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Jennifer <b><u>Higdon</u></b> [or Jennifer Elaine <b><u>Higdon</u></b>]
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<b><u>pearl</b></u> fishing [or <b><u>pearl</b></u>ing; or <b><u>pearl</b></u> diving; or word forms such as fishing for <b><u>pearl</b></u>s; accept Bahrain <b><u>Pearl</b></u>ing Trail; accept <b><u>Pearl</b></u>ing Path; prompt on <u>fish</u>ing or <u>diving</u> or word forms by asking “for what?”]
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<em>A <b><u>German Requiem</b></u></em> [or <em>Ein <b><u>Deutsches Requiem</b></u></em>; prompt on Johannes Brahms’s <u>requiem</u>]
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<b><u>Queequeg</b></u>
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<b><u><em>Work</b></u></em>
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Theodore <b><u>Dreiser</u></b> [or Theodore Herman Albert <b><u>Dreiser</u></b>]
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<b><u>cardinal</b></u> numbers [or <b><u>cardinal</b></u>ity or <b><u>cardinal</b></u>ities; accept specific types of cardinal, such as large <b><u>cardinal</b></u>s; prompt on <u>size</u>s of sets until “size” is read]
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<b><u>Casper</u></b>, Wyoming
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<b><u>cinquain</u></b> (“SIN-kain”) [or American <b><u>cinquain</u></b>; prompt on <u>five-line</u> poems, <u>quintain</u>, or <u>quintet</u>]
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<b><u>Minnelli</u></b> [accept Vincente <b><u>Minnelli</u></b> or Liza <b><u>Minnelli</u></b>]
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<b><u>interact</u></b>ion [or <b><u>interact</u></b>ive; or <b><u>interact</u></b>ivity; accept human-computer <b><u>interaction</u></b>]
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Edvard <b><u>Grieg</u></b> [or Edvard Hagerup <b><u>Grieg</u></b>] (The notes “E, B, G” are read as “E, H, G” in German, spelling Grieg’s initials. “March of the Dwarfs” is otherwise known as “March of the Trolls.”)
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William Howard <b><u>Taft</b></u>
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<b><u>Moldova</b></u> [or Republic of <b><u>Moldova</b></u> or Republica <b><u>Moldova</b></u>; prompt on <u>Transnistria</u> or <u>Pridnestrovian</u> Moldavian Republic or <u>Pridnestróvskaya</u> Moldávskaya Respúblika by asking “what country is that internationally considered to be a part of?”]
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<b><u>US–Mexico border</b></u> [or equivalents like the <b><u>border</b></u> between <b><u>America</b></u> and <b><u>Mexico</b></u>; accept <b><u>Texas–Mexico</b></u> border or equivalents; accept <b><u>Rio Grande</b></u> or <b><u>Río Bravo</b></u> del Norte; prompt on <u><em>Border</u>lands</em> or <u>border</u> or <em>Borderlands/La <u>Frontera</u></em> by asking “which specific border?”; prompt on <u>Texas</u>, <u>TX</u>, <u>Mexico</u>, <u>Chihuahua</u>, <u>Coahuila</u>, <u>United States</u>, <u>US</u>A, or <u>America</u>] (Fernando A. Flores wrote <em>Tears of the Trufflepig</em>. Yuri Herrara wrote <em>Signs Preceding the End of the World</em>.)
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<b><u>Bösendorfer</u></b> [or <b><u>Boesendorfer</u></b>]
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<b><u>Vietnam</b></u> War [or <b><u>Second Indochina</b></u> War, or Chiến tranh <b><u>Việt Nam</b></u> or or Kháng <b><u>Chiến Chống Mỹ</b></u>] (The leadin is about Đặng Thùy Trâm. The third clue is about Võ Thị Thắng. The term in the fourth clue is <em>bụi đời</em>. The term in the fifth clue is <em>lai Đại Hàn</em>.)
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<b><u>dissipative</u></b> structures [accept <b><u>dissipative</u></b> systems]
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“The <b><u>Girl from Ipanema</u></b>” [or “<b><u>Garota de Ipanema</u></b>”]
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<b><u>Circassian</u></b>s [or <b><u>Cherkess</u></b>; accept <b><u>Adyghe</u></b>; accept <b><u>Kabard</u></b>ians]
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<b><u>Greek</u></b> American (The second clue refers to Archbishop Iakovos.)
