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BOOK OF THE YEAR
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Gore Vidal's novel with this title follows the presidential election in the year of the nation's centennial
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1876
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Whitley Strieber's "2012" is a thriller based on apocalyptic events supposedly predicted by this Mesoamerican people's calendar
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the Mayans
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This author's novel "3001" is subtitled "The Final Odyssey"
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(Arthur C.) Clarke
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Tim Pat Coogan's account of the Easter Rising Rebellion in Ireland has this year for a title
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1916
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The Maralinga nuclear tests along with the continent's first Olympics are in this: "The Year Australia Welcomed the World"
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1956
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PARISH FROM THE EARTH
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Louisiana has an East as well as a West this parish; the capital city is in the East
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Baton Rouge
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This parish has the same name as the site of Napoleon Bonaparte's death
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St. Helena
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The seat of Caddo Parish, this "port" city got very popular after the nearby discovery of oil in 1906
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Shreveport
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The category title PARISH FROM THE EARTH can clue you in to this presidential name of a parish with Ruston as its seat
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Lincoln Parish
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Spanish explorer Hernando spent time in what's now Louisiana before his May 21, 1542 death; this parish is named for him
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DeSoto
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HODGEPODGE
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In the 1970s East Germany came up with ketwurst inside a roll as an alternative to this American fare
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hot dog
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This Jewish observance is also known as Pesach
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Passover
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This word for a high-level teacher once simply meant a person who openly declares something
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a professor
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This 2-letter abbreviation is alphabetically last among U.S. state postal codes
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WY
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The master one transmits pedal action to the wheels; a bad one may be the culprit if your brake goes right to the floor
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a cylinder
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SENATE COMMITTEES
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If you're a senator who has made questionable stock trades, you may run afoul of the "Select" committee regarding these
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Ethics
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Like the one on taxation, 4 committees begin with this 5-letter word meaning "shared"
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Joint
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A long-time member & sometime chair of the Finance Committee, in 2021 this 88-year-old Iowan announced he's running again
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(Chuck) Grassley
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In 2006 this committee voted 10-8 to send the Alito nomination to the full Senate
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the Senate Judiciary Committee
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There are 3 "P"s in the name of this committee that is responsible for allocating federal funds
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the Appropriations Committee
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THE HALL OF FAMER'S POSITION
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Wayne Gretzky, Dermontti Dawson & Shaq, in wildly different ways
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center
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To begin, Pedro Martinez; to end, Mariano Rivera
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pitcher
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"Power" players Karl Malone & Charles Barkley
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forwards
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Dick Butkus, Mike Singletary & Brian Urlacher; same team, different decades
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linebackers
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Harry (Apple Cheeks) Lumley & Georges Vezina, of trophy fame
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goalie (hockey goaltenders)
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THE INNER "EAR"
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In the 15th century B.C. Egyptian queen Hatshepsut was depicted wearing men's attire & a fake one of these
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a beard
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In 1893 Wrigley's introduced a gum with this refreshing flavor
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spearmint
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It's the inventory-reducing event seen here
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clearance (sale)
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These, such as sweet words or caresses, express affection
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endearments
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Noun for an animal between the ages of one & 2
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a yearling
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HISTORIC WOMEN
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Before she died in 1906, she helped pave the way for women to vote & the 19th Amendment is nicknamed in her honor
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Anthony
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The war of Austrian Succession was fought over whether she should succeed to the throne, which she did in 1740
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Maria Theresa
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One of America's first self-made female millionaires, this founder of a beauty empire was the subject of a Netflix series
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Madam C.J. Walker
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In 1889 social reformers Jane Addams & Ellen Gates Starr founded this famous settlement house in Chicago
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Hull-House
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She made history when she became the first woman in space & more recently she's served in the Russian parliament
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Valentina Tereshkova
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LIT-POURRI
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In 1995 Octavia Butler became the first author in this genre to be honored with a MacArthur Genius Grant
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science fiction
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In 1989, 30 years after this "Doctor Zhivago" author had to turn down his Nobel Prize, his son accepted it on his behalf
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Boris Pasternak
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The word detective was brand new at the time this author introduced C. Auguste Dupin, the model for the detective in fiction
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Shakespeare's sonnets 127 to 152 are addressed to a mysterious woman commonly called this, whose "eyes are raven black"
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the Dark Lady
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A little birdie told us this Pulitzer Prize winner for "Thomas and Beulah" was Poet Laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995
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Rita Dove
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CONSTELLATIONS
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The Crab Nebula is not in Cancer but in this constellation, & that's no bull
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Taurus
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If you're hunting for Rigel, you'll find it in a leg of this constellation
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Orion
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The Southern Cross is also called this, a 4-letter Latin word
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Crux
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Appropriately, this constellation containing a famous galaxy, is right by Perseus
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Andromeda
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Light & everything else takes a swan dive into this constellation's X-1, the first known black hole
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Cygnus
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NAUTICAL LINGO
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A binnacle was a case often made of a nonmagnetic metal so it could store this guiding device
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a compass
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Wa'a kaukahi is a Hawaiian canoe with just one of these; wa'a kaulua has a double one
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hulls
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A boat that doesn't list was said to be "on" this, which now means a calm disposition
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on an even keel
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A wall or partition that separates compartments on a vessel
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a bulkhead
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Also a southwestern city, it's the pole upon which the ship's colors are flown
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Flagstaff
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THAT '70s SHOW
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Beginning in 1971, they starred in their own musical variety show
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Sonny & Cher
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Mr. Roarke began welcoming wishful guests to this title resort in the late '70s in a show rebooted in 2021
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Fantasy Island
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When we first met the 2 title gals of this series, they were working at Shotz Brewery
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Laverne & Shirley
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Honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2021, Marla Gibbs was noted for playing Florence the maid on this sitcom
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The Jeffersons
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This show whose theme song was "Come On Get Happy" turned David Cassidy into a teen heartthrob
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The Partridge Family
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RHYMING SYNONYMS
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Deliberately discourteous & a "raw" grade of oil before refining
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rude & crude
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Actor Pickens & a quick haircut
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Slim & trim
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These 2 of Santa's reindeer
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Dancer & Prancer
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A "-sayer" of old & the verity of what is said
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sooth & truth
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"Tasty" descriptor for the 6 types of quarks & to relish in the moment
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savor & flavor
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FICTIONAL FAMILIES
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N/A
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Introduced in the 1930s in The New Yorker, they've appeared on TV & Broadway & in live action & animated films
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the Addams Family
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