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'Was she mad? Oh yeah. She read me the riot act!' | |
Headline: 'Seahawks win home game, to play 49ers.' | |
Nautically, 'prize-taking' is the capture of an enemy ship at sea. | |
True or false: Alphabet soup doesn't have a Q. | |
The minotaur, a mythical monster, was slain by Theseus. | |
The Dean-Stark apparatus is used in chemistry to collect water from a reactor. | |
'It's a long shot,' said the sniper, 'but don't bet against it.' | |
The drill sergeant was tough. 'Quit bellyaching!' he bellowed. | |
The cat-o'-nine-tails is a type of whip. | |
An amalgam made with mercury is still used by some dentists. | |
'I can't believe it--he drank me under the table!' | |
'I love mint juleps. I long for Derby days,' Alice said. (2) | |
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My favorite fictional curmudgeon? That would have to be Professor Kingsley of 'The Paper Chase.' | |
'Don't be so inflexible!' said the bendy-straw to the I-beam. | |
The city of Pasig, Manila, has a lot of skyscrapers. | |
A statue of Andy Warhol stands (actually, sits) in Bratislava, Slovakia. | |
'Eaves-dropping is such fun!' said the icicle. | |
'Go! No Fodder,' the farm sign said. 'Closed Up. Silo Not Working.' | |
'Hip-hip-hooray!' yelled the bouncy cheerleaders. | |
'Don't knuckle under,' said the boxing trainer. | |
'I specialize in subatomic rondures,' said the artist, 'and it ain't easy. They travel in very small circles.' | |
Santa Ana del Tachira, founded in 1860, is a town in Venezuela. | |
The English essayist Charles Lamb dared to 'deride the contemporary fascination with nature and the countryside,' says Wikipedia. | |
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