Word Association #42
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Good-bye to All That Robert Graves WWI memoir
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"Just an old sweet song keeps (6)"
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David Kennedy
The first Sec. of the Treasury in the
Richard Nixon Administration,
appointed* 1969
*In appointive politics, but not
one of the political Kennedy Family
The first Sec. of the Treasury in the
Richard Nixon Administration,
appointed* 1969
*In appointive politics, but not
one of the political Kennedy Family
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David Eisenhower
grandson of (12); son of author
John S. D. Eisenhower;* husband of
author/editor Julie Nixon Eisenhower
*on my Favorites List
grandson of (12); son of author
John S. D. Eisenhower;* husband of
author/editor Julie Nixon Eisenhower
*on my Favorites List
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Walter Chauncey Camp* old time star
in the field of football, late
19th, early 20th cc.
college fb player: Yale.
coach: Yale and later
Stanford; later a competent
sports writer.
*Not to be confused with popular
historian Walter Mason Camp, who
was some eight years younger.
in the field of football, late
19th, early 20th cc.
college fb player: Yale.
coach: Yale and later
Stanford; later a competent
sports writer.
*Not to be confused with popular
historian Walter Mason Camp, who
was some eight years younger.
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Dore Scharyʻs "Sunrise at" . . . (16)
an FDR-ian drama
an FDR-ian drama
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MacLennanʻs The Watch that Ends
the Night
the Night
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Art: the great Dutch 17th century
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Ronald "Dutch" Reagan
39th president of the United States
39th president of the United States
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Ronald Coleman
Hollywood actor, 1930s--1950s;
Best Actor Academy Award
winner, 1947
Hollywood actor, 1930s--1950s;
Best Actor Academy Award
winner, 1947
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changing 29 to an easier (?) one
to play on:
The Story of Old King Cole
( in the Rand McNally Start-Right
Elf Book series
by Daphne Doward Hogstrom
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Porter Alexander
Confederate general, Civil War
Confederate general, Civil War
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Earl Derr Biggersʻs "The House
without a Key"
without a Key"
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Ellery Queenʻs The Glass Village
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Hilary Rodham Clinton,
author, candidate
author, candidate
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Lou Clinton old time* major
league outfielder
*Boston Red Sox, late 1950s and early
60s; he had more than the proverbial "Cup of
Coffee:, less than a lengthy career.
league outfielder
*Boston Red Sox, late 1950s and early
60s; he had more than the proverbial "Cup of
Coffee:, less than a lengthy career.
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Lulu Roman former Hee Haw gal
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Ruth Roman* # 1940s--50s Hollywood actress
*Never met her, but she is said to have attended
the same high school as rolandperkins.
#I removed the brackets from this post, because
clicking on it leads only to an edition of Fitzgerald's
The Great Gatsby!
*Never met her, but she is said to have attended
the same high school as rolandperkins.
#I removed the brackets from this post, because
clicking on it leads only to an edition of Fitzgerald's
The Great Gatsby!
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Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
astronaut; author
astronaut; author
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Rudyard Kiplingʻs "A Fleet in Being"
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Margaret Trumanʻs "Murder on K Street"
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"Dewey Defeats Truman"*
famous wrong news headline,
Chicago Tribune, Nov., 1948
*also a novel title by Thomas Mallon
famous wrong news headline,
Chicago Tribune, Nov., 1948
*also a novel title by Thomas Mallon
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Mathematicsʻs Decimal system versus Binary System
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Lyndon B. Johnson, George H. W. Bush,
and George W. Bush*:
only Lone Star State U.S. presidents
*On the cover, with Bill Ciinton, of
a recent Time magazine
and George W. Bush*:
only Lone Star State U.S. presidents
*On the cover, with Bill Ciinton, of
a recent Time magazine
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Howard Hughes, pilot,entrepreneur;
a starring role of (75)
a starring role of (75)
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Robert Howard,
noveiist
noveiist
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Catherine Howard Henry's wife #4.
