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  | RONALD REAGAN WAS AN ACTOR |  
   
 
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    | He commanded all the Union armies | 
    Grant
 
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    | Monkey business abounds in this 1951 film in which Reagan co-stars with a chimp | 
    Bedtime for Bonzo
 
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    | "Filling Station" features dancing truck drivers & this 1930s dance whose name is New York City's nickname | 
    the Big Apple
 
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    | In October 1959, soon after being discharged from the Marines, this American applied for Soviet citizenship | 
    Oswald
 
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    Steinbeck: "____ Flat" | 
    Tortilla
 
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    | It's commonly used to denote both a gender & a sweater size | 
    M
 
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    | He taught debate & public speaking at a Houston, Texas high school | 
    Lyndon B. Johnson
 
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    | In 1938's "Brother Rat", Reagan acted with this woman who would become his first wife | 
    Jane Wyman
 
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    | Concubines & a eunuch are featured in the exotic ballet named for this "Arabian Nights" tale-spinner | 
    Scheherezade
 
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    | (Hi, this is Wayne Brady.)  Before getting his own sitcom, Andy Richter was this talk show host's sidekick for 7 years | 
    Conan O'Brien
 
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    Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen: "____ for the Soul" | 
    Chicken Soup
 
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    | Strikeout master Roger Clemens gave all 4 of his children names starting with this letter | 
    K
 
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    | He practiced law in Grand Rapids, Michigan | 
    Gerald Ford
 
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    | In 1940's "Santa Fe Trail", co-starring Errol Flynn, Reagan played this flamboyant cavalry officer | 
    Custer
 
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    | Tipsy revelers frolic with ladies of easy virtue in the Hogarth-inspired ballet about this man's "Progress" | 
    the Rake
 
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    | In 27 B.C. the man known as this was officially confirmed as emperor | 
    (Lara: Who is Octavian?  Or [*]?)
  Octavius
 
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    Sandra Cisneros: "The House on ____ Street" | 
    (Alex: There's a theme here.  I hope you've picked up on it.)
  Mango
 
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    | To begin English words that come from Greek, it can have a "Z" sound; to begin words from Chinese, a "SH" sound | 
    X
 
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    | He was Tennessee's first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives | 
    (Andrew) Jackson
 
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    | Reagan's last film role was as a bad guy in 1964's "The Killers", based on a short story by this man | 
    Hemingway
 
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    | In an 1870 Delibes ballet, Swanilda, the heroine, gets all dolled up to impersonate this title doll | 
    Coppélia
 
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    | His best known plays include "Waiting for Lefty" & "The Country Girl" | 
    (Clifford) Odets
 
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    Spencer Johnson: "Who Moved My ____?" | 
    Cheese
 
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    | You can find one of these chic hotels in New Orleans, Diamond Head or Mexico City | 
    W
 
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    | Reagan played Bette Davis' boozing high society pal in this 1939 film about a socialite dying of a brain tumor | 
    Dark Victory
 
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    | 1977's "Calcium Light Night" was the first ballet choreographed by this great Dane, Ballet Master in Chief of the NYCB | 
    Peter Martins
 
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    | This cardinal was entombed in St. Patrick's Cathedral in May 2000 | 
    (John) O'Connor
 
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    Mark Leyner: "Tooth Imprints on a ____" | 
    Corn Dog
 
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    | This symbol that gauges magnetic flux density comes from the creator of the rotating magnetic field & an 1891 "coil" | 
    (Alex: And the letter this time, for Tesla, is [*].)
  T
 
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