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<b><u>successor</u></b> [accept <b><u>successor</u></b> function or <b><u>successor</u></b> operator or <b><u>successor</u></b> case or <b><u>succ</u></b>; prompt on <em>S</em>; reject “inductive”]
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<b><u>insomnia</u></b> [accept fatal <b><u>insomnia</u></b>; accept fatal familial <b><u>insomnia</u></b>; accept <b><u>sleeplessness</u></b> or <b><u>sleep deprivation</u></b>; prompt on <u>dyssomnia</u>]
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<b><u>acqua alta</u></b> [prompt on <u>high water</u> by asking “what is the Italian term?”]
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<b><u>stargazing</b></u> [accept amateur <b><u>astronomy</b></u> or popular <b><u>astronomy</b></u> or <b><u>skywatch</b></u>ing or descriptions like <b><u>look</b></u>ing at the night <b><u>sky</b></u> or <b><u>observing</b></u> the <b><u>star</b></u>s or looking through a <b><u>telescope</b></u>; accept <b><u>astrophotography</b></u>]
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<b><u><em>Star Wars</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Star Wars</u></b> IV</em>; or <em>Episode IV – A <b><u>New Hope</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>Episode IV</u></b>: A New Hope</em>; reject other <em>Star Wars</em> episodes]
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<b><u>trumpet</b></u> [or <b><u>tromba</b></u>; reject “trombone”]
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<b><u>Belgium</u></b> [or Kingdom of <b><u>Belgium</u></b>; or <b><u>België</u></b>; or <b><u>Belgique</u></b>; or <b><u>Belgien</u></b>]
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<b><u>Wacker</u></b> process [or <b><u>Wacker</u></b> oxidation]
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Edward <b><u>Routh</u></b> (“rao’th”) [or Edward John <b><u>Routh</u></b>; accept <b><u>Routh</u></b>’s method or <b><u>Routhian</u></b> mechanics; accept <b><u>Routh</u></b>–Hurwitz criterion]
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<b><u>cyclobutane</b></u> [prompt on <u>C4H8</u>; reject “butane”; reject “cyclobutadiene”]
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<b><u>Dolores</u></b> [or <b><u>Dolores</u></b> Hidalgo; or Cry of <b><u>Dolores</u></b>; or Grito de <b><u>Dolores</u></b>]
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Patricia <b><u>Highsmith</b></u>
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<b><u>Riemann hypothesis</u></b> [or <b><u>RH</u></b>]
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<b><u><em>enosis</b></u></em>
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Anton <b><u>Bruckner</u></b>’s Symphony No. <b><u>8</u></b> [accept “The <b><u>Apocalyptic</u></b>” Symphony; accept <b><u>WAB 108</u></b>]
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<b><u>Mammoth</u></b> Cave, Kentucky [accept <b><u>Mammoth</u></b> Cave National Park]
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<em>The <b><u>Hunt in the Forest</b></u></em> [or <em>The <b><u>Hunt by Night</b></u></em>; or <b><u><em>Caccia notturna</b></u></em>; prompt on <em>The <u>Hunt</u></em> or <em>La <u>Caccia</u></em>]
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<b><u>Philadelphia</u></b>, Pennsylvania [accept <b><u>Philly</u></b>]
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<b><u>Yǔ</u></b> the Great [or Dà <b><u>Yǔ</u></b>; accept <b><u>Yǔ</u></b>bù, Steps of <b><u>Yǔ</u></b>, or Paces of <b><u>Yǔ</u></b>]
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<b><u>viscosity</u></b> [accept odd <b><u>viscosity</u></b>; accept <b><u>viscosity</u></b> tensor]
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<b><u>naturalization</u></b> [accept Foreign Protestants <b><u>Naturalisation</u></b> Act 1708 or Jewish <b><u>Naturalisation</u></b> Act 1753]
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<b><u>resolution</u></b> [or super-<b><u>resolution</u></b> microscopy; or angular <b><u>resolution</u></b>; prompt on <u>R</u>]
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<b><u>sleep</u></b> [or <b><u>dream</u></b>ing; or being a<b><u>sleep</u></b>; accept <b><u>dream</u></b> yoga; accept <b><u>torpor</u></b>; accept <b><u>drowsiness</u></b>; accept <b><u>middha</u></b> until read; prompt on <u>bardo</u>]
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<b><u>prison ship</u></b>s [prompt on <u>prison</u>s by asking “in what structures?”; prompt on <u>ship</u>s by asking “serving what purpose?”]
