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INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK |
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YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY... |
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Agatha Christie's mysteries solved by this detective were often chronicled by his sidekick Arthur Hastings |
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This ubiquitous liquor often accompanies Russian meals; the limmonaya type is lemon-flavored |
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This future president was the first U.S. ambassador to England in 1785 |
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He's the first man since Walter Brennan to win 3 acting Oscars; yep, that's "As Good As It Gets" |
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In the summer of 1883 Chester vacationed out west, visiting this first national park, established in 1872 |
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Don't lie! This "will out" |
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At the end of "Crime And Punishment", he is serving an 8-year term for murdering an old woman |
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On Christmas Eve, some Italian families enjoy capitone, a dish of these snakelike fish, fried |
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Once ambassador to India, he's now a U.S. Senator from New York |
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Ben Affleck said winning was "Really, really scary" when he & Matt Damon won for writing this film |
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Old Chet got quite a lift after he had the first one of these installed in the White House |
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If it looks out of place it "sticks out like a sore" one of these |
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Producer Irving Thalberg was the model for Monroe Stahr, the title character of this Fitzgerald novel |
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Soup-time is the time for pho, practically the national dish of this southeast Asian country |
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To a group of Western ambassadors in 1956, he said "History is on our side; we will bury you" |
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He won back-to-back Oscars as Best Actor of 1993 & 1994 |
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As a lawyer, Chester got better treatment for blacks in this city's streetcar system |
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"A bad" one of these "always turns up", probably to be saved, or earned |
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This title character is missing in the unintentionally last chapter of a Dickens mystery |
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Blimey! It's the fruit seen here |
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Eisenhower appointed this editor to Italy as the first female ambassador to a major country |
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This 1969 film was the first X-rated movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture |
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Some claimed Chester was born here, & therefore ineligible to be president |
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You might be just "banging your head against the wall" when you "flog a dead" one of these |
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Tom & Maggie Tulliver's epitaph, "In their death they were not divided", ends this George Eliot book |
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This 3-letter aperitif made of white wine & creme de cassis is named for a mayor of Dijon |
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In 1997 Philip Lader replaced Admiral William Crowe as U.S. ambassador to this European country |
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1935 cinematography winner Hal Mohr is still the only person to win by votes of this type |
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He was nicknamed "The Gentleman" this |
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It's an old sailor's adage on taking whatever refuge you can find |
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