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PROF TALK
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$200
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Profs definitely want good "P.R.". this process by which academic experts referee papers
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peer review
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$400
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Remember grad school & getting the yearly payment called this--appropriately, from Latin for "alms"?
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stipend
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$600
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A PhD candidate who's finished all the coursework but not that last bit of writing is an ABD, this
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all but dissertation
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$800
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This word for a group of associated professors can also mean a natural power or ability
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faculty
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$1000
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In 1880 Harvard became the first to grant these marvelously restful paid leaves of absence
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sabbatical
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AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN
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$200
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A neutral zone separates Spain from this territory & peninsula, a gateway to the Med that always knows how to rock
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Gibraltar
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$400
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Stretch your legs for a walk around this entire country; okay, its area is about 500 acres, but still...! Then hit its casino
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Monaco
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$600
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Let's check out the 88-foot Pompey's Pillar, dedicated around 297 A.D. in this Egyptian city, but we're a tad late on its lighthouse
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Alexandria
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$800
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This citv can be said to be twice on the Mediterranean coast; one as a world capital, the other in Lebanon
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Tripoli
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$1000
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Enjoy the days & knights of this nation in the Central Med composed of 5 islands including Cominotto
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Malta
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WHAT DOES IT PREVENT?
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$200
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Higher-octane gasoline: this "kn"oise, partner of the dreaded pinging
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knocking
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$400
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Bounce dryer sheets, symbolized by a tee shirt & a lightning bolt
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static cling
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$600
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The compound levonorgestrel, in products like Mirena
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pregnancy
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$800
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A living trust: this court procedure to carry out the terms of a will
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probate
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$1000
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Ladybugs & lacewings: these garden menaces also known as plant lice
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aphids
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ALL ON YOUR HEAD NOW
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$200
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Dangle & hoop are types of these but I like your choice of chandelier
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earrings
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$400
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You profs once wore this flat-topped cap; now you see it on celebrating soon-to-be ex-students once or twice a year
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a mortarboard
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$600
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The Donnersmarck emerald & diamond this, a semi-circular crown, went for $12.7 million in 2011 & it would set off your eyes
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a tiara
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$800
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Spikes of hair framing the face are called these spikes in tribute to a lady of the harbor
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liberty spikes
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$1000
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Let's go one this hat seen here over the line, & chef up something delicious
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a toque
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COLLEGE SPORTS
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$200
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In 2021 LSU's men's team claimed the outdoor track & field NCAA title, aided by Terrance Laird's time of 10.05 in this event
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the 100 meter
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$400
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With stars like Maya Moore, the Huskies of this U. have won over 90% of their games & 11 national titles in women's basketball since '95
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Connecticut (UConn)
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$600
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Winners of this prestigious honor introduced in 1935 include Steve Spurrier, Barry Sanders & Jameis Winston
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the Heisman Trophy
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$800
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"On", this Big Ten school! coached by "Miracle on Ice" team member Mark Johnson, the women's hockey team won the 2021 NCAA title
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Wisconsin
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$1000
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Mia Hamm won 4 national soccer titles with this southern school
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the University of North Carolina
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LIT CHARACTERS' BAD CHOICES
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$200
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"Thy hour and thy harpoon are at hand!"; he should've cut bait & run, as his harpoon issues got much worse the next day
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(Captain) Ahab
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$400
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James, don't break up a family's baseball game & try to kill this girl! Edward will be mad & it just won't end well for you!
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Bella Swan
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$600
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She a) married Roger Chillingworth & b) didn't just head off for Europe with Dimmesdale as soon as she heard the word "prison"
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Hester Prynne
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$800
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He makes the mistake of trusting O'Brien, which leads to a harsh re-education at the Ministry of Love
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Winston (Smith)
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$1000
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True love wins out, but he wasn't smart to let his friend Mr. Darcy talk him into leaving Jane Bennet in the lurch
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Mr. Charles Bingley
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YIDDISH THEATER
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$400
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David Moishele is an aging wealthy merchant with problematic children in the 1892 play "The Yiddish" this Shakespeare tragedy
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King Lear
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$800
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A surprise New York hit in 2018 was a Yiddish-language "Fiddler on the Roof"; this song becomes "Ven Ikh Bin A Rotshild"
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"If I Were A Rich Man"
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$1200
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Yiddish theater's beginnings are associated with this Jewish holiday involving dressing up in costume
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Purim
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$1600
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The play "Chantzhe in Amerika" is about a woman wanting to learn this modern skill; "How I Learned to" do it is a non-Yiddish play
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she wanted to drive
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$2000
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To Marlon Brando, "Stella" also meant this woman from a Yiddish theater dynasty, the teacher who changed his life
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Stella Adler
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SCIENCE VOCABULARY
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$400
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From a word meaning "insect", it's the study of bugs
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entymology
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$800
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Atoms share a pair of electrons in this type of chemical bond
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covalent
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$1200
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"Specific" this is the ratio of a substance's density to that of a standard substance, often water
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gravity
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$1600
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In physics, a body at rest is in "static" this if all the forces acting on it cancel each other out
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equilibrium
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$2000
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This slow wobbling of the Earth's axis of rotation completes a cycle every 26,000 years or so
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precession
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STATE SONGS
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$400
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Lyrics from this Louisiana state song include "You make me happy when skies are gray"
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"You Are My Sunshine"
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$800
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With words by King David Kalakaua, its state song urges, "Be loyal to your chief"
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Hawaii
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$1200
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This state has an official song & several honorary ones including "Live Free Or Die" & "The Old Man Of The Mountain"
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New Hampshire
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$1600
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The state song of Indiana is titled "On The Banks Of" this river "Far Away"
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the Wabash
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$2000
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One of Colorado's state songs is where these wildflowers grow
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the columbines
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DESCRIBING THE TV DRAMA
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$400
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It's a Mads Mads Mads Mads Mikkelsen world; the doctor will eat you now
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Hannibal
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$800
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On since 2010 but cast job security? Iffy; Michael Rooker was Norman Reedus' brother, remember that?
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The Walking Dead
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$1200
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Simon & Daphne, streaming steamily; episodes included "The Duke & I" & "Art of the Swoon"
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Bridgerton
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$1600
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Catherine, dressing to empress; we're stanning Fanning
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The Great
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$2000
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An island resort is not quite paradise; Jennifer Coolidge deals with the ashes of a relationship
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White Lotus
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IN RECENT YEARS
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$400
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The 2016 Summer Olympics were held in this South American city
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Rio
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$800
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In 2010 Apple released this tablet & sold more than 3 million in the first 80 days
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iPad
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$1200
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David Cameron is seen here with this home secretary, his successor as prime minister
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Theresa May
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$1600
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In 2015 this disease also known as German measles was declared eradicated in the Americas
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rubella
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$2000
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In 2018 it was reported that this British firm had accessed the personal data of up to 87 million Facebook users
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Cambridge Analytica
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SHOW ME YOUR P-H-D
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$400
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A son or daughter by marriage
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a stepchild
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$800
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To arrest a criminal suspect
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apprehend
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$1200
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In 2021 4 astronauts landed in the Gulf of Mexico in the USA's first nighttime one of these since 1968
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a (crewed) splashdown
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$1600
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Squid & octopuses are members of this class of marine mollusks
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cephalopods
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$2000
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These sacred writings of Hinduism explain the fundamental tenets of the religion
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Upanishads
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1950s PUBLIC WORKS
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N/A
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Dubbed "The Greatest Construction Show on Earth", when completed it connected Minnesota to Montreal
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the St. Lawrence Seaway
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