Word Association #43
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"Fifty-four Forty or Fight!"
successful maxim of Pres. James Knox Polk
successful maxim of Pres. James Knox Polk
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"On every bill that Congress passed
His vetoes fell like snow.
And was he re-elected* then?
Or nominated? --No."
--Tylerʻs item in a rhyming survey of the presidents.
*"Strictly speaking "re-elected" should be
"elected in his own right", but that would
spoil the meter.
His vetoes fell like snow.
And was he re-elected* then?
Or nominated? --No."
--Tylerʻs item in a rhyming survey of the presidents.
*"Strictly speaking "re-elected" should be
"elected in his own right", but that would
spoil the meter.
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Justice Willilam O. Douglasʻs "A Wilderness
Bill of Rights"
Bill of Rights"
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C I A ( #10 was its predecessor; #9 its
Soviet counterpart)
Soviet counterpart)
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"Snowdenʻs knight is Scotlandʻs king!"
- - climactic line of Sir Walter Scottʻs
long poem: The Lady of the Lake
- - climactic line of Sir Walter Scottʻs
long poem: The Lady of the Lake
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Terry "Tito" Francona
- - major league baseball manager;
Phillies, Red Sox, Indians; won 2
World Series (Red Sox) with 8 straight *
WS victories.
*In fact he won 8 straight post season games
having got into the WS by coming from behind by 0-3
to beat the New York Yankees in the AL championship
series.
- - major league baseball manager;
Phillies, Red Sox, Indians; won 2
World Series (Red Sox) with 8 straight *
WS victories.
*In fact he won 8 straight post season games
having got into the WS by coming from behind by 0-3
to beat the New York Yankees in the AL championship
series.
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East German auto industry
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". . .book of JG" ( 28-29)
I couldnʻt btw, get JGʻs Legacy Library
under his name as an author-- not
even the "No books in this collection"
message that I usually get* on Legacy
Libraries.
*Iʻve been told, but I donʻt remember, how
to get the Legacy Libraries on the screen.
Once in a while I even do get them by the
obvious way. (!!??)
I couldnʻt btw, get JGʻs Legacy Library
under his name as an author-- not
even the "No books in this collection"
message that I usually get* on Legacy
Libraries.
*Iʻve been told, but I donʻt remember, how
to get the Legacy Libraries on the screen.
Once in a while I even do get them by the
obvious way. (!!??)
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>30 rolandperkins: You can enter the name in the search 'cadre' /frame above right
when you have results, click in the left column on: 'members'
By this way you can find all members If you know the (nick/user)name, or a part thereof
when you have results, click in the left column on: 'members'
By this way you can find all members If you know the (nick/user)name, or a part thereof
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playing on (29): // problem //>
Is God to Blame? Moving beyond pat
Answers to the Problem of Evil
by Gregory Boyd
Is God to Blame? Moving beyond pat
Answers to the Problem of Evil
by Gregory Boyd
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". . .and set him conundrums to guess"
line from a Lewis Carroll poem
line from a Lewis Carroll poem
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Oedipus the King*
(solved 35).
*The titles Oidipous Tyrranos
(Greek) and Oedipus Rex
(Latin>English) are also used
for this title.
(solved 35).
*The titles Oidipous Tyrranos
(Greek) and Oedipus Rex
(Latin>English) are also used
for this title.
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Antigone
In Greek mythology, Antigone is the daughter/sister of Oedipus and his mother, Jocasta.
In Greek mythology, Antigone is the daughter/sister of Oedipus and his mother, Jocasta.
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The Bacchae ("Bacchanals")
(pub. with "Electra"
and The Phoenician Women)
by Euripides, play in praise
of (39)
(pub. with "Electra"
and The Phoenician Women)
by Euripides, play in praise
of (39)
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Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Grote Volte (dutch)
= Mayor Circle, horse riding term for the biggest circle you can make with a horse on a field or indoor.
= Mayor Circle, horse riding term for the biggest circle you can make with a horse on a field or indoor.
