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    | William Booth founded this charitable "army" on July 5, 1865 in London | The Salvation Army 
 
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    | This "American Idol" judge told one contestant, "You sounded like Cher after she's been to the dentist" | Simon Cowell 
 
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    | The truant officer may come after you if you fail to do this | go to school 
 
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    | In chapter 52 of this novel, a boisterous crowd is gathering for Fagin's execution | Oliver Twist 
 
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    | This commerce site founded in 1995 now also owns Skype, Paypal, & Shopping.com | eBay 
 
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    | As a noun, it's a synonym for "flower", as a verb, it's to blossom or come into one's own | bloom 
 
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    | On July 20, 1861 the Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in this Virginia city | Richmond 
 
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    | This ABC series set at Mode magazine is based on the hit Columbian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty, La Fea" | Ugly Betty 
 
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    | It's the identification procedure that uses the kind of grid seen here | (Aiden: What is a height grid?) 
 a line-up
 
 
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    | 19th c. author known for writing about a "venerable mansion" with "seven acutely peaked gables" | (Nathaniel) Hawthorne 
 
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    | The first name of this company's search engine was Backrub, as it analyzed the back links pointing to websites | Google 
 
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    | Synonyms for "crowd" include throng, flock & this word that can also mean an infatuation | (Alex: What is...?) (Meryl: I can't come up with it.)
 (Alex: What is [*].)
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 a crush
 
 
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    | A July 17, 1917 royal proclamation changed the name of the British royal family to this, like a castle | Windsor 
 
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    | This Neil Patrick Harris sitcom is narrated through flashbacks from the future | How I Met Your Mother 
 
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    | This agency's criminal justice information services div. has the fingerprints of more than 47 million people | the FBI 
 
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    | People from the past appear to a brother & sister in "Rewards and Fairies" by this author of "The Jungle Book" | Kipling 
 
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    | While a student at Northeastern, Shawn Fanning started this P2P music-sharing service that now gone legit | Napster 
 
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    | In court you won't hear a lawyer say "remonstrance!" but this synonym | objection 
 
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    | John Adams' dying words on this date in 1826 were that Thomas Jefferson still lived; John Adams was wrong | July 4 
 
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    | Penn Jillette hosts this NBC game show about first impressions | Identity 
 
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    | A counter-terrorism program is called "NYPD" this, another term for a police badge | (Lisa: What is blue?) ...
 (Alex: NYPD [*], another word for badge.)
 
 Shield
 
 
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    | Modern novels with biblical titles include Jane Hamilton's "The Book of Ruth" & Toni Morrison's "Song of" him | Solomon 
 
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    | After selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for more than $5 billion, this Dallas NBA team owner started HDNet | Mark Cuban 
 
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    | Back in the 19th century, ladies didn't faint but did this 5-letter synonym | swoon 
 
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    | In July 1893 this president underwent a secret operation to remove part of his jaw due to cancer | (Aiden: Who is McKinley?) 
 Grover Cleveland
 
 
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    | In its 1st episode, citizens of a Kansas town saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon & were cut off from the outside world | Jericho 
 
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    | Not just a remark like "the soup's too salty", it's a formal charge a victim can swear out, leading to an arrest | (Aiden: What's an accusation?) 
 a complaint
 
 
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    | Even Grendel would love Seamus Heaney's new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic about this title Geat | Beowulf 
 
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    | Started in 2001, Verasun Energy has now become the second-leading producer of this alternative fuel | (Lisa: What is solar power?) 
 ethanol
 
 
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    | This synonym for "to seclude" is also a word for part of a monastery or convent | cloister 
 
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