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MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS WINNERS |
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Chelonoidis nigra is the scientific name of a tortoise that lives in this island group |
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In 1805 a pharmacy assistant isolated morphine from this 10-times-weaker narcotic substance |
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She has a thing for Kermit the Frog |
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In 2015 the photography staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch won for capturing images of despair & anger in this city |
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To rubricate is to highlight with this color, such as Jesus' words in the New Testament |
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2009: Kristen Stewart & him |
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Also a feathery fashion accessory, it's a variety of constricting snake |
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Paul Kruger's 1899 ultimatum provoked this South African war with the British |
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In 2013 Gabriela Isler became the seventh woman from Venezuela to be named this |
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(I'm Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post.) As part of a New York Daily News team, I won a 1999 Pulitzer for an editorial series that helped rescue this historic Harlem theater from financial mismanagement that had threatened its survival |
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Skirl is a shrill wailing sound; as a verb, it means to play this Highland instrument |
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2006: Jake Gyllenhaal & him |
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This lizard was discovered in 1910 by Lt. Van Hensbroek on the Indonesian island for which it's named |
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What we call this 1853 "Purchase" is known in Mexico as La Venta de la Mesilla |
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Lea Salonga won a Tony for her leading role in this musical, a modern-day "Madame Butterfly" |
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The Washington Post shared a 2014 Pulitzer for revealing widespread secret surveillance by this govt. agency |
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If something is hippocrepian, it's shaped like one of these metal objects |
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The bite of this lizard is venomous & painful, but thankfully not deadly to humans |
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In 1893 his daughter Esther became the first child of a president to be born in the White House |
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Since 1978 Judith Martin has been doling out etiquette advice under this byline |
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The only U.S. president to win a Pulitzer is JFK, for this series of biographies |
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From the Latin for "to wash away", it can mean a heavy downpour, perhaps even a flood |
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1999: Joseph Fiennes & her |
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When the American alligator became protected, this South American crocodilian was imported to sell to tourists |
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The USA's first passenger RR track was started in 1828 in the harbor area of this mid-Atlantic city, then our second biggest |
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In this Strindberg play, the daughter of a Swedish count has an illicit affair with her father's valet |
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Jennifer Egan won the 2011 Pulitzer for fiction for "A Visit from" this group |
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The Latin for "tear" gives us this 10-letter adjective that means mournful or easily shedding tears |
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2005: Rachel McAdams & him |
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