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| "Summertime" |
Porgy & Bess
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| Stories in the collection "In Our Time" introduced Nick Adams, this author's alter ego |
Ernest Hemingway
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| In 2001, 2002 & 2003 Grady Lewis, who created a canvas shoe for this sport, was on the short list for its Hall of Fame |
(Frank: What is tennis?)
Basketball
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| Plain-looking & over 30 were requirements Dorothea Dix had for appointees as these |
nurses
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| Give a Brit a tinkle when you get into town & you've done this |
telephoned
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| Before it was Alaska's capital, Juneau developed around the discovery of this resource |
(Mary: What is oil?)
Gold
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| "Sunrise, Sunset" |
Fiddler on the Roof
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| His shocking story "A Rose for Emily" is about the life & death of a southern woman |
William Faulkner
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| Jenny McCarthy & Kelly Osbourne have advertised this "sweet" brand with a sexy image |
Candies
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| Anson Stager, General Superintendant of this company, was made head of the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps |
Western Union
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| The Brits use this more colorful spelling of airplane |
A-E-R-O-P-L-A-N-E
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| "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" |
Carousel
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| It begins, "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning... he found himself transformed into... a gigantic insect" |
The Metamorphosis
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| This cartoon superhero's secret identity was Shoe Shine Boy, even though he wasn't a boy |
Underdog
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| David Farragut was in this bay when he said, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" |
(Mary: What is Chesapeake?)
Mobile Bay
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| It's a hat, or the person who throws the ball to a batsman in cricket |
a bowler
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| Made a national park in 1980, it encompasses over 3 million acres of icy wonder in southeastern Alaska |
(Christopher: What is ANWAR?)
Glacier Bay
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| "Colonel Buffalo Bill" |
Annie Get Your Gun
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| Edward Albee adapted her story "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" for the stage |
Carson McCullers
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| During his 1928 coronation, this ruler stood on foot-high getas |
Emperor Hirohito
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| The Democrats' candidate in 1864, this General denounced the party plank, saying the war was a failure |
George McClellan
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| We use ad as an abbreviation; the British informally use this slightly longer word |
advert
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| "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" |
Showboat
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| "The Dead" is the last story in this collection by James Joyce |
"The Dubliners"
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| And finally, it's a form in the shape of a foot, used by cobblers in making shoes |
a last
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| Contrary to Whittier's poem, Mary Quantrill, not this title woman, waved the Union flag at Southern troops |
Barbara Frietchie
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| A person who looks after others, like a bodyguard or a babysitter; John Nash would be a beautiful one |
a minder
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