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Metzgerʻs "Blood and Volts: Edison,
Tesla & the Electric Chair"
Tesla & the Electric Chair"
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< > > > >
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"Oh, Susannah" (song)
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Don Stover - - great banjo player
in the bluegrass band "The Lily
Brothers and Don Stover" (1950s-60s)
in the bluegrass band "The Lily
Brothers and Don Stover" (1950s-60s)
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Don Juan
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Don Camillo ( by Giovanni Guareschi )
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Alemanʻs The Science of Hallucinatory Perception
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Hong Kingstonʻs "Tripmaster Monkey: his Fake Book"
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Daphne Dumaurierʻs "Frenchmanʻs Creek"
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string puppets
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She's a Liar by the Dolly Dots
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Michael Lewisʻs "Liarʻs Poker: Rising
through the Wreckage on Wall Street"
through the Wreckage on Wall Street"
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George Perkinsʻs* Three Years a Soldier
(the diaries and newspaper articles of
a Civil war Union volunteer)
*great grandfather of rolandperkins
(the diaries and newspaper articles of
a Civil war Union volunteer)
*great grandfather of rolandperkins
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Richard Henry Dana
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Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson
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"Hastings": "Hercule Poirot"ʻs sidekick
in the Agatha Christie TV films
in the Agatha Christie TV films
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Victor Hugo
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Ruben "Hurricane" Carter
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corn meal
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Guatemala and U. S. A.
(132ʻs neighbors)
(132ʻs neighbors)
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Asian high mountains
(Asia has the only mountains in the world
that are higher than (135).)
(Asia has the only mountains in the world
that are higher than (135).)
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Vanuatu (post-independence name
of the Pacific country where 137
is located.)
of the Pacific country where 137
is located.)
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Pointillists (an art movement,
late 19th, early 20th c.)
late 19th, early 20th c.)
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La Grande Jatte - A Sunday Afternoon on the Island.
One of the most famous pointillist works
One of the most famous pointillist works
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Abebe Bikila
She was a double Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia, most famous for winning a marathon gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while running barefoot.
She was a double Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia, most famous for winning a marathon gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while running barefoot.
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John "Young John" Kelley
New England marathoner; in 1957
he became the first American to win
the Boston Marathon since 1943; it was
one of Bostonʻs greatest days in sports,
(04/57),as on the same day,the Boston
Celtics beat the St. Louis Hawks
for the championship of the NBA.
New England marathoner; in 1957
he became the first American to win
the Boston Marathon since 1943; it was
one of Bostonʻs greatest days in sports,
(04/57),as on the same day,the Boston
Celtics beat the St. Louis Hawks
for the championship of the NBA.
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The Last Summer
by B.P. I dìd read that
by B.P. I dìd read that
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Edith Whartonʻs Summer
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Kate Hepburn movie Summertime
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Olympics high jump semi-finals
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Flip Wilson
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"I have no intention of starting a
dynasty! And neither does my brother
Bobby. Or my brother Teddy. Or my
brother GENGHIS!"
-- inept Kennedy joke of the
early 1960s.
dynasty! And neither does my brother
Bobby. Or my brother Teddy. Or my
brother GENGHIS!"
-- inept Kennedy joke of the
early 1960s.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D, MA)
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Warren Gamaliel Harding
28th President of the United States
28th President of the United States
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Sinclair Lewis
American novelist, Nobel Laureate
American novelist, Nobel Laureate
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Barbara Tuchmanʻs The Zimermann Telegram
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Lord Dunsanyʻs "The Charwomanʻs
Shadow"
Shadow"
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trade paperback
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Tommy Corcoran, James Farley,
and Felix Frankfurter
- - prominent "New Dealers"
and Felix Frankfurter
- - prominent "New Dealers"
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Thom Gunn, British poet
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Arthur Guy Empeyʻs Over the Top
WW I non-fiction
WW I non-fiction
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Ellery Queenʻs "The Roman Hat Mystery"
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Agatha Christieʻs "The Mysterious Affair at
Styles"
Styles"
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Harry S Truman
32nd president* of the U. S.
32nd: 33rd by the conventional count
in which Cleveland is counted as two
presidents; but HST himself told an
interviewer that he is really the 32nd.
32nd president* of the U. S.
