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WHAT'S YOUR UNSAFE WORD?
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Venture capital is aka this capital; others have an "aversion" to the 4-letter word
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risk
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It can come before "mass" in physics, or "care" in the hospital if your condition is serious
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critical
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This very unsafe word that can mean "traitorous" also starts with "tr"
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treacherous
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It can refer to one who is fearful & lacking self-confidence, or a password that can be easily hacked
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insecure (weak)
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2 ships about to hit each other are said to be on this alliterative path, so get the life jackets ready
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a collision course
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TV SUPPORTING CHARACTERS
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Moe Szyslak
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The Simpsons
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Patrick Star
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SpongeBob SquarePants
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Lovey Howell
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Gilligan\'s Island
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Grandma Huang
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Fresh Off the Boat
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Jacksonville Jaguars fan Jason Mendoza
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The Good Place
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NOVELS SINCE 1900
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23-year-old Andrea Sachs gets a job as a personal assistant at Runway magazine in this Lauren Weisberger novel
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The Devil Wears Prada
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"Texasville" & "Duane's Depressed" are 2 of the many tales of the small-town west by this author who died in 2021
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(Larry) McMurtry
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The name of this realtor & Sinclair Lewis title character has come to mean a witless booster
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(George) Babbitt
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There's a weapon in the title of this modern updating of an ancient English legend by T.H. White
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The Sword in the Stone
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Paul Bäumer is a young German student turned soldier in this World War I novel
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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OCEANOGRAPHIC TERMS
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A general term for seawater, it's also a way to prep your holiday turkey
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brine
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Seen here is a U.S. government global map of world these; red are the fastest
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current
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Underneath all that sediment, the ocean floor is primarily made of the pillow type of this substance
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basalt (lava)
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Measuring the warmth of the water off the western coast of South America, the ONI is the "Oceanic" this Spanish word "Index"
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Niño
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Term for the Pacific Ocean zone that forms a band as long as the equator & has about 75% of Earth's active volcanoes
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Ring of Fire
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SOUVENIR
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The Museum of the American Revolution sells a toy this instrument played by 2 marchers in the "Spirit of '76" painting
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the drum
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"The Golden Door" is a spinner ornament to remind you of this great American landmark
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the Statue of Liberty
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You can get anything from scarves to keychains with the tartan of this, a Scottish family group--find your own
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clan
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You never saw this ox-like animal of Asia with a cold, did you? So try the nice warm Mongolian socks made from its wool
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a yak
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You can bring home the Czech crystal called this type of glass, named after a historical region where Prague is located
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Bohemian
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ASH TREE
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For many years ash wood was the preferred material in making these for folks like Joe DiMaggio
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baseball bats
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Planted before 1911, "Old Granddad" is a landmark ash tree in the shade-hungry city of Modesto in this state
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California
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These priests of ancient Britain carried wands made of ash because of the wood's straight grain
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(the) Druids
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Ash trees are home to more than 500 species of these symbiotic organisms, including old man's beard
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lichen
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In Norse myth, the squirrel Ratatoskr carries messages up & down this ash tree that supports the world
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Yggdrasil
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ANCIENT SYMBOLS
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Found in pagan lore & sometimes linked with evil, a five-pointed star in a circle is called this
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pentagram
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The 8-armed cross has been associated in Christianity with this often earliest in life of the seven sacraments
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baptism
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The merkaba symbol takes its name from a Hebrew word meaning this ancient battle transport
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chariot
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The symbol seen here is a representation of this loud avian of Native American mythology
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thunderbird
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Incorporating three stylized swords, the khanda is a symbol of this religion of the Indian subcontinent
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Sikhism
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HEY, WHAT YEAR IS IT?
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The country gets re-hitched at Appomattox Court House; "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" begin
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1865
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The stock market crashes; the St. Valentine's Day Massacre goes down; Trotsky gets exiled from Russia... man, that's a rough year
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1929
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John Kerry is nominated for president; the Spirit Rover lands on Mars
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2004
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The American Revolution ends; Washington Irving begins; Russia annexes Crimea, not for the last time
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1783
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Burr kills Hamilton non-musically; Lewis & Clark set out; Friedrich Schiller tells the tale of William Tell
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1804
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LESSER-KNOWN ARTISTS
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Thomas Hovenden concentrated on everyday people like "The Village" this worker, a subject of 19th century poetry as well
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blacksmith
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Suzanne Valadon worked as this for Renoir & Toulouse-Lautrec before she began painting her own works
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model
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Meindert Hobbema is best known for the 1689 work that has two of these optical points--one down the road & one in the sky
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vanishing points
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Jean Metzinger has been called the third artist in this movement & his 1912 treatise on it was one of the first
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cubism
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Seen here, the work of Alphonse Legros may have influenced this man's most famous portrait; they were friends until an 1867 fight
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(James) Whistler
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"G" I'D LIKE TO GO THERE
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I'd love to visit some of its many islands, like Andros & Naxose
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Greece
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One of the 7 holy cities of Hinduism, Varanasi has shrines, temples & palaces along the banks of this river
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the Ganges
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This historic city lies at the junction of the same-named lake & the Rhone River
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Geneva
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The majestic Alhambra is in this Spanish province
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Granada
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A huge legendary being is said to have created this causeway of basalt columns jutting into the sea from Northern Ireland
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Giant\'s Causeway
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OLD SYNONYMS
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Ahoy! It's a cethegrande or spouter, this mammal
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whale
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Sunrist was this direction
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east
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If you saw one of these, you might've called it a haunt, a shade or a wraith
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ghost
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Syrup of soot & ninny-broth were 17th century words for this; go-juice & mud came later
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coffee
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An erring star or a wanderer was one of these
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planet
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SONGS THAT GIVE ADVICE
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Stephen Stills suggested, "If you can't be with the one you love, honey" do this
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""Love The One You\'re With"
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John Mayer urged "fathers" to be good to these people; they "will love like you do"
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(your) daughters
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Tammy Wynette sang, "You'll have bad times, & he'll have good times", but you should still do this
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"Stand By Your Man"
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Therapists may chafe at this Melissa Manchester song that advises, "Just keep it inside & learn how to hide your feelings"
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"Don\'t Cry Out Loud"
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Corinne Bailey Rae says to be yourself: "Girl", do this, "Tell me your favorite song, you go ahead, let your hair down"
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"Put Your Records On"
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LITERATURE & THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
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In 2020 scientists named Trimeresurus salazar, a new species of this, after a character in a book series
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a snake
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