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<b><u>Walden</u></b> Pond [or <b><u><em>Walden</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>ester</b></u>s [accept cholesteryl <b><u>ester</b></u>s or choline <b><u>ester</b></u>s; accept acetylcholin<b><u>ester</b></u>ase; prompt on <u>acetylcholine</u> by asking “which functional group is generated by the synthesis of acetylcholine?”; prompt on <u>triglyceride</u>s] (The second clue refers to ester local anesthetics, which more commonly cause local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) than amide local anesthetics.)
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<b><u>fan</u></b>s
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<b><u>Brasília</b></u>
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Eve <b><u>Sedgwick</u></b> [or Eve Kosofsky <b><u>Sedgwick</u></b>]
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<b><u>socialist realism</u></b> [or <b><u>social realism</u></b>]
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<b><u>Laguerre</u></b> (“luh-GAIR”) polynomials [or generalized <b><u>Laguerre</u></b> polynomials]
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<b><u>kabuki</u></b> performances [accept synonyms like <b><u>kabuki</u></b> shows or <b><u>kabuki</u></b> productions; prompt on <u>theatrical</u> performances or <u>play</u>s by asking “In what genre?”] (The first clue is “Kurokami” by Koide Ichijūrō and the second clue is <em>chirikara</em>-style drumming.)
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<b><u>Smyrna</b></u> [or <b><u>İzmir</b></u>]
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<b><u>Barbados</b></u> (The first sentence refers to Tuk verse.)
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quantum <b><u>entanglement</u></b> [accept word forms like <b><u>entangled</u></b>]
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<b><u>map</u></b>s [accept <b><u><em>Map</u></b> Reading</em> or <b><u><em>Map</u></b>s</em>] (<em>Maps</em> is by Nuruddin Farah.)
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<b><u>crossing</u></b> number
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<b><u>social contract</b></u> [accept <em>On the <b><u>Social Contract</b></u>; or, Principles of Political Right</em> or <em>Du <b><u>contrat social</b></u>; ou, Principes du droit politique</em>; accept <em>The <b><u>Racial Contract</b></u></em>; accept <b><u>contract</b></u>ualism or <b><u>contract</b></u>arianism]
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<b><u>equation</u></b>s of <b><u>state</u></b> [accept equations of <b><u>state</u></b> after “equations” is read; prompt on <u>EOS</u> by asking “what does that stand for?”]
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<b><u>Virginia</b></u> [or <b><u>VA</b></u>; or Commonwealth of <b><u>Virginia</b></u>; accept <em>Loving v. <b><u>Virginia</b></u></em>; accept Equal Suffrage League of <b><u>Virginia</b></u>] (The “Pin Money Pickles” were sold by Ellen Kidd. The author of <em>The Deliverance</em>, Ellen Glasgow, won the 1942 Pulitzer Prize for <em>In This Our Life</em>. Maggie L. Walker founded the St. Luke Penny Saving Bank in Richmond. The walk-out at Moton High School led to <em>Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County</em>, which was addressed in the <em>Brown v. Board</em> case.)
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<b><u>Havana</u></b> [or La <b><u>Habana</u></b>] (José Lezama Lima wrote <em>Paradiso</em>. Guillermo Cabrera Infante wrote <em>Infante’s Inferno</em> and <em>Three Trapped Tigers</em>.)
