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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE TURNS 75
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In 1974 a copyright renewal failure let "Life" lapse into this 2-word "area"; royalty-free, it aired repeatedly & popularity soared
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the public domain
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Separated from his real-life brother at the holidays, Kieran Culkin catches "Life" in film 1 & again in "2" in this series
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Home Alone
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This actress came by her all-American image honestly; her hometown of Denison, Iowa has been compared to Bedford Falls
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Donna Reed
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Known for upbeat films, this director said "Life" was "the greatest film I had ever made", but it didn't do well at the box office
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(Frank) Capra
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The schemes of this wealthy, cackling character include offering George a job
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Potter
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POPE-POURRI
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To tend his flock, a pope is said to sit in the chair of this saint
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Saint Peter
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Around 1508 Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to decorate this room with frescoes
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the Sistine Chapel
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Pope Paul III is remembered for excommunicating this monarch in 1538
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Henry VIII
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In 2013 he was given the title of pope emeritus
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Benedict (XVI)
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John XXIII convened the second of these meetings, which decreed mass could be celebrated in local languages
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Vatican Council
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ELBOW PATCHES
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Elbow & the neck were early names for this main Maine city
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Portland
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The name of this elbow pasta can also mean a dandy
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macaroni
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Lateral epicondylitis is also known by this sporty name
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tennis elbow
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This expression for strenuous physical exertion dates from at least 1672, when Andrew Marvell used it
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elbow grease
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Elbow is the name of an inept constable in this Shakespeare comedy with a repetitive title
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Measure for Measure
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MAGAZINES
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For your viewing pleasure, the website for this magazine of what to watch has an archive of covers going back to the early 1950s
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TV Guide
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"The Talk of the Town" in this magazine's first issue in 1925 included Broadway actors out of work
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The New Yorker
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Found in doctors' offices around the world, this kids' magazine that provides "Fun with a Purpose" turned 75 in 2021
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Highlights
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From scenic road trips to incredible natural wonders, this magazine, T+L for short, has it all
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Travel + Leisure
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"Lifestyle, fashion & beauty" is the nature of this "magazine for African-American women"
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Essence
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LESSER-KNOWN MARSUPIALS
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Known to prey on poultry, the quoll is also called the native this & sometimes competes with domestic ones for food
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a native cat
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These sticky-tongued insect consumers include proper ones like the giant & animals loosely called that, like Australia's numbat
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an anteater
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Using another term for the way it moves from tree to tree, this marsupial would be called the sugar volplaner
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a sugar glider
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The long-nosed potoroo lives in forest underbrush areas in this island state of Australia
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Tasmania
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To save energy when food is scarce, the mouselike dunnart enters this dormant state, from the Latin for sluggishness
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torpor
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POST DOCTORAL
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A make of car, or an attempt to evade
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Dodge
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Policy-wise, a famous one was named for James Monroe
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a doctrine
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To remove one's hat as a greeting
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doff
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A position of utmost leadership in old-time Venice & Genoa
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a doge
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In the 1960s Jim Buck, half a dozen or more leashes in hand, started NYC's first of these businesses
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dog walking
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LANGUAGES
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In Iran the Persian language is better known by this name
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Farsi
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Surprisingly, Lettish, the language of this country, is related to Sanskrit
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Latvia
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The language of the Inca Empire, today it's still spoken in a handful of countries including Ecuador & Peru
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Quechua
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It's the group of 500 or more related African languages that include Xhosa & Swahili
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Bantu
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After the merger of kingdoms in the 1400s, it became the standard form of Spanish spoken in Spain
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Castilian
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GIRL GROUPS
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I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want is for you to name this group that included Mel B & Mel C
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the Spice Girls
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Beyoncé first came to fame as the lead singer of this group
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Destiny\'s Child
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In 1967 Diana Ross got top billing in this group
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The Supremes
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"I'm So Excited" & "Neutron Dance" were hits for these siblings
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the Pointer Sisters
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Kristen Stewart & Dakota Fanning starred in a 2010 movie about these rocker girls
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the Runaways
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WE GET LETTERS
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One hundred to Cicero
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C
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Porterhouse bone
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T
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Thandie Newton played Condoleezza Rice in this film
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W
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German musicians use "B" for B flat & this for B natural
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H
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It's the symbol for the metric unit equal to a cubic decimeter
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L
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS
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The first U.S. case study of a Black urban community was made in this city by W.E.B. Du Bois working for Penn in the 1890s
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Philadelphia
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James McBride got the title of this bestseller from his mother, whom he once asked, "What color is God's spirit?"
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The Color of Water
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"The Rose that Grew from Concrete" is a book of poems by this man better known as a rapper
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Tupac Shakur
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"While Justice Sleeps" is the first novel under her own name by this Georgia voting rights activist & romance novelist
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Stacey Abrams
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After killing off this private detective in "Blonde Faith", Walter Mosley resurrected him in "Little Green"
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Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins
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THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR CANADA
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The Haida of British Columbia are noted for these elaborate items
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totem poles
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Late 1890s prospectors got a real rush heading to the region around this tributary of the Yukon River
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the Klondike
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A National Historic Site in Inglis, Manitoba preserves storage structures called grain these which used to dot the prairies
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elevators
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This huge territory with an indigenous name split from the Northwest Territories in 1999
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Nunavut
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On Prince Edward Island, you can visit the farm that inspired this 1908 novel, a classic of Canadian literature
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Anne of Green Gables
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FINALS
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Playing for the Boston Braves on May 25, 1935, he hit his final 3 career home runs, bringing his total to 714
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Babe Ruth (the "Babe")
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Leaving from Frankfurt on May 3, 1937, its 63rd flight would be its last, ending in tragedy
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the Hindenburg
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According to tradition, his final words in 1776 were "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
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Nathan Hale
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Premiering in 1896 "The Grand Duke" was the final one of their Savoy operettas
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Gilbert and Sullivan
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Sadly, the last two of these great birds were killed off the coast of Iceland in 1844 for a private collector
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the auk
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AESTHETIC MOVEMENTS
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N/A
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This turn-of-the-century movement was alternately known around the world as Nieuwe Kunst & Modernista
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Art Nouveau
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