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    Canterbury
 
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    | The U.S. Mint & the Bureau of the Public Debt are divisions of this cabinet department | 
    Treasury
 
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    seeds
 
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    Usher
 
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    | Handel's opera about Julius Caesar & this queen is considered one of his greatest | 
    Cleopatra
 
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    | In 1982 this Surgeon General called smoking "the most important public health issue of our time" | 
    Koop
 
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    prunes
 
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    | Stephen Dedalus, the hero of this author's first novel, also appears in his second, "Ulysses" | 
    James Joyce
 
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    | If a gallon of milk is too hard to handle, you can buy this many quarts; it's the same | 
    4
 
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    | Andre Gretry composed a 1784 opera about this crusader king & his favorite minstrel, Blondel | 
    Richard the Lionheart
 
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    | This 1899 Chinese uprising began with the Righteous & Harmonious Fists attacking missionaries | 
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  Boxer Rebellion
 
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    | In August 1995 this former NBA player & Senator from New Jersey announced he wouldn't run for reelection | 
    Bill Bradley
 
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    | Members of the laurel family include cinnamon, sassafras & this guacamole ingredient | 
    avocado
 
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    | Gregor Samsa experiences this title process in a 1915 Franz Kafka story | 
    (Jenn: What is a trial?)
  The Metamorphosis
 
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    | A hectare, a metric measure of area, is equal to 247 of these units | 
    acres
 
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    | Though set in Ancient Persia, "Serse", Handel's opera about this ruler, includes some London street songs | 
    Xerxes
 
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    | In 1735 this English founder of Methodism traveled to Georgia as a missionary | 
    Wesley
 
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    | This current Secretary of the Interior received a b.s. in geology from Notre Dame | 
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    | The hydrogenated oil of this palm fruit has been used a margarine's primary ingredient | 
    (Alex: [prior to reading the clue] With about a minute to go.)
  coconut
 
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    | Title assumed by Edmond Dantes, a Dumas hero who escapes from a prison | 
    Count of Monte Cristo
 
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    millibars
 
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    | In an 1837 opera by Donizetti, this queen loves the Earl of Essex but he love the Duchess of Nottingham | 
    Elizabeth I
 
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    | In 1539 Franciscan missionary Marcos de Niza came upon this septet of Zuni settlements | 
    (Michael: What are the Seven Cities of Gold?) (Alex: Seven Cities of Gold? Don't believe  that's right. Take another shot at it.) (Michael: Seven Legendary Cities of Coronado, El Dorado?)
  Seven Cities of Cibola
 
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    | In 1973 Richard Helms, James Schlesinger & William Colby all served as director of this agency | 
    C.I.A. (Central Intelligence Agency)
 
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    | This potato man discarded about 65,000 berry bushes to create his blackberry-raspberry hybrid | 
    (Jenn: Who is George Washington?)
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    | When we experience "One Day in" his life, he's serving his 9th year in a Siberian labor camp | 
    Ivan Denisovich
 
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    | The explosive force of a nuclear bomb is measured in these units | 
    [NOTE: This was the 375,000th clue entered into the J! Archive, on 2019-07-18.]
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    | Massenet's opera about this Castilian hero is set in 12th century Seville | 
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