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| Meaning 'betrayed', it came from the practice of sending slaves to the deep South, sometimes on the Mississippi | |
| Cheerful, or tending to float in a fluid | |
| 'A Winter Walk' & 'Slavery in Massachusetts' are essays by this 19th century American | |
| From Malay for 'sheath', it's a Malay garment that's wrapped around the lower body & tucked in at the waist | |
| This 5-word boast is the trademark of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus | |
| On March 23, 1775 he told the House of Burgesses that 'the war is inevitable--and let it come!' | |
| Originally named the Karababa, a dam on the Upper Euphrates was renamed this to honor the founder of modern Turkey | |
| This Imagist became immersed in Fascist politics while living in Italy | |
| The creator of this title place said its name came from the letters labeling the last drawer of his file cabinet | |
| Silvius was an old name for this Swiss peak known for its pyramid shape | |
| 'The Help' | |
| Want land? Buying on this moon of Saturn is a no-brainer: its 3,200-mile diameter is bigger than Mercury! | |
| The hero of this 1993 comedy says he's 'been stabbed, shot, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted & burned' | |
| The impetus for these books came from a vision the author had 'of a faun carrying an umbrella & parcels in a snowy wood' | |
| In 1893 this popular parade adopted a 'never on Sunday' policy, so the 2012 one was held on January 2 | |
| In 2013 she became only the third female singer after Aretha Franklin & Madonna to chart over 40 Top 40 hits | |
| About 0.8% of our red blood cells are destroyed daily; if the cells aren't replaced at the same rate, this condition results | |
| Inspired by the ancient one, the New Bibliotheca of this city opened in 2002 | |
| This lunar excursion module used by Armstrong & Aldrin was left in orbit & has crash-landed | |
| The eagle on the one dollar bill grasps in its talons these seemingly antithetical items | |
| About 80% of this organ can be removed without creating an insufficiency of the insulin it produces | |
| This city is famous for its brewery; today its beer is the No.. 1 Chinese beer in the United States | |
| Members of the Hungarian, Swedish & Israeli parliaments spoke when a bust of this foreign diplomat was unveiled | |
| When she was introduced, she worked on The Daily Star | |
| In 1899 he described dreams as 'the royal road to knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind' | |
| When Anne Boleyn was beheaded, she left this 2-year-old daughter & future queen | |
| In area, it's the largest former Soviet republic after Russia & the largest nation that doesn't border an ocean | |
| Although Raleigh never made the trip, his expedition of 1585 founded this first English colony in North America | |
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| Portuguese exploration was financed by the Order of Christ, of which he was Governor starting c. 1420 | |
| In 1948 he won South Carolina with 72% of the vote & 3 other states but finished a distant third overall | |
| Egypt | |
| 'Alone in prison strong / I wail my destiny' & 'let pass my weary, guiltless ghost' are lines from a poem attributed to her | |
| Iran's 50,000 rial note includes an international symbol for one of these, featuring 3 well-defined orbits | |
| Chapter 1 of this 1952 book ends, 'This is about the way the Salinas valley was when my grandfather...settled in the foothills' | |
| This Mozart title man has already seduced Elvira & pursues her maid in 'Deh, Vieni Alla Finestra', 'O Come To The Window' | |
| Maynard Jackson was mayor of this city, & one of the USA's busiest airports now bears his name | |
| Affer this book was released in 1997, Mineko Iwasaki, on whom it was based, sued for defamation | |
| This ancient playwright's 'Lysistrata' contains the line 'can't live with them, or without them!' | |
| This 19th century character talks about his own writings about tattoo marks & on the tracing of footsteps | |
| Delta Air Lines | |
| Drawing from the name of our motion picture capital, it's the name for India's movie industry | |
| A log stockade made by a certain 'mad' Revolutionary War general in 1794 gave this city its name | |
| In 1961 this 2-time Democratic Presidential nominee was appointed U.N. Ambassador | |
| It's about a 30-hour drive between these 2 rhyming state capitals | |
| These 2 films were No. 1 & No. 2 on the AFI's list of funniest American films; both involve cross-dressing | |
| With 3 each, 'On the Waterfront' is tied with this film & its sequel for most Best Supporting Actor nominations | |
| This island in the Susquehanna River is named for its distance from the town square in Middletown, Pennsylvania | |
| A caveman-themed game in which 'rocks' were thrown at other players led to the creation of this product in 1969 | |
| Facebook & TiVo have both claimed trademarks for an icon representing this gesture | |
| 1,240 miles long & rich in hydro power, it's the largest river by volume that flows from the U.S. into the Pacific Ocean | |
| The farm where Pres. Eisenhower lived after his retirement lies outside this Pennsylvania town | |
| grolier.com says the U.S. built this 'in ten years by taming a jungle, dividing a continent, and uniting two oceans' | |
| Each year this Tony-winning play is performed on the grounds of Helen Keller's birthplace | |
| He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1925 & died in Los Angeles June 6, 1968 | |
| Duke Ellington knew this NYC metro line that runs from Manhattan to Far Rockaway | |
| It's Feb. 17, 1864; this sub has just sunk the Housatonic with its spar torpedo, but she's not looking so good herself | |
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| Hezbollah's 'strong presence' & 'shelling...from Syria' are reasons to avoid this country | |
| This country owns around 8% of all U.S. public debt, more than any other | |
| Introduced as a 2-seater & later celebrated in song, it was Motor Trend's Car Of The Year for 1958, 1987, 1989 & 2002 | |
| It once referred to a mock scepter carried by a court jester; now it refers to a small, showy ornament of little value | |
| In Taoism, Yudi is known as this green gemstone Emperor & is often depicted holding a tablet of it | |
| This porcupine-like mammal doesn't turn into a ball to roll quickly & gain video game points, but it does eat snakes & birds | |
| By population, it's the largest country in the world without nuclear weapons | |
| Australia's unofficial national anthem | |
| If it used the founder's daughter's given name, this restaurant chain would be called Melinda's | |
| Well! Oh, Rochester! / What's that up in the attic? / It's insane up there! | |
| In 1998 Aerosmith had its first No. 1 single with this hit that begins, 'I could stay awake just to hear you breathing' | |
| In 2012 a Scottish skipper found one of these, also a song by the Police; it had been adrift for 97 years & 309 days | |
| A broken laser pointer for $14.83 in 1995 holds this distinction | |
| It's on you to give me this word preceding 'probandi' in a legal phrase meaning 'burden of proof' | |
| It's the capital city of the only country that borders both the Mediterranean Sea & the Black Sea | |
| In 1906 the Southern Pacific Railroad evacuated more than half of this city's 400,000 people | |
| It's the last of the '5 stages of grief' | |
| The 'lives' of Aristides & Cato the Elder were among those this biographer covered | |
| In January LBJ proposed these 'talks' to end the costly U.S.-Soviet weapons race | |
| Todd Beamer gave the heroic command 'let's roll' | |
| Tony the Tiger's stock symbol | |
| Pico Duarte & Lago Enriquillo in this country 650 miles from Florida are the highest & lowest points in the Caribbean | |
| Al-razi gave the first description of acquired immunity in a discussion of this disease that disfigured & killed | |
| This 1922 novel's first chapter is titled 'The Son Of The Brahman' | |
| 1521: The tenth pope of this name excommunicates Martin Luther with a papal bull | |
| 'The Boarding House' & 'The Sisters' are 2 of the 15 stories appearing in this 1914 James Joyce collection | |
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