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THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION |
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Residents thought it was a Japanese chemical attack when this U.S. metropolis got its first big smog on July 26, 1943 |
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On Dec. 25, 1991 he announced, "I hereby discontinue my activities at the post of president of the USSR" |
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The Dutch for "donkey" gives us this word for a stand on which a painting is placed, much as a burden is placed on a donkey |
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Michael Eric Dyson's book on Hurricane Katrina is titled "Come Hell or" this |
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In 2014 she was magnificent as "Maleficent", whom she called "wonderfully, deliciously cruel" |
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Exposure to smog can worsen bronchitis, emphysema & this breathing disorder that afflicts 7-10% of children |
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The chief policy-making body of the Communist Party, it was dissolved with the USSR |
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This word for a movie hall comes from an 1890s term used by the Lumiere Brothers |
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Stephen Covey's self-help book "The 7 Habits of" these "People" was on the best-sellers list for over 270 weeks |
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She & Spencer Tracy starred in 9 films together, beginning with "Woman of the Year" in 1942 |
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Face masks were de rigueur for the Oct. 2014 international marathon in this smog-stricken Asian capital city |
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This mutual defense treaty between the USSR & other Communist states was disbanded in 1991 |
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In 1847 Thomas Savage gave this type of ape a name that referred to a legendary African tribe of hairy women |
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John Cusack starred in the film version of this record-obsessed Nick Hornby book |
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Her film roles have included Vicki Vale in "Batman" & Vicki Anderson in "The Marrying Man" |
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The EPA has a smog rating of tailpipe emission chemicals like carbon monoxide & HCHO, this specimen-preserving fluid |
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This entity, the C.I.S., keeps some of the old Soviet countries together in an economic & cultural confederation |
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The Latin for "things to be remembered" gives us this non-S plural word for souvenirs |
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Mage/musician Kvothe rocks in Patrick Rothfuss' "Kingkiller Chronicle", part of this subgenre |
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Her favorite film role was 1936's "Camille"; she would only make 3 movies after that |
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These 2 ethnic groups that both begin with "U" were the next-largest ethnic groups in the Soviet Union after Russians |
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Something that produces a rainbow of colors is said to be this adjective, after the Greek word for rainbow |
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In 2015 Ridley Scott helped bring to TV the Philip K. Dick novel called "The Man in" this structure |
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As Madame Mallory, she ran a Michelin-starred French restaurant in 2014's "The Hundred-Foot Journey" |
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