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HISTORIC ALLIANCES
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A hope of joining this alliance is in Ukraine's constitution
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NATO
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The Seneca & the Tuscarora were members of an 18th century confederacy bearing the name of this group of Native American people
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the Iroquois
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Created during the Cold War in 1955, this alliance joined together several countries including Bulgaria & Albania
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the Warsaw Pact
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The Eight-Nation Alliance was formed to protect Western interests in this Asian nation during a 1900 uprising against foreigners
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China
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Around 1428 Texcoco, Tlacopan & this Aztec city-state formed the Triple Alliance
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Tenochtitlan
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WORDPLAY-POURRI
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Only one vowel: The main building of a parish
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church
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Crossword clues "P": Next to the last (11 letters)
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penultimate
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5-syllable words: A person aged 100 years or older
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a centenarian
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Change a letter: A convenient way to get your bills paid & an examination of a body after death
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autopay & autopsy
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Overlaps: Home city of the NHL sabres+ a type of leather step-in shoe
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a Buffaloafer
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HOME SWEET HOME RENOVATION
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They say "No man is" one, but no kitchen of ours will be without one of these! Maybe with a wine rack, too!
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an island
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Time to change the look with a new this but which type? Mansard, gambrel or Dutch gabled?
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a roof
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This type of flooring named for two parts that fit together is a nice choice, easy to install & with tight seams
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a tongue & groove (T&G)
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$800
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Out of the barn & into the kitchen for this type of big sink, installed just under the counter-top & a bit in front of cabinets below
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a farmhouse sink
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It's the transportation name for the tile that's seen here in a kitchen
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subway tile
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THINK PINK
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This title object of a 1963 film doesn't refer to a large feline but to a large gem targeted by a thief
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the Pink Panther
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In 1939 Paul & Betty Pink began selling soda & these from a cart on La Brea & Melrose in L.A. & the rest is history
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hot dogs
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Introduced in 1957, this brand was packaged in little pink packets so that it would stand out in sugar bowls
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Sweet\'n Low
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2020 marked the 20th anniversary of this fashion designer's Pink Pony initiative to fight cancer
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Ralph Lauren
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In Hawaii, these flowers, often with a touch of pink, are popular for leis
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a plumeria
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STATELY RIVERS
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John Wesley Powell was one of the first to explore the Grand Canyon by boat on this river
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the Colorado
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Its name derived from words for "truth" & "head", Lake Itasca is the head or starting point for this river
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the Mississippi
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Great Falls, Montana was named for the nearby falls of this river
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the Missouri
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The Schuylkill & Lehigh Rivers are tributaries of this river
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the Delaware
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It empties into Long Island Sound between the towns of Old Saybrook & Old Lyme
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the Connecticut River
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POP ROCKS
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Seen here, he is pops to British model Georgia May & to 7 other kids
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Mick Jagger
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In an interview, Frances Bean said of this late father, his "artistry was on another level"
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Kurt Cobain
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A few years back daughter Liv posted a sweet video of her & dad, this Aerosmith frontman, singing, "Can't take my eyes off of you"
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Steven Tyler
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At his Rock Hall of Fame induction, this late legend's son Dhani joined Tom Petty & others in playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
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(George) Harrison
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In 2000 Duncan Jones directed a concert film of this legendary pop, born David Jones, rocking out at the Roseland Ballroom
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David Bowie
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SCI-FI CHARACTERS
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In "Ink" by Sabrina Vourvoulias, Mari & Meche have their immigrant status displayed in the form of these on their wrists
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tattoos
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In an H.G. Wells tale, Griffin, whose face is wrapped in rags, turns out to be this title guy
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The Invisible Man
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Paul Atreides is the messiah-like Kwisatz Haderach in the novels named for this desert-like planet
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Dune
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In Kameron Hurley's novel, Dietz is reduced to particles & beamed to war in this title corps, sounding like one in a Tennyson poem
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the Light Brigade
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Walter M. Miller Jr. won a Hugo Award for penning "A Canticle for" this saint
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Saint Isaac Leibovitz
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HIS WIDOW LIVED ON
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Then in her 70s & a widow for 2 decades, Maud Gage Baum was a consultant on this 1939 movie
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The Wizard of Oz
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Until 2020 you could book a tour of this country that included a visit with its first lady Jehan Sadat, widowed in 1981
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Egypt
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35 years after the death of this beloved Yankee first baseman, his widow Eleanor is seen at a 1976 game
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Lou Gehrig
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Last name of Frank, the "How to Succeed in Business..." composer who died in 1969; Jo, his widow & collaborator, lived until 2019
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Loesser
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Wife Geneviève outlived this "Carmen" composer by 50 years, but even after she stopped wearing black, stuck mostly to mauve
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(Georges) Bizet
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MARINE BIOLOGY
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The giant & colossal species of this are the world's 2 largest cephalopods & may reach 60 feet & 2,000 pounds
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squid
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A new theory says that as cetaceans evolved from land animals, the nostril moved to the top of the skull & became this orifice
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the blowhole
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The movement of invasive species from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean via this waterway has been called Lessepsian migration
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the Suez Canal
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Benthic organisms that live on the ocean bottom include sponges, bristle worms, & these prickly echinoderms
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a sea urchin
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This smallest North American marine mammal is a key species in kelp forests, keeping consumers of the kelp in check
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the sea otter
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THE "IT" DEPARTMENT
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This restraining item from which Houdini used to escape can also mean anything that confines you
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a straitjacket
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Passports: check; tickets: check; kids: check; & this, a schedule of your journey & planned activities
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itinerary
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This split of the Korean Peninsula took place in August 1945
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the partition
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Methuselah had more of it than anyone else in the Bible
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longevity
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Having a right to something, or acting like you have a right to just about anything
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entitlement
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THE QUOTABLE MOVIE
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"It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with... & it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead"
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The Terminator
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From 2004: "On Wednesdays we wear pink"
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Mean Girls
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"Mclovin? What kind of a stupid name is that, Fogell?"
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Superbad
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From 2015: "I don't do romance. My tastes are very singular. You wouldn't understand"
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Fifty Shades of Grey
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"I drink your milkshake. I drink it up"
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There Will Be Blood
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SUCH A PEASANT LIFE
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After working dawn to dusk, it's time for some mead, an alcoholic concoction brewed from water & this sweet stuff
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honey
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Our lord's away fighting again, across the channel in the battles of Blanchetaque & Caen; hope this war is over soon
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a Hundred Years\' War
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You might think I'm revolting, but I swear I did not join Wat Tyler's peasant revolt that stormed this fortress on June 14, 1381
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the Tower of London
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Not much travel for us normally, but I am considering a pilgrimage to Gastonbury to see the grave of this legendary queen
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Guinevere
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No more back-breaking farm labor for me; I've got this new job at the manor, curing hides & making leather
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a tanner
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19th CENTURY CONTEMPORARIES
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Congratulating her on the 1869 release of her biography, Frederick Douglass wrote, "I have wrought in the day--you in the night"
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Harriet Tubman
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