32nd: 33rd by the conventional count
in which Cleveland is counted as two
presidents; but HST himself told an
interviewer that he is really the 32nd.
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George Herbert Perkins*
mathematician
*son of Civil War author George Perkins;
grandfather of rolandperkins
mathematician
*son of Civil War author George Perkins;
grandfather of rolandperkins
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John Perkins
maverick pollitico-economic author
maverick pollitico-economic author
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Chairman Buffetʻs Thoughts. . .
Unconventional Wisdom . . . by Warren Buffet
Unconventional Wisdom . . . by Warren Buffet
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Al Gore, senator, vice-president,* writer,
author of (223).
*Gore won the popular vote for president
in Nov. 2000, but, after a law suit, as v.p.
he had to announce
that his opponent George W. Bush had
won the electoral college.
author of (223).
*Gore won the popular vote for president
in Nov. 2000, but, after a law suit, as v.p.
he had to announce
that his opponent George W. Bush had
won the electoral college.
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Leslie Charterisʻs "The Saint" series
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La Chartreuse de Parme / The Charterhouse
of Parma Stendhalʻs 2nd best known novel
(2nd only to The Red and the Black)
of Parma Stendhalʻs 2nd best known novel
(2nd only to The Red and the Black)
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Franco Furoncoliʻs Giovanni Paolo II
a Parma /* "John Paul II at Parma"
*not guaranteeing that there is an English version.
a Parma /* "John Paul II at Parma"
*not guaranteeing that there is an English version.
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Parmigiano-Reggiano = Parmesan Cheese
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Ed Head
-- old time NL baseball pitcher;
he had a 6 year career with the
Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s,
and pitched a no-hitter in 1946.
-- old time NL baseball pitcher;
he had a 6 year career with the
Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s,
and pitched a no-hitter in 1946.
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The Dutch are also called cheese heads.
(And i came from the Gouda region :)
Who Will Answer?
The Dutch are also called cheese heads.
(And i came from the Gouda region :)
Who Will Answer?
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Avery Aames author of
As Gouda as Dead. All 7 of her
listed works in LT have a food in
the title, and 5 have a cheese.
As Gouda as Dead. All 7 of her
listed works in LT have a food in
the title, and 5 have a cheese.
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Republic of Ireland
opponent in 243ʻs senior Danish
National Team debut. He scored a
goal in a 3-3 tie.
opponent in 243ʻs senior Danish
National Team debut. He scored a
goal in a 3-3 tie.
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Animal, Vegetable, or MINERAL
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Twenty Questions
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the Picts
-- early medieval ethnicity in Scotland
-- early medieval ethnicity in Scotland
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Rembrandt Harmenzoon van Rijn
-- 252ed scenes of the 17th c. Netherlands
-- 252ed scenes of the 17th c. Netherlands
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Montenegro -- "Black Mountain" is
its literal translation
its literal translation
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Wars of the 1990s
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Orson Welles
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"We donʻt make it until youʻve ordered it!"
- - Jack-in-the- Box restaurants advertisement
- - Jack-in-the- Box restaurants advertisement
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The economic Just in Time (JIT) - inventory control method
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Hellerʻs "We Bombed in New Haven""
- - (270 is a key punning line in it.)
- - (270 is a key punning line in it.)
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The Berlin Airlift (1948)
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Philip Rothʻs "Goodbye, Columbus"
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Columbus, Georgia
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self marketing
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astray in a desert
( the point where you can study/determine the case what men's most important needs are)
( the point where you can study/determine the case what men's most important needs are)
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The followers of Moses (ca. 14th c. B.C.).
See Bible O. T.: Exodus
See Bible O. T.: Exodus
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The Boys Of Summer the song, by Don Henley
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"In the Good Old Summer Time" --song
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John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
Boston mayor, grandfather of
future president John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Boston mayor, grandfather of
future president John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Van Willardʻ s "With the 3rd
Wisconsin Badgers: the Living
Experience of the Civil War" . . .
Wisconsin Badgers: the Living
Experience of the Civil War" . . .
