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| On Oct. 1, 1949 the Chinese communists proclaimed themselves this type of republic |
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(1989) "Born on the Fourth of ___" |
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| His famous quip "The report of my death was an exaggeration" was reported in the New York Journal in 1897 |
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| Economists can define a recession as a period when unemployment rises & the GDP, which stands for this, declines |
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| His son Carl Philipp Emanuel was famous for his "Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments" |
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| An evil spell, it's from a Pennsylvania Dutch word for "witch" |
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| In the 1700s foreigners' most desired Chinese products were these 2, one to wear & one to drink |
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| Revelation 6:8 says, "Behold, a pale" one of these "and his name that sat on him was Death" |
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| From the Arabic for "to make known", it's a tax nations impose to restrict trade on imports & exports |
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| Haydn called this "Magic Flute" composer the greatest composer he knew "either personally or by reputation" |
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| Thutmose IV dreamed the god Horus told him to clear the sand from this statue |
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| In the 840s Wu-Tsung, a fanatical Taoist, suppressed Buddhism & laicized thousands of these men |
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(1981) "First Monday in ___" |
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| In Plato's "Apology", he's quoted as saying, "Death may be the greatest of all human blessings" |
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| Born in Scotland in 1723, this economist concluded that people always act in their own best interests |
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| At 17 he composed an overture for "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; he later wrote the "Wedding March" for it |
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| Last name of the Dodger pitcher who won the Cy Young Award 3 times in the 1960s |
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| Wei Chung-Hsien dominated the court in the 1620s but couldn't start his own dynasty, as he was one of these |
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(1987) "The Whales of ___" |
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| "Death destroys a man: the idea of death saves him", he wrote in "Howards End" |
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| In this 1867 work Karl Marx declared that free enterprise would lead to severe depressions |
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| This "Peter and the Wolf" composer wrote the music for the classic film "Alexander Nevsky" |
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| This city in a wine-producing area was the seat of the French government briefly during both WWI & WWII |
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| This "Great" program launched by Mao in 1958 cost millions of lives in an attempt at industrial development |
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| Keats' "Ode to" this includes the line, "Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird!" |
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| In 1976 this author of "A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960" won the Nobel Prize for Economics |
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| In 1838 Paganini sent this "Symphonie Fantastique" composer 20,000 francs to further his career |
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| Described in the "Iliad" as a hero of great size, he led the Salaminian warriors in the siege of Troy |
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