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April Glaspie, ambassador to this nation, held a controversial meeting with Saddam Hussein July 25, 1990 |
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Most people have 12 pairs of these bones, all attached to the spine |
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In a Verdi opera, Odabella saves this famous Hun from being poisoned so she can kill him herself |
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In 1792 this silversmith cast the first church bell made in Boston |
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Gustave Moreau's 19th century painting of this saint & the dragon is in London's National Gallery |
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A widely used book classification system is named for this major Washington, D.C. library |
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Bush sent 14,000 troops into Panama in 1989 & 4,500 into this U.S. city in 1992 to quell riots |
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It's the term for a narrow tube in the body, like the alimentary or haversian |
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This Austrian was just 14 when he composed his 1770 opera "Mitridate, Re Di Ponto" |
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In 1971 he took another giant leap, becoming professor of aerospace engineering at the Univ. of Cincinnati |
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His 1892 painting "Manao Tupapau" depicts a young Tahitian girl & a scary-looking spirit |
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Library photocopying that's "systematic" infringes on this legal protection |
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Bush's first major foreign policy move was a deal with Congress on aid to these Nicaraguan rebels |
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It's the shorter of the 2 bones of the forearm, or a term used in geometry |
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A buzzard flies overhead & inspires the cast of this Gershwin opera to sing "The Buzzard Song" |
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As a student this creator of the inkblot test was nicknamed Kleck, which means "inkblot" |
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The "Dying Slave", sculpted by this Italian master in the early 1500s, is in the Louvre |
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Novelist Nicholson Baker has criticized libraries for destroying these & replacing them with databases |
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In 1992 he quit as Secretary of State to run Bush's reelection campaign |
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Sufferers of Graves' disease are often given radioactive iodine to destroy all or part of this gland |
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"The Witches", the 1st opera by this composer of "Madama Butterfly", may be based on the ballet "Giselle" |
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As the sixth ruler of Babylon's first dynasty, he laid down the laws |
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Not surprisingly, his 1872 painting "Musicians of the Orchestra" shows ballet dancers in the background |
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Term for extensive arrangements of bookshelves; they may be opened or closed to the public |
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The kinder, gentler Bush proposed increased funds for this HHS preschool program |
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From the Latin for "hard mother", it's the toughest & outermost of the membranes that cover the brain |
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This composer of the "New World Symphony" wrote the operas "The Cunning Peasant" & "The Pigheaded Peasants" |
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After completing "The Prince" in 1513, he turned to "Discourses on the First 10 Books of Livy" |
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Her 1936 painting "Summer Days" shows an animal skull & flowers floating above a desert landscape |
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Unlike microfilm, these sheets used on machines let the reader start at any point in a printed record |
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