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Tom Howard, actor, radio MC; in his
70s, he MC ed the parody show
"It Pays to be Ignorant"
70s, he MC ed the parody show
"It Pays to be Ignorant"
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Ron Howard aka Opie
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"Archie Bunker" (Carroll O'Connor)
a lead character in the long-term
TV sitcom "All in the Famiily"
a lead character in the long-term
TV sitcom "All in the Famiily"
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Breeds Hill, Boston:
actual site of the "Battle
of Bunker Hill", June 17, 1775
actual site of the "Battle
of Bunker Hill", June 17, 1775
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Steinbeck's early novel Cup of Gold
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I. Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night
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(threateningly): "When you say that - - SMILE!"
Best known line of dialogue in Wister's
The Virginian; a horseman of the Plains
Best known line of dialogue in Wister's
The Virginian; a horseman of the Plains
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"They broke up the stills,
Southside in old Virginia,
And the revenuers got
Drunker than an owl"
Southside in old Virginia,
And the revenuers got
Drunker than an owl"
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Caney Creek: site of Alice Lloyd
College, Pippa Passes, KY
(formerly Caney Community College)
College, Pippa Passes, KY
(formerly Caney Community College)
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Louis Lord classicist, expert on Aristophanes
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Billy Conn and Jersey Joe Walcott
105's two most formidable challengers
( though he defeated both twice.)
105's two most formidable challengers
( though he defeated both twice.)
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Billy Mitchell
- - U. S. Army General, WW I,
and post-WW I; many historians
consider him the father of U.S.
air power
- - U. S. Army General, WW I,
and post-WW I; many historians
consider him the father of U.S.
air power
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Henry Adams's "Mount St. Michael
and Chartres"
and Chartres"
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Sky Bar; Mars Bar; Butterfinger
competitors of (111), 1940s
(and after?)
competitors of (111), 1940s
(and after?)
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Beekeʻs "Getting back in the
Race: the Cure for Backsliding"
Race: the Cure for Backsliding"
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Pied Piper of Hamelin
(in German: Der Rattenfänger von Hameln)
(in German: Der Rattenfänger von Hameln)
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". . . paying the piper"
- - keywords of an old saw to
the effect that "nothingʻs free".
- - keywords of an old saw to
the effect that "nothingʻs free".
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Three Pebbles and a Song by Eileen Spinelli
(Pebbles was one of my favorites when i was a toddler, begin of the 70's)
(Pebbles was one of my favorites when i was a toddler, begin of the 70's)
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The Lady with the Lamp
(She was very important for the professionalisation of nursing:
and On 21*! October 1854, she and the staff of 38 women volunteer nurses that she trained, to the Crimea, )
(She was very important for the professionalisation of nursing:
and On 21*! October 1854, she and the staff of 38 women volunteer nurses that she trained, to the Crimea, )
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Joseph Fern
Hawai'i 19th c. politician;
first mayor of Honolulu
Hawai'i 19th c. politician;
first mayor of Honolulu
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'Jozef zoekt zijn grote broers'
('Joseph is looking for his big brothers'
all ten they are jealous,
of his coat and of his dreams',
, song i learned at nursery school)
('Joseph is looking for his big brothers'
all ten they are jealous,
of his coat and of his dreams',
, song i learned at nursery school)
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Worsleyʻs The Geological History of
Svalbard: Evolution of an Arctic archipelago
Svalbard: Evolution of an Arctic archipelago
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Willem Barentsz
The Dutchman Willem Barentsz made the first indisputable discovery of the archipelago in 1596, when he sighted its coast while searching for the Northern Sea Route.
The Dutchman Willem Barentsz made the first indisputable discovery of the archipelago in 1596, when he sighted its coast while searching for the Northern Sea Route.
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Lassie,* movie dog, 1940s--50s
*played, despite the name, by a male, Iʻve read.
*played, despite the name, by a male, Iʻve read.
