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POTPOURRI AROUND THE WORLD |
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Vivaldi & Hummel wrote concertos for this pear-shaped guitarlike instrument |
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"Wall Street", "Fatal Attraction", "You, Me and Dupree" |
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Her marriage to Napoleon was almost nipped in the bud when she dallied with a dapper captain in the 1790s |
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The Ninety-Nines, an organization of women pilots, bestows memorial scholarships named for this woman |
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2007 Nobel laureate Gerhard Ertl has studied the conversion of this monoxide to this dioxide, as in cars |
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By definition, a number that's infinitesimal is close to, but greater than, this |
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Tchaikovsky simultaneously composed early sketches for the "Pathetique" symphony & this lively ballet suite |
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"L.A. Confidential", "3:10 To Yuma", "American Gangster" |
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This future president's romance with Ann Rutledge is now believed to be a myth |
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On Feb. 19 2008 this longtime leader announced he'd give up his presidency |
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Molecules of these 2 elements are the major constituents of air |
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Meaning "having imagined while asleep", it's one of the few English words that end with "mt" |
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Giuseppe Gazzaniga & this composer based their "Don Giovanni" operas on the same libretto |
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"Sense And Sensibility", "Four Weddings And A Funeral", "Music And Lyrics" |
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Lord Byron's lover Marianna Segati was married to a "Merchant of" this city who was Byron's landlord |
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The Virgin Islands celebrate Thanksgiving in October to give thanks to the end of this weather "season" |
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Alnico magnets are so named because they're alloys of aluminum, nickel & this |
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Reniform means shaped like this bodily organ; you might have a reniform pool |
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Joseph Joachim, a friend of this German composer, lived to make a 1903 recording of his works |
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"Contact", "The Accused", "The Brave One" |
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Dorothea Jordan, who found fame in this profession, found time to have 10 children with the future King Wm. IV |
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Many Indian foods are accompanied by these popular relishes of spices & fruits often made from mangoes |
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It's the most abundant protein in the human body; the animal kind is boiled to make gelatin |
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Arabic for "peace", it's a salutation in the East, as well as a low bow |
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His first mature orchestral work, 1894's "Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun", was based on a poem by Stephane Mallarme |
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"Bram Stoker's Dracula", "Sid And Nancy", "Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix" |
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Mme. de Maintenon was governess to this king's out-of-wedlock children before she became his mistress c. 1670 |
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Many of this country's postage stamps reproduce paintings in Prince Hans-Adam's art collection |
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A chemical in its Scotchgards persisted in the environment, so this company pulled the products |
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It's a synonym for "ashen" or a term for a region within an imposed boundary; don't go "beyond" it |
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