first launched in 1990, but competition is fierce
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the Hubble
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$1200
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Latin for "with a key" gives us this select group of holy men responsible for picking a new pope
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conclave
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$1600
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Ken Kesey led a close-knit group called the "Merry" these
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Pranksters
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$2000
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This "twinkly" tribunal that persecuted Puritans was abolished by Parliament in 1641
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the Star Chamber
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THE FAMOUS MOM
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$400
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Of Sean Lennon
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(Yoko) Ono
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$800
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Of Zoe Kravitz
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(Lisa) Bonet
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$1200
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Of Dakota Johnson
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Melanie Griffith
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$1600
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Of Alexa Ray Joel
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(Christie) Brinkley
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$2000
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Of Gwyneth Paltrow
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(Blythe) Danner
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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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N/A
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The first published announcement of the Declaration was by a Philadelphia paper that reported it in this foreign language
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German
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