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TV SHOWS BASED ON BOOKS BY WOMEN |
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In 1792 the first European to see this peak called it a "high snowy mountain"; in fact it's the highest in Oregon |
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A bar mitzvah traditionally celebrates the coming of age of a boy who is this many years old |
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This show & its prequel "The Carrie Diaries" were based on books by Candace Bushnell |
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Try an animal print, like this cat, whether snow or clouded |
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In the Kalmar War of 1611-1613, Denmark beat up on this rival to the north |
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This canine saying means mature folks tend to be set in their ways |
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These slow, winding Louisianan bodies of water include Teche, which legend says was created from a giant snake |
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The not so fun game of cleaning up after a disgruntled card player has this number in its name |
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Kathy Reichs drew upon her own work as a forensic anthropologist to pen the Temperance Brennan books that became this show |
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Similar in name to mini & maxi, this dress length that reaches the calf |
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In England Lord Hardwicke's Act of 1753 banned this informal type of marriage without civil or religious ceremony |
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One's body is composed of what one ingests, in other words |
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This L.A.-area valley where you'll find Reseda & Encino was named for a canonized king of Castile |
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In baseball, the sum of balls & strikes represented by a full count |
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In the 1970s & '80s Melissa Gilbert & Melissa Sue Anderson starred in "Little House on the Prairie", based on books by this author |
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This raincoat, just like Columbo & reporters in movies |
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German King Henry VII invaded Rome in 1312 & while he was there, picked up this title |
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This number follows "Section" in the name of a housing voucher program for those with low income |
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3 young E.T.s appear as humans & attend a New Mexico high school in books by Melinda Metz, the basis for this TV show |
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This long loose Turkish dress that can start with a "C" or a "K" |
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Meaning "hammer", it was the byname of Frankish king Charles, who hammered a Muslim army at the 732 Battle of Tours |
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Fargo, N.D. lies in the valley of this "colorful" river "of the North", one of the USA's great agricultural areas |
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The word myriad can refer to any large number of things, or specifically to this big number |
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Based on novels by Deborah Harkness, "A Discovery of" these beings centers on historian Diana Bishop, who has magical abilities |
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A sweater with this type of collar named for another garment |
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Helped by Lord Byron, in 1830 it became the first of the Ottoman Empire's subject nations to achieve independence |
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