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4-LETTER BOOK TITLES
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This 1981 novel is named for a sick 200-pound St. Bernard in Maine
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Cujo
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In Chapter One of this book, "a great fish" severs a woman's femoral artery, the blood now "a beacon... clear and true"
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Jaws
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Coming between "Night" & "Day", it's the middle title in Elie Wiesel's acclaimed trilogy
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Dawn
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Named for a music genre, this Toni Morrison novel involves a Harlem love triangle
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Jazz
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It's the original title of Sapphire's novel about Claireece "Precious" Jones
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Push
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BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS BY INITIALS
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Made the last of 21 straight all-star teams in 1975: H.A.
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Hank Aaron
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Look at numbers like 7,356 innings pitched & you'll: C.Y.
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(Cy) Young
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Class of 2020: D.J.
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Derek Jeter
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Spectacular southpaw: S.K.
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(Sandy) Koufax
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He took a big lead & slid into the H.O.F. in 2009: R.H.
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Henderson
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INCONCEIVABLE!
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Crossword, jigsaw, Sudoku... all are a real this
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a puzzle
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Add a "Y" to this 4-letter word for gloom or a dark mist & you get a word for hard to understand
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murk
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"Bewitched, Bothered & Perplexed" wasn't quite the right song title, so folks went with this synonym
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Bewildered
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A 6-foot unit of nautical measurement is within this word meaning impossible to understand
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unfathomable
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Riddle-named Nazi enciphering machine
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Enigma
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IF AT "FIRST"
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This covers "the right of the people... to petition the government for a redress of grievances"
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First Amendment
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Sounds like bad grammar but "me" is an objective singular pronoun of this linguistic form
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first person
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2-word term describing an E.M.T. who goes to a crisis area to provide immediate assistance
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a first responder
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Primus inter pares is Latin for this, the member of a power-sharing group with a little more juice than the rest
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first among equals
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As leader of Poland from 1956 to 1970, Wladyslaw Gomulka held this Communist Party title
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first secretary
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YOU DON'T SUCCEED
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Killing a man was one good reason this vice president did not succeed his boss, Jefferson; later, he got busted for treason
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Burr
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In a 1998 floor speech, Bob Livingston stunned colleagues by saying he would not succeed Newt Gingrich in this job
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Speaker of the House
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In 1978 Giovanni Benelli was said to be a favorite--twice--to be the successor in this job but did not have the votes
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pope
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Joice Mujuru was set to succeed Robert Mugabe as leader of this African nation but got dismissed as vice president in 2014
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Zimbabwe
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In 2004 the line of succession changed in this country when King Abdullah II dubbed his half-brother Hamzah ex-heir apparent
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Jordan
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FRY FRY AGAIN
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Stick with it, this fried favorite made its debut at the 1942 Texas State Fair
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corn dog
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Shrimp & vegetables are popular fillings for this battered & deep-fried Japanese dish
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tempura
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Aw Cher, Acadians graced Louisiana with this sugar-covered fried treat whose name comes from French for "fritter"
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beignet
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This long Mexican fritter is deep-fried, cinnamon-coated & all-delicious
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churro
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This ovoid appetizer with a nationality in its name is enclosed in sausage & breadcrumbs
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Scotch egg
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RIVERS OF ASIA
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In this frigid region, Russia's Lena River rises near Lake Baikal & flows over 2,700 miles north to the Laptev Sea
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Siberia
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In some areas, mountains more than one mile high form the banks of this river that runs from Tibet to the East China Sea
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Yangtze
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The Mekong River fluctuates greatly during the year, with its highest levels after the rains of this wind system
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monsoon
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This lake of Israel famous for its biblical associations is fed & drained by the Jordan River
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the Sea of Galilee
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Long considered sacred, the Godavari River flows 910 miles west to east across India into this bay
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the Bay of Bengal
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THE ARTS
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Joseph Haydn told Leopold, dad of this prodigy, "Your son is the greatest composer known to me in person or by name"
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Mozart
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"Your tiny hand is frozen, let me warm it in mine", sings Rodolfo to Mimi in this opera
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La bohème
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The christening, the spell & the awakening are all part of this fairy tale ballet
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Sleeping Beauty
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Eugene O'Neill described this 4-act family drama as "old sorrow written in tears & blood"
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Long Day\'s Journey into Night
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Paul Signac used this technique that he helped pioneer in his painting "The Red Buoy" seen here
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pointillism
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MEDICAL TERMS
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Misophonia is a disorder in which a person is triggered & distressed by these
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sound or noises
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By definition keratitis is an inflammation of this part of the eye
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cornea
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Distal means away from the point of origin; this similar-sounding word means pertaining to the back
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dorsal
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Used to describe a method of taking medication, it means "below the tongue"
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sublingual
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Often administered through an inhaler, it's the 14-letter term for a medication that opens up the airways
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bronchodilator
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THIS CATEGORY IS FILLER
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In linguistics, this 4-letter word associated with simile-making is considered a filler word
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like
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As a bonus gift, surround that delicate item you mail to a pal with bags of freshly made this... maybe Orville Redenbacher's?
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popcorn
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If gray is not your favorite color, block filler is used to paint this type of "block" made from burned matter
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cinderblock
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Used as filling in a defensive wall near Mount Olympus, a 2,200-year-old statue of this queen & goddess was found in 2006
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Hera
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This French-named delight seen here in a bowl & as filling is made by whipping up chocolate & heavy cream
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ganache
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SCI-FI MOVIE SYNOPSES
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Rick retires Replicants, Roy (Rutger) ruminates in rain
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Blade Runner
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Linguistics lass learns lexicon of labyrinthine life forms
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Arrival
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Beleaguered botanist bolsters base, buddies bounce back, boost on board
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(The) Martian
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Aging actors assume anterior aspects, Allen aids admiring aliens against annihilation
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Galaxy Quest
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Cruise & crafty computer collaborate on crimes not yet committed
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Minority Report
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BEFORE & AFTER
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Top equestrian trio of races that are next in line to be the reigning monarch
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Triple Crown prince
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Southern state capital confection that's made of crystallized sugar
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Little Rock candy
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Geographic latitude separating the 2 Koreas that's a gymnastics apparatus
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38th parallel bars
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Artistic Left Bank region of Paris that's a meaty McDonald's burger
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Latin Quarter Pounder
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Late summer arts festival in the desert that's a basement hangout with TV & beer
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Burning Man cave
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RENAISSANCE MEN
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10 years before a more famous work, he wrote in 1503 that the way to deal with rebels is to placate them or eliminate them
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(Niccolò) Machiavelli
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