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Rice-a-Roni the San Francisco treat
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Macaroni, Spaghetti, Lassagna
- - the three main (imo) paste*
*paste: Eng.: pastas
- - the three main (imo) paste*
*paste: Eng.: pastas
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Jacques Prevert (1900-1977), author of Paroles,
Histoires, etc.:
French, poet, songwriter, screenwriter
--who took a keen dislike to the symbols
of French chauvinism, including (149)
Histoires, etc.:
French, poet, songwriter, screenwriter
--who took a keen dislike to the symbols
of French chauvinism, including (149)
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No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies Naomi Klein
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The Devilʻs Dictionary
by Ambrose Bierce
by Ambrose Bierce
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Duivelswandelstok - Aralia Elata - Japanese Angelica-tree
(Dutch: Duivelswandelstok is lit.: Devil's Walking Stick)
(Dutch: Duivelswandelstok is lit.: Devil's Walking Stick)
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Mumford's Sticks and Stones
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Quincy Mumford Librarian of Congress,
Eisenhhower* appointee, he served into
the Reagan administration.
*Ike appointed an actual librarian (!) to the
post, which has not been at all customary.
Eisenhhower* appointee, he served into
the Reagan administration.
*Ike appointed an actual librarian (!) to the
post, which has not been at all customary.
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Quincy, Massachusetts and Quincy, Illinois
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Caryʻs "Love Rides the Rails; or: Will the
Mail Train Run Tonight?"
Mail Train Run Tonight?"
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Wheels (exaggerated) and seating of the Ford Model A car
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Lisa Wheeler, author of Turk and
Runt: a Thanksgiving comedy, etc.
Runt: a Thanksgiving comedy, etc.
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"If you're rich You can afford to live on orange
juice and rye-krisp, but if you're poor you have
to live on (junk food) . . ."-- George Orwell*
*from memory, not the exact wording.
juice and rye-krisp, but if you're poor you have
to live on (junk food) . . ."-- George Orwell*
*from memory, not the exact wording.
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"Life... is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangey-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have half a one for breakfast."- Douglas Adams, So Long and Thanks for all the Fish.
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Yoko Onoʻs Grapefruit: a Book
of Instructions and Drawings
of Instructions and Drawings
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The Trevi Fountain in Rome
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Wilsonʻs and Prentisʻs Atlantis and
the new Consciousness*
*c2011; obtained it, but have
only skimmed, not read, it yet.
the new Consciousness*
*c2011; obtained it, but have
only skimmed, not read, it yet.
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Only You by the Flying Pickets
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Alsonʻs Confessions of an Ivy
League Bookie
League Bookie
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Chronicles I and II
2 little-studied Old Testament
biblical books; much of their
content is,in a different version,
in Kings I and Kings II.
2 little-studied Old Testament
biblical books; much of their
content is,in a different version,
in Kings I and Kings II.
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"Calling the shots" in pool
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"2-ton gorilla in the room"
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De schaduw, detective series by Havank
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The Jungian concept of "the shadow"--
a dark side of the self.
a dark side of the self.
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Roland W. Force
scholar of ethnic groups;
author of The American Indians;
former director of Honoluluʻs
Bishop Museum
scholar of ethnic groups;
author of The American Indians;
former director of Honoluluʻs
Bishop Museum
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Friederich Nietzche (1844-1900)
German classicist, atheist philosopher; he
claimed to know how (217) "spake".
German classicist, atheist philosopher; he
claimed to know how (217) "spake".
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Richard Strauss - late Romantic German Composer of classical music who wrote in 1896: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
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The German "Sturm und Drang"
("Storm and Stress") era
("Storm and Stress") era
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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a "white elephant"
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In Dutch a 'winkeldochter' , but i can't translate that.
lit. shop daughter . The things that are difficult to selland do remain long in trhe shops.
so i play:
Cote d'ór Chocolate, their label is a white elephant:
lit. shop daughter . The things that are difficult to selland do remain long in trhe shops.
so i play:
Cote d'ór Chocolate, their label is a white elephant:
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The Philadelphia Athletics* baseball team
(I think it was John McGraw who called
one of Connie Mackʻs stellar teams
"a white elephant", and that became
the way of depicting them in cartoons.
*early 20th c. -- 1954 when they moved to Kansas City;
the franchise is now the Oakland Athletics.
(I think it was John McGraw who called
one of Connie Mackʻs stellar teams
"a white elephant", and that became
the way of depicting them in cartoons.
*early 20th c. -- 1954 when they moved to Kansas City;
the franchise is now the Oakland Athletics.