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Luna, and Selene:
names derived from the Latin
and Greek words for "Moon"
names derived from the Latin
and Greek words for "Moon"
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< > > >
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turkey drumsticks
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Canadian bacon
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Montreal Canadiens NHL hockey team
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"A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!"
(Classic palindrome)
(Classic palindrome)
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Nelli plaatst op 'n parterretrap 'n pot staalpillen.
(Dutch for: Nelly puts, on a ground floor staircase, a jar of 'ferro-' pills.
(Dutch for: Nelly puts, on a ground floor staircase, a jar of 'ferro-' pills.
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"A New Order began; a more Roman age
bred Rowena." - -palindrome with a
literary (Scottʻs Ivanhoe) affinity
bred Rowena." - -palindrome with a
literary (Scottʻs Ivanhoe) affinity
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an inning or so later (than 336)
Cubs 7 Indians 2
Cubs 7 Indians 2
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Best of 7
Basketball 2016:
Cleveland Cavaliers wins series - Golden State Warriors, 4–3
// 3-3 indeed, most wins in the other team's stadiums.. >336 rolandperkins: is one of these two MBA-teams your favorite now? //
Basketball 2016:
Cleveland Cavaliers wins series - Golden State Warriors, 4–3
// 3-3 indeed, most wins in the other team's stadiums.. >336 rolandperkins: is one of these two MBA-teams your favorite now? //
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"is one of these.. . your favorite?". . .(337>338)
Yes: Cleveland. (Other things being =, like their
long absences from the WS, I favor the AL Team,
me being part of the Red Sox Nation!* And would
like to see Terry Franconaʻs team win.
*The Red Sox, b t w, won four out of six from the
Indians in the regular season, but then lost three
straight in the playoffs.
Yes: Cleveland. (Other things being =, like their
long absences from the WS, I favor the AL Team,
me being part of the Red Sox Nation!* And would
like to see Terry Franconaʻs team win.
*The Red Sox, b t w, won four out of six from the
Indians in the regular season, but then lost three
straight in the playoffs.
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The change from Horses > Tanks in military tactics
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"After the Ball"
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The British engineer J. P. Knight, who invented the first traffic light, on gas.
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Hayesʻs "Midnight Express" book
and classic film
and classic film
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The Great Escape
and film
and film
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Elmore Leonardʻs "Escape from
Five Shadows"
Five Shadows"
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Vladimir Nabokokvʻs "Speak, Memory
An Autobiography Revisited"
An Autobiography Revisited"
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The Jones Family which gave birth to the
clicheʻ phrase "Keeping up with the Joneses;
and also gave birth to Edith Newbold Jones, better
known as the novelist Edith Wharton
clicheʻ phrase "Keeping up with the Joneses;
and also gave birth to Edith Newbold Jones, better
known as the novelist Edith Wharton
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Mike and Psmith by P. G. Wodehouse
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P. G. Wodehouseʻs "Aunts arenʻt Gentlemen"
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Agatha Christie, 1890-1976
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Forsterʻs Passage to India
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Merchant & Ivory, Forsterian film-makers
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Christmas cookies!!!!!!
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Biscuits. (What cookies (401) are called
in British English, and in American English
a tasty though not sweet treat.)
in British English, and in American English
a tasty though not sweet treat.)
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André van Duin , The voice of the Dutch Animal Crackers series.
(Andrew from Dune)
(Andrew from Dune)
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Andreʻ Malraux,
French author, cabinet member
French author, cabinet member
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Mel Ott the Giant
- - outfielder and homerun hitter
(and, briefly, manager) of the old
New York Giants*
*The franchise that is now the
San Francisco Giants
- - outfielder and homerun hitter
(and, briefly, manager) of the old
New York Giants*
*The franchise that is now the
San Francisco Giants
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Lee Child, author
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Henry Fieldingʻs History of
Tom Jones, a Foundling
Tom Jones, a Foundling
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The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
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"Golden Gloves": Baseballʻs awards
for fielding (421) at all the
defensive positions
for fielding (421) at all the
defensive positions
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Golden Shoe,
an award , given to the top goalscorer in all European leagues that season.
an award , given to the top goalscorer in all European leagues that season.
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