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<b><u>quantum cascade</u></b> laser [prompt on <u>QCL</u>]
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<b><u>glacier</u></b>s [reject synonyms]
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<b><u>Safdie</u></b> [accept Benny <b><u>Safdie</u></b>; accept Josh <b><u>Safdie</u></b>]
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<b><u>Adelita</u></b> [accept “La <b><u>Adelita</u></b>”; accept <b><u>adelita</u></b>s; prompt on <u><em>soldadera</u>s</em>]
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<b><u><em>divertimento</b></u></em> [or <b><u><em>divertimenti</b></u></em>]
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<b><u>Botany</u></b> Bay [prompt on <u>Tasman</u> Sea or South <u>Pacific</u> Ocean]
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<b><u>naive</u></b> [accept <b><u>naive</u></b> T-cell or <b><u>Th0</u></b>]
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<em>A</em> <b><u><em>Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District</b></u></em> [or <b><u><em>Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk</b></u></em> or <b><u><em>Ledi Makbet Mtsenskovo uyezda</b></u></em>]
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<b><u>Confederation</u></b> of Canada [or Canadian <b><u>Confederation</u></b>; or <b><u>Confédération</u></b> canadienne; accept formation of the <b><u>Dominion</u></b> of Canada; prompt on <u>union</u> or <u>federation</u> of Canada or equivalents]
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<b><u>Babylon</u></b> [accept “<b><u>Babylon</u></b> Revisited”; accept “By the Waters of <b><u>Babylon</u></b>”]
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<b><u>Yajñavalkya</u></b> (“YAHG-nyuh-vull-kyuh”)
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Margaret <b><u>Atwood</b></u> [or Margaret Eleanor <b><u>Atwood</b></u>]
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<b><u>Seven Macaw</u></b> [or <b><u>Vucub Caquix</u></b>; or <b><u>Wuqub’ Kaqix</u></b>]
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<b><u>MALDI</u></b> [or <b><u>matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization</u></b>; accept <b><u>MALDI</u></b>-time-of-flight or <b><u>MALDI</u></b>-TOF; accept <b><u>MALDI</u></b>mini; prompt on <u>mass spec</u>trometry or <u>MS</u> until read; prompt on <u>time-of-flight</u> mass spectrometry or <u>TOF</u>-MS until “time-of-flight” is read; prompt on <u>soft laser desorption</u> or <u>SDL</u>; prompt on <u>laser desorption/ionization</u>; prompt on soft <u>ionization</u> until “ionized” is read; prompt on <u>digital ion trap</u> or <u>DIT</u>] (The 30-nanometer cobalt clue refers to Koichi Tanaka and SDL, which improved on the work of Hillenkamp and Karas.)
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<b><u>18th</b></u> century [or <b><u>1700s</b></u>] (The official in the leadin is Joseph Foullon de Doué, who allegedly said “If those rascals have no bread, then let them eat hay.”)
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<b><u>death</u></b> [or <b><u>muerte</u></b>; accept <em>Sonnets of <b><u>Death</u></b> </em>or <em>Sonetos de la <b><u>Muerte</em></u></b>; accept <em>Nostalgia for <b><u>Death</em></u></b> or <em>Nostalgia por la <b><u>muerte</em></u></b>] (<em>Sonnets of Death</em> is by Gabriela Mistral.)
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Adam <b><u>Mickiewicz</u></b> (“meets-KYAY-veech”) [accept <b><u>Mickiewicz</u></b> Legion]
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<b><u>register allocation</b></u>
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<b><u>Huron</b></u> [or <b><u>Wendat</b></u>, <b><u>Wyandot</b></u>, <b><u>Wyandotte</b></u>, <b><u>Huron</b>-<b>Wendat</b></u>, or Nation <b><u>Huronne-Wendat</b></u>; accept <b><u>Huron-Petun</b></u> until “Petun” is read; prompt on <u>Tionontati</u>; prompt on <u>Petun</u> until read]
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<b><u>sacrifice</u></b> of <b><u>Iphigenia</u></b> [or descriptions of the <b><u>murder</u></b> of <b><u>Iphigenia</u></b> or <b><u>death</u></b> of <b><u>Iphigenia</u></b>; accept descriptions of <b><u>Iphigenia</u></b> being <b><u>rescued</u></b> or <b><u>Iphigenia</u></b> being <b><u>replaced</u></b> by a deer during her sacrifice; accept <b><u>Iphigénie</u></b> in place of “Iphigenia”; prompt on <em>Iphigenia in <u>Aulis</em></u> or <em>Iphigenia at <u>Aulis</em></u> or <em>Īphigéneia en <u>Aulídi</em></u> until “Aulis” is read; prompt on <u>sacrifice</u> or <u>murder</u> or equivalents by asking “of who?”]
