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DANCE IN HISTORY
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In the Dakota Territory city of Medora, there was a real account of cowboys making new hands dance by doing this
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shooting at their feet
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With 27 straight hours of waltzing, Alma Cummings started this fad with an athletic contest name, big in the desperate 1930s
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dance marathons
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The hornpipe was associated with this British force & helped its men maintain fitness in a confined space
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the Navy
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Now meaning an easy-to-win contest, it originated as enslaved peoples' mockery of their masters' elaborate dances
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a cakewalk
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In this German "Aa" city in 1374, summer was here & the time was right for the 1st major episode of compulsive dancing in the street
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Aachen
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AMEND THE AMENDMENT
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5th: "Nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in Pictionary of life or limb"
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jeopardy
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1st: "Congress shall make no law... prohibiting... the right of the people peaceably to mambo"
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assemble
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6th: "The accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public freeway" (there's an amendment L.A. can really get behind!)
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trial
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8th: "Excessive bail shall not be required... nor cruel and unusual amphibians inflicted"
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punishments
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24th: "The right of citizens... to vote... shall not be denied... by reason of failure to pay any redonkulous tax or other tax"
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poll
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A FAIR PIECE OF ENTERTAINMENT
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Aimee Mann paid tribute to this city's 1939 World's Fair with her song "Fifty Years After The Fair"
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New York
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This fourth season of "American Horror Story" is set at Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities in Jupiter, Florida
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Freak Show
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There are kids at a fairground at the start of the video for this Springsteen song about a ride
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"Tunnel Of Love"
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This British event ended in 1788, but is remembered largely thanks to a Simon & Garfunkel song
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Scarborough Fair
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Age 11, he made his movie debut in "It Happened at the World's Fair", starring Elvis, whom he later portrayed
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Kurt Russell
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OUT OF THE CRADLE
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Let's have this friendly talk
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a chat
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To use an acid to produce a pattern on glass
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etch
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Soft silicate substance
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talc
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This mark used by proofreaders shows where something is ^to be inserted
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a caret
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A scarcity or shortage
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dearth
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LOOKING FOR LUNCH
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Layers of turkey, lettuce, tomato & bacon are placed between 3 slices of toast in this traditional sandwich
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a club sandwich
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Holy these, Spanish for "beans"! Time to serve some up with vegetables & citrus pepper salmon
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frijoles
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An egg-milk solution, bread-crumbs, seasonings & a specific cheese are in the mix to make a lovely eggplant this
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parmesan
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Restaurants vie for bragging rights serving these dumplings called "the ultimate Hong Kong comfort food"
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wontons
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A white version of this cold, Spanish summertime soup includes garlic, bread & almonds & is garnished with green grapes
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gazpacho
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IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES
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In Monopoly, you roll the dice & you'll pay the price if your Community Chest card reads, "Go to" here, "Go directly to" here
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Jail
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7 & 11 can be lucky numbers, but financially, going to this type of U.S. court to file Chapter 7 or 11 is never fun
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bankruptcy
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You did not want to be in these 2 cities after the Lord says "their sin is very grievous" in Genesis 18
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Sodom & Gomorrah
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These islands off Africa were the wrong place for travelers in 2021 as a volcanic eruption closed La Palma's airport
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the Canary Islands
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The U.S. decided Afghanistan is the wrong place to be & on July 1, 2021 left this air base, hub of operations for 20 years
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Bagram
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OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
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Norfolk Island, a territory of Australia, gives its name to a type of this tree also called a living Christmas tree
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a pine
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In 1998 the capital of this U.S. Pacific territory got a name change from Agana to the Chamorro name Hagatna
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Guam
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The U.S. Virgin Islands were purchased from this European country in 1917
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Denmark
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Great Britain's Falkland Islands are also claimed by Argentina, where they are called these
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the Malvinas
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Though part of its name was a Roman designation for Scotland, this "New" Pacific island territory belongs to France
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New Caledonia
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POETRY COLLECTIONS
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Borrowing a title from David Bowie, Tracy K. Smith won a 2012 Pulitzer Prize for her collection "Life on" this planet
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Mars
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He wrote many of the poems in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" for his godchildren
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Eliot
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"Sunflower Sutra" is one of the "Other Poems" in his "Howl and Other Poems"
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Ginsberg
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The title of this Elizabeth Barrett Browning collection does not come from her nationality, but from her nickname
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Sonnets from the Portuguese
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"Song of Myself" is the longest & best known poem in this Walt Whitman collection first published in 1855
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Leaves of Grass
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"M"EDICINE
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Chloroquine can prevent this disease, but the best way is to avoid the mosquitos that carry it
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malaria
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Removal of the ovaries will cause a woman to go through this process prematurely
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menopause
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A common knee injury is a tear in this crescent-shaped pad of cartilage located where the thighbone & the lower leg bone meet
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the meniscus
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A muscle biopsy & electromyography are tests that can diagnose this group of genetic diseases, whether Becker or Duchenne
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muscular dystrophy
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A diamond-tipped wand is used in this polysyllabic procedure that removes the top layer of skin to treat sun damage
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microdermabrasion
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DESIGN & TYPOGRAPHY
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DPI stands for dots per inch; PPI is these digital elements per inch
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pixels
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A device for spraying paint, it also means to remove a detail or flaw from a photo
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airbrush
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In font types, this word follows "slab" & "sans"
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serif
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Concepts are often begun with these miniature sketches named for a part of the hand
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thumbnail sketches
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It's the process seen here by which all letters become perfectly spaced
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kerning
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TV HUSBANDS
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Seen here, Ty Burrell was known to woo wife Claire in the guise of smooth Clive Bixby on this show
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Modern Family
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First name of Linda Belcher's burger-flipping husband on an animated Fox show
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Bob
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Cookie Lyon had quite the dramatic relationship with hubby Lucious on this show set in the world of rap music
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Empire
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In "For All Mankind" Wayne Cobb is the supporting hubby of Molly, who is really going places working for this agency
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NASA
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"The Good Wife" was wed to the bad husband played by this actor
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Chris Noth
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EMBEDDED NUMERIC HOMOPHONES
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This marvelous or lovely word describes TV's "World of Disney"
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W1derful
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Chaw receptacle also called a cuspidor
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a spi2n
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This adjective means resembling the proverbial "king of the jungle"
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leo9
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Repentant uses most of the letters in this synonym meaning remorseful over one's sins
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peni10t
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A lessening, or a reduction of a tax assessment
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ab8ment
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HISTORY
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In 1985 the mayor of Rome went to a suburb of Tunis to sign a treaty ending this after more than 2,100 years
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the (Third) Punic War(s) (Carthaginian Wars)
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