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    | As of July 17, 2005 this Dan Brown novel had spent 120 weeks on the N.Y. Times' list | 
    The Da Vinci Code
 
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    | His original lyrics to "This Land Is Your Land" mention the relief office & people who stood hungry | 
    (Woody) Guthrie
 
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    | This World War II radio propagandist was born on the Fourth of July, 1916 | 
    Tokyo Rose
 
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    | In 1966 this French president pulled France out of NATO's integrated military structure | 
    Charles de Gaulle
 
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    The saluki, the Sanhedrin, the Salmineo | 
    the saluki
 
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    | It's a folded & grilled flour tortilla filled with cheese & often chicken; es muy buena! | 
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    | Appropriately, "A Salty Piece of Land" was penned by this "Margaritaville" singer | 
    (Jimmy) Buffett
 
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    | In 1963 this trio breezed to No. 2 with "Blowin' In The Wind" | 
    Peter, Paul and Mary
 
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    Alliterative woman described in song here by Nat King Cole
  "Wild and wind-blown / That's how you've grown" | 
    "Ramblin' Rose"
 
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    | This French emperor's own "Waterloo" came against the Germans in 1870 | 
    Napoleon III
 
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    The Ridgeway, the Ridgeback, the Ridgebone | 
    the Ridgeback
 
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    | 10-letter term for feeling stiff from horseback riding | 
    saddlesore
 
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    | The CIA arranges a presidential pardon for mover & shaker Joel Backman in this John Grisham tale | 
    (Victoria: What is The Spy?) (Alex: No.  What is [*]? Not one of his best-known works, but it drops you all the way down to $600.  You're still in second place.)
  The Broker
 
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    | In 1997 he won a Grammy for his first new album in over a decade, simply titled "Pete" | 
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    | In 1956 Aussie Murray Rose became the 1st male swimmer to win 2 solo Olympic golds since this man in 1924 | 
    (Alex: [*], yes.  Tarzan.)
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    | In French, this French monk of the Middle Ages is known as Pierre l'Ermite | 
    Peter the Hermit
 
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    The Dandie Dinmont, the Dandie Dinkum, the Dandie Doodahday | 
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    | We see this Southern California ctiy, originally named Indiana Colony, through rose-colored glasses | 
    (Alex: A reference to the Rose Parade each year in [*].)
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    | The doctor was in, or rather on, the list with his environmentally themed "State of Fear" | 
    (Alex: With a minute to go.)
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    In 1958 this group heard here reigned at No. 1
  "...well / Hang down your head, Tom Dooley / Hang down your head..." | 
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    | In this Umberto Eco novel, William of Baskerville solves a murder like a medieval Sherlock Holmes | 
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    | "The Moon and Sixpence" was Somerset Maugham's roman a clef based on the life of this French artist | 
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    Ekkenpinscher, Hauzzenpinscher, Affenpinscher, Didhepinscher | 
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    | Any war carried out under papal sanction | 
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    | This Tom Wolfe novel got the Presidential seal of approval when W. recommended it to friends | 
    I Am Charlotte Simmons
 
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    | After she sang the anthem "We Shall Overcome" at a 1963 march, her version of it hit the charts | 
    Joan Baez
 
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    | The 2 British royal houses of the Wars of the Roses | 
    York & Lancaster
 
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    | This 19th century French politician & writer gave his name to a style of steak | 
    (Steve: Who is Mignon?)
  (Francois Auguste) Chateaubriand
 
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    Redfoot Coonhound, Greenhead Coonhound, Bluetick Coonhound | 
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    | His rule of Syria included the 1982 killing of perhaps 20,000 in the city of Hamah | 
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