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| On July 23, 2013 this bestselling British tabloid re-spelled its name on its masthead to honor big British news | |
| 2 of the 4 men on Mount Rushmore were born in Virginia; these 2 states were the birthplaces of the other 2 men | |
| Once called Buffalo City, this Wild West Kansas town was named for the commander of the nearby fort | |
| Vachel Lindsay's poem 'The Raft' said this author 'in white stands gleaming like a pillar of the night' | |
| When this stone split asunder in 1774, it was said to be an omen of America's split from the British Empire | |
| Since a national split in 1993, it's the only world capital that borders 2 other countries--Austria & Hungary | |
| Since the 1940s, it's been bringing Uncle Sam's point of view to radio listeners worldwide | |
| 3,500 of this subspecies of brown bear live on the Alaska archipelago of the same name | |
| It's the 'ism' defined as the belief that creatures & natural objects have souls | |
| This word found in the first chapter of the King James Bible means the vault of heaven | |
| Funds provided by his widow were used to set up a literary charity called Old Possum's Practical Trust | |
| It's the biggest city on the 'Big Island' | |
| The city thrived as the starting point for this trail, named for a trader, that sent cattle up to Abilene, Kansas | |
| Since his 1988 death, he's been inducted into the U.S. Hockey, World Figure Skating & National Inventors Halls of Fame | |
| Because time was short, only this ship's starboard side, used for boarding, was repainted September 1, 1945 | |
| The animal for which this computer program is named is actually a red panda | |
| 'Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand' | |
| 'Z' by Therese Anne Fowler is a novel about this real literary wife | |
| This school gave birth to the football huddle in the 1890s, when players huddled up to hide their sign language | |
| Flight 93 National Memorial | |
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| In 1886 a loft for this type of bird was built at Sandringham House; birds from the loft later saw service in WWII | |
| Meaning 'acid loving', this 'good' species of bacteria is used to make yogurt | |
| This word for 'separated' appears in the first sentence of Julius Caesar's 'Gallic Wars' | |
| The first scene of this movie was shot on the first day of filming, Oct. 2, 1960 at 5 A.M. at 727 5th Ave. at 57th St. in New York City | |
| People have been obsessed by this designer's Obsession since 1985 | |
| A logo on this town's website includes its incorporation date, 1981, as well as the historic date Dec. 17, 1903 | |
| Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan Maguire, co-winners for 1976, were both born in this troubled city | |
| Of the British surrender at Yorktown, he said, 'The play is over...the fifth act has just come to an end' | |
| In 1958 this org. got a new mission; the disease it originally targeted had been tamed 3 years before | |
| Amy is the real name of this Dickens title character who was born in the Marshalsea debtor's prison | |
| A poet described this divided island as a 'golden green leaf thrown into' the Mediterranean Sea | |
| This 1960s album ends with the line 'I'd love to turn you on' | |
| 8 countries border mainland France; its smallest border, at 2.7 miles, is with this country | |
| At age 97 in 2012, quite a few years after his bestseller 'The Caine Mutiny', he came out with 'The Lawgiver' | |
| William Schuman, who won the first Pulitzer Prize for Music, served as president of this NYC school, 1945-1961 | |
| He whipped 2 former presidents in the same election by an electoral score of 435-88-8 | |
| 21 counties, including Gavleborg & Vastmanland | |
| 1950s: 'I now pronounce you men & wives' | |
| This term for ancient arenas like the Colosseum comes from Greek words meaning 'viewing on both sides' | |
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