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Jack*Higginsʻs The Eagle has Landed
(novel and movie)
*Not the greatest novelist, and (imo) not
even the greatest Higgins who penned late
20th c. novels.
(novel and movie)
*Not the greatest novelist, and (imo) not
even the greatest Higgins who penned late
20th c. novels.
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Magnum, (P.I.)
with : Jonathan Quayle Higgins III
with : Jonathan Quayle Higgins III
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Cnaeus Pompeius* Magnus
*In English usually called "Pompey the Great"; he was
one of the few Roman nobles of his time who lacked a
gentile name. "Magnus" was an honorary title, not a
surname.
*In English usually called "Pompey the Great"; he was
one of the few Roman nobles of his time who lacked a
gentile name. "Magnus" was an honorary title, not a
surname.
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Nagini, Voldemort's snake as first introduced in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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Abraham "Snake" Ah Yee
-- Hawaiian voyaging canoeist, 1980s
-- Hawaiian voyaging canoeist, 1980s
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Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian who became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 5,000 miacross the Pacific Ocean in a hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands.
Norwegian who became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 5,000 miacross the Pacific Ocean in a hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands.
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Aku Aku: Thor Heyerdahlʻs
"other book" but he did write many
others, including Early Man and The Ocean. . .
"other book" but he did write many
others, including Early Man and The Ocean. . .
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"Jeopardy"
the most popular TV Quiz in
the U.S. since the -- 80s was it?
the most popular TV Quiz in
the U.S. since the -- 80s was it?
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The song I Lost On Jeopardy by "Weird Al" Yankovic
( i know the hit here, but hadn't any clue what this song was about)
( i know the hit here, but hadn't any clue what this song was about)
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Benedict Thielenʻs "The Lost Men
- - once a critically acclaimed book,
but today only one LT "member"* lists it.
*The Ernest Hemingway legacy library.
- - once a critically acclaimed book,
but today only one LT "member"* lists it.
*The Ernest Hemingway legacy library.
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Salam Paxʻs "Salam Pax: the Clandestine
Diary of an Ordinary Iraqi
Diary of an Ordinary Iraqi
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Irene Dunne: a Bio-bibliography
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Hardy Kruger
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"The Lion Sleeps tonight"
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"East Side, West Side:
All around the town. . ."
All around the town. . ."
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Our Town (classic Thornton Wilder drama)
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Ons Dorp = Our Village
( in our Dutch Monopoly version each color is another town or city (e.g. Rotterdam is green, Amsterdam is dark blue), and the First, Purple, is named 'Ons Dorp' for all the 'village people' to identify...)
( in our Dutch Monopoly version each color is another town or city (e.g. Rotterdam is green, Amsterdam is dark blue), and the First, Purple, is named 'Ons Dorp' for all the 'village people' to identify...)
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drinking a manhattan
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ʻThis was a real Nice Clam Bake"
- - song from the musical "Carousel"
- - song from the musical "Carousel"
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'Merry Go Round', song by Sam Brown
(daughter of Vicky Brown)
It's a merry go round You can never get off It's a merry go round It will never stop
(daughter of Vicky Brown)
It's a merry go round You can never get off It's a merry go round It will never stop
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Dante, Petrarca, and Bocaccio
- - 3 stars of late medieval (282)
- - 3 stars of late medieval (282)
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Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise*
- - the subdivisions of (284)
*In Italian: Inferno, Purgatorio
and Paradiso
- - the subdivisions of (284)
*In Italian: Inferno, Purgatorio
and Paradiso
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Barakaʻs "The System of Danteʻs Hell"
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title-at-stake fights (boxing)
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Archie & Edith Bunker
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Bunker - > Atlantic Wall
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West Wall (German) vs. Maginot
Line (French) - - early World War II
Line (French) - - early World War II
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Temple University
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side bar
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James II
English-Scottish 17th c. monarch who sponsored
both Quaker Pennsylvania and Catholic
Maryland
English-Scottish 17th c. monarch who sponsored
both Quaker Pennsylvania and Catholic
Maryland
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Jane Austen
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Austin, Texas
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