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Major teams in this sport include the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, the Nankai Hawks & the Hankyu Braves |
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The Coinage Act of 1965 removed all of this metal from dimes & quarters |
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The author who wrote "Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink" |
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If you're on a kibbutz, you're on a collective farm in this country |
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His niece, Harriet Lane, acted as this |
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After high school this vocalist known as "The Velvet Fog" played drums in Chico Marx' band |
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Some 20-30% of these are still arranged by friends & relatives, or a go-between called a nakodo |
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Dies for all U.S. coins are made at the mint in this city |
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Part of Albrecht Durer's etching, "Four Witches", appeared on the jacket of this John Updike novel |
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In the late 1830s John Deere introduced one of these made of steel |
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During his presidency this party collapsed & didn't regain the presidency for 24 years |
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In 1964 vocalist Astrud Gilberto & this tenor saxophonist had a No. 5 pop hit with "The Girl from Ipanema" |
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Once the Fleet Street of Tokyo, it's now the most famous shopping & entertainment district |
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The 2 denominations that don't have grooves or milling around the edge |
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His book, "Omoo", is subtitled "Adventures in the South Seas" |
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Agriculture comes from the Latin word for field, as does this unit of measurement for fields |
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As Secretary of State under Polk, he tried to buy this island from Spain for $120 million dollars |
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The 1966 biography of this jazz pianist was titled "Ain't Misbehavin'" |
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2 of the country's 4 main islands |
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"From Slave Cabin to Hall of Fame" appeared on a half-dollar memorial to this black educator |
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who wrote the novel "The Human Comedy" |
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2-word term for products like tobacco or soybeans grown to be sold rather than used on the farm |
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Buchanan became the first president to have a state secede under him, when this one did in 1860 |
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Among the eight wives of this clarinetist were Lana Turner, Evelyn Keyes & Ava Gardner |
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Stylized singing called yokyoku is featured in this form of theater, Japan's oldest |
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The first American coins were shillings made in 1652 with the imprint "N.E." which stood for this |
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It's Richard Condon's 1959 suspense novel about Raymond Shaw, an ex-POW programmed to be an assassin |
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The Book of Knowledge calls this tropical fruit the most commonly eaten fruit in the world |
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As minister to this country from 1832-34, Buchanan helped create our first commercial treaty with it |
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On April 29, 1986 the U.S. issued a stamp bearing the portrait of this "noble" jazz musician |
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