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GLACIERS
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$200
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Iceland's vast Vatna Glacier is dotted with these; their heat can periodically cause melting & flooding
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volcanoes
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$400
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Tasman Lake in this country is one of the few lakes in the world where you can see icebergs
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New Zealand
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$600
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99% of the world's glacial ice is located on Antarctica & this big island well to the north
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Greenland
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$800
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This glacier in Alaska is named for naturalist John, who visited it in 1879; it has since receded & thinned
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Muir (Muir Glacier)
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$1000
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When glaciers retreated in Norway, seawater filled the floor of the resulting trough, creating these, like the Sogne
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fjords
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HEARING RED
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$200
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In 1984 Nena floated to No. 2 on the charts, singing, "Scramble in the summer sky, 99" of these "go by"
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red balloons
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$400
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Toddlers worldwide know this group sang, "Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car" on their TV show
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The Wiggles
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$600
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For Peter Gabriel, this unusual title precipitation "is coming down... pouring down all over me"
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"Red Rain"
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$800
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In 1988 UB40 drank up attention singing this title, "Stay close to me, don't let me be alone"
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"Red Red Wine"
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$1000
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This country star, the son of a big league pitcher, hit the Top 40 in 2002 with "Red Rag Top"
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Tim McGraw
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THE RAVEN-POURRI
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$200
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"Ah, distinctly I remember it", this conflict of legend ignited by Paris & Helen, & in the room that I now dwell in, "Quoth the raven..."
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the Trojan War
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$400
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"As of someone gently rapping", rapping at this alliterative item seen here"; what for? "Only this and nothing more"
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a Dutch door
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$600
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"Presently my soul grew stronger", & I'd wait no longer! This "small" French cake I'd make, I swore! "quoth the raven..."
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petit four
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$800
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"All my soul within me burning", we see here this singer of 1999s "Candy" returning with such name as?
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Mandy Moore
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$1000
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"Other friends have flown before", to this northeastern Canadian region, bounded by its self-named sea & more, "Quoth the raven..."
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Labrador
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LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS
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$200
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"The Volunteer State"
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Tennessee
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$400
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"Great Faces, Great Places"
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South Dakota
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$600
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Not a state, "Isla Del Encanto"
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Puerto Rico
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$800
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"Heart of Dixie"
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Alabama
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$1000
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The Midwest's "Birthplace of Aviation"
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Ohio
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GREAT BRITAIN IN THE 1700s
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$200
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1721 saw Robert Walpole become the first person to hold what would be called this high political office
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prime minister
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$400
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After 9 years' work, in 1755 Samuel Johnson published this pioneering reference work
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the dictionary
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$600
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Jacobite supporter Lord Lovat was the last person publicly executed this way in Great Britain--he was spared hanging, drawing & quartering
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beheading
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$800
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In March 1743 this sacred oratorio received its London premiere conducted by Handel himself
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the Messiah
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$1000
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Not as famous as James Watt, around 1712 Thomas Newcomen invented an initial version of this machine
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a steam engine
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CHEERY-"O"
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$200
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Kahlil Gibran wrote this cheery sort of person "sees the rose and not its thorns"
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an optimist
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$400
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A "standing" one of these after your powerful monologue is sure to bring you a smile
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an ovation
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$600
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Cheers to the NCAA Final Four, where the MVP is called the "M.O.P.". with the "O" short for this
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outstanding
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$800
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Shakespeare wrote, "Why, then the world's" my this "which I with sword will open"; hopeful indeed!
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oyster
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$1000
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Greeks of good cheer will exclaim this 3-letter word, perhaps after breaking a plate
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opa
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WRITER, WRONGER
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$400
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Terrible with money, this Mo. humorist invested in James Paige's multi-ton typesetter; he later fantasized about Paige's slow death
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Mark Twain
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$800
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The State Dept. issued guidelines to handle the drinking habits of this Mississippi writer on his official trips abroad
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Faulkner
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$1200
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This poet & lord is said to have had an affair with his half-sister Augusta in 1813, the year he wrote "The Bride of Abydos"
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(Lord) Byron
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$1600
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Known for his wildly graphic writing, kidnapping & other horrific excesses, he was transferred to the Bastille in February 1784
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the Marquis de Sade
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$2000
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This author of "Naked Lunch" shot & killed his second wife in a drunken accident
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William S. Burroughs
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CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE
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$400
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The first in a series had Morpheus, Trinity & Agent Smith
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The Matrix
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$800
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Ernesto de la Cruz & Miguel got animated in the land of the dead
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Coco
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$1200
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Sharon Tate, Bruce Lee & Jay Sebring came to town
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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$1600
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Annie Savoy & Nuke LaLoosh were good sports
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Bull Durham
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$2000
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Captain Miller, Sergeant Horvath & Corporal Henderson in a '90s epic
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Saving Private Ryan
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TRIAL & ERA
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$400
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A Synodus Horrenda of 897 saw Pope Formosus guilty; 3 fingers were lopped off, but he felt nothing as he was in this state
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he was dead
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$800
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At the center of 2013's U.S. v. Manning was this website that made sensitive secret information public
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WikiLeaks
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$1200
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Peter Heywood, a crew member of this ship, won "his majesty's royal mercy" in 1792; others would later hang from a yardarm
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the (HMS) Bounty
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$1600
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1895 saw this writer initially suing for libel, but the tables turned & he was soon on the hook for "gross indecency"
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Oscar Wilde
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$2000
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This lawyer & statesman used his trademark rhetoric to convict corrupt Sicilian magistrate Gaius Verres in 70 B.C.
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Cicero
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WOOD
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$400
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The eastern red type of this wood has a distinct aroma & insect-repelling quality that make it popular for closets & chests
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cedar
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$800
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Boards sold as "knotty" this might be from the Scotch or Monterey types
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pine
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$1200
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The black & sweet types of these fruit trees provide tight-grained woods prized by craftspeople
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cherry
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$1600
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This strong, durable 3-letter conifer is commonly used for building walls, floors & ceilings
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fir
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$2000
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This soft, lightweight red wood is named for a man born in what is now Tennessee around 1775
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sequoia
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GEOGRAPHY FROM MACAU TO ODGEN
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$400
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This country surrounded by China & India joined the United Nations in 1955
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Nepal
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$800
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Kings up through Alfonso XIII lived in the Royal Palace in this world capital
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Madrid
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$1200
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This city of more than 4 million people is home to the Jamia Mosque & Kenyatta University
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Nairobi
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$1600
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25 miles east of Vegas, this man-made lake was just 37% full in 2021, sparking energy concerns for the American Southwest
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Lake Mead
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$2000
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It's a county in Michigan, a borough in Jersey & a city in Northern California's Alameda County
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Oakland
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FAMILIAL PHRASES
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$400
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A big vein in the mining biz, or a valuable source of anything
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the mother lode
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$800
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If things are going swimmingly for you in the U.K., you might exclaim "Bob's your" this
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uncle
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$1200
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This rhyming phrase suggests women should prioritize sibling-like relationships with other women over those with men
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sisters before misters
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$1600
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As a verb, it means exempt from new legislation
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grandfather
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$2000
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This phrase from Shakespeare's "Henry V" now refers to any close-knit group, not just a military unit
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band of brothers
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MUSICAL THEATER
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N/A
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It's one of the most revived shows in Broadway history & in 2001 it was designated the state opera of South Carolina
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Porgy and Bess
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