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____ING BOOK TITLES
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In a tale of hard luck in Sin City, this word precedes "Las Vegas"
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Leaving
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Named for young Danny Torrance's psychic gift
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The Shining
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A young adult bestseller that's kind of a twist on "The Breakfast Club": "One of Us is" this
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Lying
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Dedicated in part to "Malia and Sasha, my two most precious peas"
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Becoming
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Irvine Welsh's debut novel about heroin addict Mark Renton & his pals
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Trainspotting
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OLD AD SLOGANS
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People began to "Fly the friendly skies" with this airline in 1965; the slogan eventually flew off but returned in 2013
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United
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Aawon Buhw! Aawon Buhw! Michael Bay directed the 1993 commercial that ended with this 2-word slogan-question
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Got Milk?
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"When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight", this company said it would deliver
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Federal Express
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"I'd walk a mile for" this brand of cigarette dates to 1921, but smoke enough of them & distance walking gets problematic
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Camel
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This beverage became "The Uncola" in the '60s, man
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7-Up
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WORD ORIGINS
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The wearer of this wouldn't likely know that its name goes back to a Scottish scholar & his followers after he fell out of favor
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a dunce cap
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Bad air was thought to cause this disease, so it was given a name meaning "bad air"; it's caused by parasites
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malaria
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Derived from a Russian word, it can mean immense, or a prehistoric elephantine beast
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mammoth
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From Greek for "grace", it's a certain magnetism or charm shown by leaders or movie stars, for example
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charisma
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As it was often used for upper-story bedrooms, the name of this 6-letter window style that projects out is from Latin for "to sleep"
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dormer
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THE SENATOR'S FIRST NAME
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When it comes to Louisiana's Cassidy, he's just a this, & he's sitting here on Capitol Hill
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Bill
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A gentle hand gesture of affection by Pennsylvania's Toomey
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Pat
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Let's toss in 2 ex-senators with Ohio's Portman to make this phrase: Portman Fitzgerald "to pay" Wellstone
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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Time to throw out this informal first name of Iowa's Grassley
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Chuck
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This first name of a Republican senator is a homophone for the German word for "with"
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Mitt
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FACE/PALM
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Fingers curl as palm fibers tighten in Dupuytren's contracture, which can be caused by this disease of high blood glucose
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diabetes
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In "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", St. Nick's these "were like roses, his nose like a cherry!"
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cheeks
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In palmistry, health & general well-being are what this alliterative "line" is all about, not necessarily when you pass away
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life line
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A boxer is said to have this "breakable" 2-word item when he's unable to take a punch to the kisser
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a glass jaw
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Palmar hyperhidrosis is the technical name for these, which can cause embarrassment, especially during social introductions
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sweaty palms
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THE SONG OF THE DAY
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In 2013 Rebecca Black naturally followed up "Friday" with this song, a collaboration with the perfectly named Dave Days
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"Saturday"
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Duran Duran sang of a "New Moon" then "and a firedance through the night"
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a "New Moon On Monday"
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"Goodbye", this Rolling Stones woman, "Who could hang a name on you?" well, one of you, hopefully
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Ruby Tuesday
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In a nursery rhyme, this young one "has far to go"; as a David Bowie title, it waited until 1999
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Thursday\'s Child
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Love & Kisses hit the Top 40 in 1978 with this title tune from a movie featuring Jeff Goldblum & Donna Summer
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"Thank God It\'s Friday"
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HAIL TO THE CHEF
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Though he pasta way in 1985, he is still depicted on cans of his spaghetti, beefaroni & ravioli
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Chef Boyardee
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Renowned Southern chef Edna Lewis was an early proponent of this movement--food locally sourced & direct to your plat
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farm to table
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Before his untimely death, he took TV viewers into "Parts Unknown" to explore food & culture around the world
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Anthony Bourdain
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Granddaughter of film producer Dino, she's the Food Network's celebrity chef seen here
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Giada De Laurentiis
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This French creator of peach Melba & Melba toast was nicknamed the "king of chefs & chef of kings"
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Escoffier
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THE 1800s
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For nearly half a century, "Puffing Billy", an early locomotive powered by this, hauled loads from an English coal mine
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steam
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In 1800 this sailing man visited Haydn, who composed a cantata on the Battle of the Nile
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Horatio Nelson
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Tenskwatawa, known as the Shawnee prophet, was the brother of this leader
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Tecumseh
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In 1807 Napoleon & this czar I met on a river raft to plan how to divide up Europe
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Alexander I
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ON PLANET POP CULTURE
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In 2021 Saniyya Sidney was on the court of "King Richard" as this tennis superstar
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Venus Williams
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In a 2004 animated movie, Plankton steals King Neptune's crown & it's up to this title guy & his best pal to save the day
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SpongeBob SquarePants
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This member of singing royalty said, "Rod Stewart, Elton John & I were going to form a band... called Hair, Nose & Teeth"
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Freddie Mercury
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It was a bit unusual for Tom Jones, Jim Brown & Danny DeVito to share a scene in this 1996 Tim Burton alien invasion film
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Mars Attacks!
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Train sang, "Tell me, did you sail across the Sun? Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded" in this song
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"Drops Of Jupiter"
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DOUBLE DOUBLE E
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Of a certain pair of "Through the Looking Glass" characters, this one fits the category
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Tweedledee
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Ironically, if you "put" something in this frigid 2-word place, it's kind of on the back burner
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a deep freezer
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Rubber-edged implement used to wipe water from all your car windows
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a squeegee
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Manchego & Pecorino are examples of this, which may have subtle notes of lanolin
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sheep cheese
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Growing wild in much of the United States, it gets its name from once being ground up make snuff--ah-choo!
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sneeze weed
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ROCKS & PLANTS...
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Contact dermatitis may result from exposure to eastern this vine; even smoke from burning plants can bring the pain
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poison ivy
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The textile form of this plant, Cannabis sativa, can be used to make shoes; its fiber, recyclable bioplastics
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hemp
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The seed husks from this silent "P" annual are helpful with a variety of stomach ills,
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psyllium
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The dimension type of this metamorphic rock is in blackboards, while the crushed type can go into composition roofing
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slate
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IN THIS ECONOMY?
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This Far East country has been hurt by sanctions like those imposed by the U.N. starting in 2006 for its nuclear tests
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North Korea
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Whether you choose pipes of plastic or this for plumbing a new house matters to Zambia; its economy depends on exporting the metal
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copper
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Surrounded by Belgium, Germany & France, this banking center sometimes leads the world in GDP per capita
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Luxembourg
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Late 19th century Greece depended heavily on exports of these fruits, which get their name from Corinth
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currants
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A coffee plant is on the emblem of this country where coffee remains an economic bright spot amid a brutal Saudi-Iranian proxy war
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Yemen
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19th CENTURY LITERATURE
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This author first thought of a parrot before choosing another bird "equally capable of speech"
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Edgar Allan Poe
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