THE WEDDING OF ELIZABETH & PHILIP |
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The couple tied the royal knot before 2,000 guests November 20, 1947 in this imposing church |
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"Sunny day, sweepin' the clouds away" |
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Pleasanton, Texas claims to be the "birthplace of" this occupation that's an American symbol |
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The 1803 treaty for this deal stated that France would give up all military posts in New Orleans |
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A toothed strip of plastic for arranging hair goes to its grave as a burial chamber |
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Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip are third cousins, & have this great-great-grandmother in common |
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"Our whole universe was in a hot dense state, then nearly 14 billion years ago, expansion started" |
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(I'm Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times.) I've written several stories about the revolving door system in which ex-government officials work hand in hand with old colleagues as they go into this profession centered on K Street |
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This document remained in effect for 71 years, until Plymouth was incorporated into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691 |
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A word meaning to secretly & illegally import goods just wants to cuddle |
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At a pre-wedding party, Elizabeth's father King George VI led one of these dance lines |
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"Friendly faces everywhere, humble folks without temptation" |
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1953: A former prime minister |
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Essential tools for a carpenter include these 4-legged beams used to support a board for cutting |
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The 1947 speech that launched this plan said Europe must have help "or face economic social & political deterioration" |
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A word meaning to move hastily & with urgency becomes a classic wordplay board game |
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To marry Elizabeth, Philip renounced titles from Denmark & Greece & converted from Greek Orthodox to this |
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"Who's that girl? Who's that girl? It's Jess" |
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In Great Britain Harry Allen was the last person in this job made obsolete by an act of Parliament in 1965 |
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This 1854 act introduced by Stephen Douglas created 2 new territories west of Missouri |
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It means to exert to the utmost, perhaps rowing on a narrow passage of water connecting 2 large bodies |
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"What would we do, baby, without us" |
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1938: The daughter of missionaries seen here |
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From the Latin for "iron", this worker was similar to a blacksmith & often did a shod-y job |
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The 1872 act establishing this called it a "tract of land in the territories of Montana and Wyoming" |
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An individual's style of speaking morphs into a class of literature that includes novels |
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