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    1844, after 22 years of Haitian rule:  this republic | 
    the Dominican Republic
 
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    | Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of this condition, Latin for "out of one's mind" | 
    dementia
 
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    | The Origen story is Origen was a 3rd century theologian known as Adamantius or "Man of" this, like Superman | 
    steel
 
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    | "Dashing through the snow in" one of these, "o'er the fields we go, laughing all the way" | 
    a one-horse open sleigh
 
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    | "A vision in a dream" by Coleridge begins, "In Xanadu did" this khan "a stately pleasure-dome decree" | 
    Kubla
 
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    | A mischievous trick played on someone to make him look foolish & to amuse others | 
    a practical joke
 
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    1917, from Russia: this Nordic land | 
    Finland
 
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    | From the Greek for "marketplace", this disorder keep many people home due to fear of panicking in a public place | 
    agoraphobia
 
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    | It was the nickname given the mysterious unknown prisoner jailed during the reign of King Louis XIV | 
    the Man in the Iron Mask
 
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    | "Over the river and through the woods to" her "house we go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh" | 
    Grandmother's house
 
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    | This 17th century John Bunyan allegory ends with the line "so I awoke, and behold it was a dream" | 
    Pilgrim's Progress
 
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    | It's the specialty of the Fort Bragg-based 82nd Airborne division | 
    parachute jumping
 
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    | East Timor, 2002, after 25 years of oppression by this neighbor | 
    Indonesia
 
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    | A psych study of high concentrated practice by Berlin violin students led to this numerical "rule" of success | 
    (Andrew: What is the 1,000-hour rule?)
  the 10,000-hour rule
 
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    | Baseball's "Stan the Man" who played in a record 24 All-Star games | 
    Stan Musial
 
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    | It completes the request by Santa, "Rudolph with your nose so bright..." | 
    "Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
 
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    This Freud work quotes Plato:  "The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming of that which the wicked man does" | 
    The Interpretation of Dreams
 
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    | A sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted coat | 
    a pea jacket
 
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    1962, after more than a century of struggle against European colonizers:  this north African country | 
    (Andrew: What is Morocco?)
  Algeria
 
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    | A "dark triad" that leads to exploiting others is psychopathy, Machiavellianism & this selfish -ism inspired by myth | 
    narcissism
 
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    | In the 1100s "The Old Man of the Mountain" led a Mideast sect whose practice of murdering foes gave us this word | 
    assassin
 
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    | This holiday favorite begins, "Sleigh bells ring, are you listening, in the lane, snow is glistening" | 
    "Walking In A Winter Wonderland"
 
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    | This Romantic poet gave us the strange dream vision of pale warriors in "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" | 
    John Keats
 
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    | This classic duo of British entertainment originated in Italy | 
    Punch and Judy
 
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    1912, after 500 years of Ottoman rule:  this country on the Adriatic | 
    (Andrew: What is Croatia?) (Graham: What is Turkey?)
  Albania
 
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    | A parent creating in a child the physical symptoms of illness may be exhibiting this Baron's syndrome by proxy | 
    Munchausen syndrome
 
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    | James Galway is "The Man with the Golden" this instrument | 
    (Ellie: What is throat?)
  flute
 
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    | Leroy Anderson began writing this Yuletide classic during a 1946 summer heat wave | 
    "Sleigh Ride"
 
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    | The first line of this Daphne du Maurier novel is "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" | 
    Rebecca
 
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    | In medieval times, it was the name of a fabled Christian king of Asia behind the lines of the infidels | 
    Prester John
 
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