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AMERICA IN THE 19-AUGHTS
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The 1906 Hepburn Act increased federal rule over this form of transportation & some say contributed to its eventual decline
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railroads
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This coin got a makeover in 1909 for the 100th anniversary of a president's birth
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the penny
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The constitution of the labor union known as the Wobblies declared this class "& the employing class have nothing in common"
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working class
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Attorney General & emperor's grand-nephew Charles Bonaparte wanted his own crew of agents, creating what's now this in 1908
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the FBI
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A 1903 treaty would've leased the U.S. a strip of land across this isthmus; the U.S. Senate ratified it, but Colombia's didn't
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Panama
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FAIRY TALES: A CLOSER LOOK
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A swan overcomes a case of mistaken self-identity & serious self-loathing
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"The Ugly Duckling"
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A boy breaks into a home after a gardening incident, steals a magical fowl, then kills an occupant
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"Jack and the Beanstalk"
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A wild animal who's pretty good at deception attempts 2 homicides, that of a girl & her grandmother, but ends up dead
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"Little Red Riding Hood"
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A woman's royal lineage is determined using bedding to reveal her demanding nature & sense of privilege
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"The Princess and the Pea"
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An anthropomorphic cat with an interesting fashion sense murders rabbits, kills an ogre & steals land for his friend
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"Puss in Boots"
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ORGANIZATIONS
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Working to end hunger, the Food & Agriculture Organization is the oldest specialized agency founded by this body
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the United Nations
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Mercosur seeks to integrate the economies of its member countries on this continent
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South America
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FIFA organizes this quadrennial contest first held in 1930
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the World Cup
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In 1887 several Denver charities combined efforts to form the charity Organizations Society, today known as this
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the United Way
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Increased U.S. inflation was one result in 1973 when members of this organization quadrupled oil prices
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OPEC
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ALSO A FACEBOOK REACTION
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When it follows "and the", it means "similar things"
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like
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It comes before "Field" in a Dallas airport
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Love
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No joke--this double-talk name comes before Clinton-Dix in the name of an NFL star
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"Ha Ha"
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A palindromic exclamation of amazement
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wow
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It's an acronym for depression caused by the gloomier winter months
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SAD (seasonal affective disorder)
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REALITY TV
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We kept up with this family for 14 years, but in 2021 Kim, Khloe & Kompany bid farewell as their show came to an end
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the Kardashians
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Here's Captain Sandy, welcome aboard her yacht on this series, "Mediterranean"
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Below Deck
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According to the title of their long-running HGTV series, Drew & Jonathan Scott are these siblings
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the Property Brothers
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He's made the rounds on reality TV beginning with "Queer Eye" & more recently, as a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race"
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Carson Kressley
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It was "the true story of seven strangers picked to live in a house, work together and have their lives taped"
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The Real World
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GEOGRAPHIC IDIOMS
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If you're between a rock & a hard place, you might also be between the devil & this salty expanse
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the deep blue sea
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Ooh, tough break, looks like "you're up a creek without" this item
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a paddle
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This grotto is the part of a dwelling where the male of a household might typically isolate
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the man cave
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The Atlantic gets downgraded in this slangy expression for traveling between the United Kingdom & the United States
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the pond
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John Updike said writing criticism compared to fiction is like "hugging" this compared to sailing in open water
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the shore
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IN THEIR 60s
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In 1956, after a rerouted highway killed business for his chicken restaurant, he sold it & started over
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Colonel Sanders
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At age 63 she set a trapshooting record by hitting 98 out of 100 pigeons at a North Carolina club
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(Annie) Oakley
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At age 60, this co-discoverer of the DNA double helix left his native England to study the brain at California's Salk Institute
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(Francis) Crick
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In his 60s Winfield Scott led U.S. forces to victory in this war but led his own presidential campaign to defeat
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the Mexican-American War
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Out of favor in the 1830s, in the '40s, Ingres was known as France's top painter with sitters like a baroness of this rich family
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the Rothschilds
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THE MIDDLE EAST
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The city of Erbil in Iraq is the capital of an autonomous region where the majority of the people are of this ethnic group
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Kurds
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This United Arab Emirates capital with a 2-word name occupies an island first settled around 1760
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Abu Dhabi
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The Taurus Mountains of Southern Turkey stretch from Lake Egirdir to this longest river in the region
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the Euphrates
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Halab is the name in Arabic for this largest city of Northern Syria, heavily damaged in the recent civil war
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Aleppo
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For centuries, a terminus of the spice road of Arabia, this Yemeni city of 800,000 sits on the gulf that bears its name
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Aden
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COMPLETE THE TONY-WINNING PLAY TITLE
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By Wendy Wasserstein: "The ____ Chronicles"
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Heidi
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By Tennessee Williams: "The Rose ____"
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Tattoo
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1960, about Helen Keller & her teacher: "The ____ Worker"
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Miracle
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2006, set at a British grammar school: "The ____ Boys"
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History
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1948, the first play to be so honored: "Mister ____"
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Roberts
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THIS CATEGORY HAS LEGS
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This arachnid shares its name with a Fred Astaire movie
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daddy long legs
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Kinesiology expert Tom Stoffregen says most people get these & stop stumbling around the deck within 36 hours of setting sail
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sea legs
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Billy Bowlegs was a 19th century leader of this southern people who fought three wars with the United States
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the Seminoles
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Cabriole legs, curving out & then in, are common in the furniture style named for this early 18th century British queen
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Queen Anne
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In a landscape by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a pair of legs glimpsed in the sea belonged to this tragic figure of myth
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Icarus
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THE "HIT" PARADE
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Pat Benatar first punched her way onto the Billboard Top 10 with this 1980 song
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"Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
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Elvis Costello opined, "Accidents will happen, we only" this 3-word vehicular crime
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hit and run
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"When I'm not with you, I lose my mind give me a sign", these 6 words, Britney sang in a 1999 No. 1
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"Hit me baby one more time"
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"Don't you come back no more, no more" was a recurring theme in this Ray Charles classic
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"Hit The Road Jack"
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"I came to dance with you", says Vanessa Marquez in "Rock Your Body"; Justin Timberlake replies, "You don't wanna" do this
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hit the floor
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UNPACK YOUR ADJECTIVES
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If you're this type of "shirt", you're pompous or inflexible
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stuffed
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There's a double "L" in the middle of this adjective meaning morose or gloomily silent
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sullen
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It describes someone of grace & refined taste, or a mathematical proof that's simple & ingenious
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elegant
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Sorry if you're this 10-letter adjective that's derived from the Latin for "teary"
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lachrymose
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Meaning snakelike as an adjective, it refers to a green mineral as a noun
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serpentine
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SCIENTISTS
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Galileo thanked this astronomer "because you were... practically the only one, to have complete faith in my assertions"
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(Johannes) Kepler
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