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1922
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Speaking at a memorial dedication in the spring, this president became the first to be heard on radio
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President Warren G. Harding
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In late 1922 Ukraine became one of the founding members of this country
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the USSR
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The heart of the Wimbledon tennis championships, it's seen here under construction in April & opened in June
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Centre Court
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A 1922 compact divided the water of this river between Upper Basin states like Utah & Lower Basin ones like California
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the Colorado
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20 years before commanding a raid on Tokyo, he made the first U.S. coast-to-coast flight in under a day
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Doolittle
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ALSO KNOWN AS
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Theater people refer to it as "the Scottish play"
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Macbeth
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This double-talk prison is called "The Castle on the Hudson"
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Sing Sing
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"Bullets" in Texas hold 'em are pocket these cards
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aces
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Howard Hughes' H-4 Hercules
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the Spruce Goose
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This world capital is called "The Birthplace of Democracy"
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Athens
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GETTING A SHOT
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Cockadoodledon't avoid the shot for this disease also known as varicella, mostly mild in kids but possibly fatal to adults
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chicken pox
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Cobalamin is also known as this alphanumeric vitamin that some people get "shots" of for extra energy
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B-12
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Usually administered to children, a DPT immunization works against diphtheria, pertussis & this other disease
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tetanus
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To continue to develop immunity, the CDC recommends getting the vaccine for this, both A & B, during the first 2 years of life
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hepatitis
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In 2014 the FDA approved an updated version of this vaccine that protects against human papillomavirus
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Gardasil
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ANTI-SYNONYMS
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Discordant or paradoxical; Mary, Mary was quite this in a rhyme
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contrary
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This letter separates the parties in Supreme Court case names
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V
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As a preposition, it means "in contact with"; if you're on a deadline, it precedes "the clock"
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against
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A competitor; put the word between "un" & "ed" & you're the best, with no equal
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rival
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The minority party in Britain's Parliament is called "the loyal" this 10-letter word
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opposition
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LIGHTS! CAMERA!
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The first clear showing that repeated or prolonged exposure to this type of light causes skin cancer came in 1928
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UV sunlight (ultraviolet)
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These are mandatory in newer cars, but you can install an aftermarket one like the Auto-Vox Cs-2 in your 1994 Chevy Corsica
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a reverse camera
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Do you want your Christmas sweater to light up like a Christmas tree? You can get one that uses LEDs, short for these
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light-emitting diodes
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Now wait just one parsec, which is actually a unit of distance--one parsec is equal to about 3.26 these
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light-years
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In this-less cameras like Sony's Alpha 7, light hits a sensor directly & the image in the viewfinder is truer to the photo
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a mirror
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ACTION MOVIE!
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Tokyo does not appreciate this 1954 title character coming to town--talk about bad breath!
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Godzilla
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Give us your best Billy Batson impression as you say the title of this 2019 DC film
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Shazam!
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Howard Hill did the archery stunts, including splitting one arrow with another, for 1938's "The Adventures of" him
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Robin Hood
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"Yes, Madam" is what we might say to this actress & is one of her Hong Kong action films
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Michelle Yeoh
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One of Rotten Tomatoes' Top 100 action & adventure movies is 1976's "Assault on" this unlucky police station
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Precinct 13
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A FARCE TO BE RECKONED WITH
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Jack Worthing finds out that he's really Ernest John Moncrieff in "The Importance of Being Earnest" by this playwright
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Oscar Wilde
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In the play "Boeing-Boeing", a playboy juggles 3 fiancees, all with this job
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stewardess
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An antique jug, a reverend, a notebook & aged Aunt Dahlia all lead to madcap trouble in "The Code of the Woosters" by this writer
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P.G. Wodehouse
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Ken Ludwig's play about an assistant taking the place of a drunken opera star is called "Lend me" this, punning on British money slang
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a Tenor
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This farce by Michael Frayn is a look at what goes on behind the scenes as well as onstage
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Noises Off
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BEFORE & AFTER TV
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Survey says: it's the Pritchetts vs. the Dunphys on a Steve Harvey game show
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Modern Family Feud
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Fred MacMurray & his trio of kids join an outlaw motorcycle gang
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My Three Sons of Anarchy
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Women's prison dramedy in which Rowan Atkinson plays a period royal
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Orange is the New Blackadder
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William & Virginia give bedroom advice to Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte & Miranda
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Masters of Sex and the City
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Spooky HBO show with references to H.P.'s works, with Katharine McPhee along as the singing nanny
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Lovecraft Country Comfort
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INTERNATIONAL MEN OF MYSTERY
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Considered by some an incarnation of Allah, Wallace Fard, founder of the Nation of this, disappeared in 1934
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Islam
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After dying in this fortress, the man in the iron mask was laid to rest under the name "Marchioly"
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the Bastille
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After treating Czar Nicholas & Alexandra's son, this holy man warned that their son's fate was linked to him
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Rasputin
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After publishing his 1555 book of prophecies, he did horoscopes for Catherine de Medici's children
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Nostradamus
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This newspaperman & author of "The Devil's Dictionary" met a mysterious fate after going to Mexico in 1913
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Ambrose Bierce
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THE ENERGY OF BIZ
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In 1972 Standard Oil of New Jersey got a double X rating & became this corporation
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Exxon
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The name of this "always prepared" battery company was once 2 words
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Everready
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In 2020 the U.S. added more energy capacity from this type of power than any other, with plans for more offshore
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wind
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This Texas company agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle claims from the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010
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Haliburton
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This company that bought Texaco in 2001 had a bit of a rough year in 2020, if you consider losing $5.5 billion rough
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Chevron
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SOUTH ASIA
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Today with about 15 million people, this city on the Hooghly River was capital of British India from 1772 to 1911
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Calcutta (Kolkata)
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Gyanendra was the last king of this nation that abolished the monarchy & became a republic in 2008
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Nepal
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Born in Karachi, she served twice as prime minster of her country, from 1988 to 1990 & 1993 to 1996
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(Benazir) Bhutto
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Tashichho Dzong, a remodeled monastery, houses the royal government of this remote Himalayan kingdom
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Bhutan
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Dating from B.C. times, this faith with similarities to Hinduism & Buddhism emphasizes ahimsa, nonviolence to all creatures
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Jainism
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STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS
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To give a name at a baptism
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to christen
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In grammar, they can be participial or prepositional
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phrases
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It's seen here being done to wires; it's also done to genes
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splicing
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This process disinfects a swimming pool
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chlorinization
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This word is used to mean any tool that helps draw a nice, neat line
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a straight edge
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WORDS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
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N/A
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The 1890 Census reported that "the unsettled area has been so broken into... that there can hardly be said to be a" this
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frontier
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