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<b><u><em>Walden</em></u></b> [accept <b><u>Walden</u></b> Pond; accept <b><u><em>Walden</u></b> Two</em>, <b><u><em>Walden</u></b> 7</em>, <b><u>Walden</u></b> Woods Project, <b><u><em>Walden</u></b> Warming</em>, or the “Cactus <b><u><em>Walden</em></u></b>”] (Krutch, who wrote the “Cactus <em>Walden</em>” <em>The Desert Year</em>, embraced a pantheism that he first invoked in an essay from <em>The Twelve Seasons</em> about the spring peeper.)
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Tommy <b><u>Douglas</b></u> [or Thomas Clement <b><u>Douglas</b></u>]
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<b><u>tirailleur</u></b>s (“tee-rah-YURR”) [accept <b><u>tirailleur</u></b>s from specific French colonies, like Senegalese <b><u>tirailleur</u></b>s; accept <b><u>turco</u></b>s or français-<b><u>tiraillou</u></b>; prompt on <u>rifle</u>men, <u>sharpshooter</u>s, <u>skirmisher</u>s, <u>African</u> army, Armée d’<u>Afrique</u>, troupes <u>indigène</u>s, <u>indigenous</u> troops, Armée <u>Coloniale</u>, <u>colonial</u> soldiers, <u>harki</u>s, <u>zouave</u>s, troupes de <u>marine</u>, or synonyms of any; reject “ascaris” or “spahis”] (Clues include Bakary Diallo, Lamine Senghor, the Paris Colonial Exposition, and the petit nègre jargon.)
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<b><u>Hungary</b></u> [or <b><u>Magyar</b></u>ország; accept <b><u>Hungarian</b></u> People’s Republic or <b><u>Magyar</b></u> Népköztársaság; accept Kingdom of <b><u>Hungary</b></u> or <b><u>Magyar</b></u> Királyság; prompt on <u>Austria-Hungary</u>, <u>Austro-Hungarian</u> Empire, <u>Österreichisch-Ungarische</u> Monarchie, or <u>Osztrák–Magyar</u> Monarchia] (Ágota Kristóf wrote the trilogy in the second sentence.)
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Edward <b><u>Said</u></b> (“sah-EED”) [or Edward Wadie <b><u>Said</u></b>] (<em>Remapping African Literature</em> is by Olabode Ibironke.)
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<b><u>torus</u></b> [or <b><u>tori</u></b>; accept <b><u>S-one cross S-one</u></b>]
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<b><u>Takarazuka</u></b> Revue [or <b><u>Takarazuka</u></b> Kagekidan]
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<b><u>Powwow</u></b> [or <b><u>pow-wow</u></b>; accept <b><u>Brauche</u></b> before mentioned]
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<b><u>suburb</b></u>s [accept inner or outer <b><u>suburb</b></u>s; accept <b><u>suburb</b></u>anization; accept <b><u>exurb</b></u>s; prompt on <u>neighborhood</u>s or <u>residential</u> areas; reject “cities”]
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<b><u>granny</u></b> [accept <em>Great <b><u>Granny</u></b> Webster</em> or “The Jilting of <b><u>Granny</u></b> Weatherall”]
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Emily <b><u>Dickinson</u></b> [or Emily Elizabeth <b><u>Dickinson</u></b>]
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<b><u>United Kingdom</b></u> [or the <b><u>UK</b></u>; or Great <b><u>Britain</b></u>; or <b><u>England</b></u>; reject “Scotland,” “Wales,” or “Northern Ireland”]
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Filippo <b><u>Brunelleschi</b></u>
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<b><u><em>Girlfriends</b></u></em>
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<b><u>Lesotho</b></u> (“leh-SOO-too”) [or Kingdom of <b><u>Lesotho</b></u>; or Naha ea <b><u>Lesotho</b></u>; accept <b><u>Lesotho</b></u> Highlands Water Project; prompt on <u>Basutoland</u>]
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<b><u>19</b></u>
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<em><b><u>Transcendental</u></b> Études</em> [or <em>Études d'exécution</em> <em><b><u>transcendante</u></b></em>]
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<b><u>Mayerling</u></b> incident
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