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| Housewives desperate for lipstick still call upon the door-to-door cosmetics company named this in 1939 |
Avon
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| The Dept. of the Navy says over 70 ships & aircraft have vanished in this infamous Atlantic Ocean region |
the Bermuda Triangle
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| In a process referred to as dactyloscopy, a CSI team uses brushes to apply powder in search of these |
fingerprints
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| He wrote the line, "Why Deerslayer... a man meets with inimies easier than he meets with fri'nds" |
(James Fenimore) Cooper
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| Post-WWII conflict between the U.S. & Russia |
the Cold War
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| Now TV's highest-rated daytime soap opera, it was originally to be titled "The Innocent Years" |
(John: What is... General Hospital?)
The Young and the Restless
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| These appliances introduced by Raytheon in 1947 aid the work of desperate housewives in the kitchen |
a microwave
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| Rumors of his body being buried near a Giants Stadium end zone led to a Playboy magazine headline, he "Goes Deep" |
(Jimmy) Hoffa
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| A microspectrophotometer is used by a CSI team in analyzing these, a word from the Latin for "filament" |
(John: What are... hair?) ... (Carolyn: I was going to say that; it seemed obvious.)
fibers
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| "Bartlett's" credits him with "It's the economy, stupid" |
(Carolyn: Who is Brady?) (Tom: Uh, who is Clinton?)
James Carville
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| A selection of sliced meat for sandwiches |
cold cuts
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| 4 of the top 10 shows since 1961 are telecasts of this sporting event in different years |
the Super Bowl
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| This organization was founded by 214-pound housewife Jean Nidetch in the early 1960s |
Weight Watchers
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| During WWII this "In The Mood" bandleader's plane went down over the English Channel without a trace |
Glenn Miller
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| The TV show "Forensic Files" from this cable network examines crimes from an investigative point of view |
Court TV
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| In "The Federalist" he wrote, "A bad cause seldom fails to betray itself" |
James Madison
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| Adjective used to describe ruthless killers & ectothermic animals |
cold-blooded
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| His namesake TV show was No. 1 in the ratings for 4 years in a row from 1985 to 1989 |
Bill Cosby
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| The online home for this magazine designed to help housewives solve their problems is lhj.com |
Ladies' Home Journal
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| Roderick, the last Visigoth king, mysteriously disappeared in 711 & became a subject for this "Waverley" author |
Scott
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| By ID'ing ejector marks & rifling, I.B.I.S. imaging is part of this science of the propulsion of projectiles |
ballistics
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| One day in 1765 "The idea came into my mind, that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into a vacuum..." |
(James) Watt
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| A fever blister |
a cold sore
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| A November 1980 episode of this drama scored a 53.3, the second highest modern rating |
(Carolyn: What is M*A*S*H?)
Dallas
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| Her popular newspaper columns & books celebrated the trials & tribulations of housewives |
Erma Bombeck
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| On Aug. 28, 1995 a note on this famous atheist's door said she'd be right back; she was found buried 6 years later |
(Madalyn Murray) O'Hair
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| CSI investigators spray this chemiluminescent compound to reveal traces of blood even on cleaned surfaces |
Luminol
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| A humorist: "Every person carries... the... scar, or the fresh wound, of some harrowing misadventure with a contraption" |
(Tom: [Sighs]... James...) (Alex: Tom?) (Tom: Don't know.)
James Thurber
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| Abrupt withdrawal from addictive drugs |
cold turkey
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| The eighth & final installment of this miniseries notched a 51.1, third place on the modern list |
Roots
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