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Us presidents
7 US presidents were born in this state beginning with this man who entered west point in 1839

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US grant
Virginia
Late 1860s to early 20s

William Henry Harrison, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Taft and Warren Harding

All of these men are Ohio natives except for William Henry Harrison, who was born in Berkeley Plantation, Virginia, in 1773. As an adult, Harrison moved to Ohio, where he served as a U.S. representative and U.S. senator from his adopted home state; he was living there when he won the presidency in 1840

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A lesser know stanza to America the beautiful begins o beautiful for …

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Pilgrim feet

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Refers to the boxing strategy of tricking your opponent into tiring themselves out

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Rope a dope
Ali would lean on ropes against foreman to tire him out ; worked well

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This gothic horror novel was first published anonymously because thr author feared losing her children sue to its subject matter

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Frankenstein
Mary Shelly ?

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Featuring hits like big girls don’t cry the Broadway musical Jersey boys tellls the story of this rock and roll group

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4 seasons
Pesci in - from jersey and friends with them

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When it’s board of agriculture adopted it in 1872 this was the first state to celebrate this holiday

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Arbor Day In Nebraska

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John Lennon first wife

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Cynthia Powell

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Low USN rank :

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ENS
Ensign is (usually) the most junior rank of commissioned officer in the armed forces. The name comes from the tradition that the junior officer would be given the task of carrying the ensign flag.

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Proper conduct, in Hinduism :

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DHARMA
In the Hindu tradition, the term “dharma” describes the laws of the natural universe. The observance of those laws enables one to be content and happy, and to avoid suffering.

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Based on deduction instead of experience :

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A PRIORI

the world of philosophy, one can have “a priori” knowledge or “a posteriori” knowledge. A priori (“from the earlier”) knowledge is independent of experience, it is just known or assumed. For example, one might say that “all boys are males” is a priori knowledge. A posteriori knowledge relies on experience or some empirical evidence. For example, one might say that “boys are more likely to be diagnosed with ADD” is a posteriori knowledge.

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This English actor played the drug lord Stringer Bell in the marvelous HBO drama series “The Wire”, and played the title character in the 2013 film “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”.

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Idris Elba

Off the screen, Elba occasionally appears as a disk jockey using the name “DJ Big Driis”.

I didn’t watch the HBO series called “The Wire” when it first aired. We ended up buying all five series on DVD and we watched the whole thing several years ago. It is a great drama series, and I thoroughly recommend it.

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Immune system components :

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T CELLS
T cells are a group of white blood cells that are essential components of the body’s immune system. T cells are so called because they mature in the thymus, a specialized organ found in the chest.

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Bible book with 150 sacred poems

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Psalms

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Actress got her big break in the movies when she played the title role in the 1976 horror movie “Carrie”, which is based on a Stephen King novel. Her most acclaimed role is the lead in the 1980 biopic about Loretta Lynn called “Coal MIner’s Daughter”, for which she won a Best Actress Oscar.

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Sissy Spacek

Spacek’s first cousin was the actor Rip Torn.

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For hurricanes in the North Atlantic, names are assigned for every letter, except
Also The most frequently used name is this

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Q, U, X, Y and Z.

The most frequently used name is Arlene, which was used for ten different storms from 1959 to 2011.

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This is the longest continuous chain of mountains in the world.
Also highest peak

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Andes range

It runs down the length of the west coast of South America for about 4,300 miles, from Venezuela in the north to Chile in the south.

The highest peak in the Andes is Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina, at an elevation of 22,841 feet.

Interestingly, the peak of Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador is the furthest point on the Earth’s surface from the center of the planet. That’s because of the equatorial “bulge” around the Earth’s “waist”.

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The sea chest and I strike thr Jolly Roger are chapters in this 1883 novel

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Treasure island Robert Louis Stevenson

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This supermodel produced workout videos under a production company titled crawdaddy inc

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Cindy Crawford

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Used as a flavoring this plants extract wqs an original ingredient in pepto bismol

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Wintergreen

20
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2020s television
The title locale of this series is really thr belnord dating to 1908 and located at 86th and Broadway on NYC upper west side

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Only murders in thr building
ARCOnia in thr show

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This country is located on the northeast coast of South America, and is the continent’s smallest country.

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The Republic of Suriname

What is now Suriname fell under Dutch rule in the late 1600s, gaining independence in 1975.

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is an overseas department of France that is located on the northeast coast of South America.

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Guiana (often “French Guiana”)

Guiana is home to the infamous Devil’s Island (Île du Diable) that France used as a penal colony for just over a century, up until 1953. The territory is also home to the Guiana Space Centre that is frequently used for launches by the European space industry.

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Most populous city in Canada with French as primary language

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Montreal

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% 1 person in a group of 25

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4%

25
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Pearl Harbor attack location and date

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Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii (territory at the time)
December 7 41

26
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ICE in phone contacts

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In case of emergency

27
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In basketball the screen play is better known as

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Thr pick and roll

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The name of this clear beef broth comes from the French for to boil

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Bouillon

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Ahmir khalib Thompson is a drummer and better known by

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Quest love
Roots drummer

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South American capote city can be spelled using only the top row of letters on a QWERTY keyboard

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Quito
Ecuador

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Though born in NY this author won a 97 Pulitzer for his memoirs of growing up in Ireland

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Frank McCourt

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This US government agency is in charge of protecting investors and regulating fair markets

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Securities and exchange commission

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Also representing the number 9 this Greek letter resembles the English letter O with a bar in thr middle

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34
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Grand forks is in this state

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North Dakota

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This word from the Greek words for all and people can be traced back to 1660/s
Unfortunately Examples of its meaning can be found all throughout history including 14th century Afro Eurasia and 1918 and 2020

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Pandemic
Black Plague
Spanish flu
COVID
All - pan
Demic- people

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Arnold Schwarzenegger born in this country

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Austria

37
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Climbed thr charts by addressing former relationships with the song thank U next

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Ariana grande

38
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Spanish for Wednesday

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Miercoles

39
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TRNA in biology

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Transfer ribonucleic acid