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<b><u>fault</u></b>s [accept specific types of faults, such as strike-slip <b><u>fault</u></b>s or transform <b><u>fault</u></b>s; accept <b><u>fault</u></b> zones; accept <b><u>fault</u></b> blocks; prompt on <u>fracture</u>s or <u>crack</u>s until “fractures” is read; prompt on plate <u>boundaries</u> or <u>boundary</u>; prompt on geologic <u>discontinuities</u> or <u>discontinuity</u>; reject “plates”]
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G. E. M. <b><u>Anscombe</u></b> AND Mary <b><u>Midgley</u></b> AND Iris <b><u>Murdoch</u></b> [accept Elizabeth <b><u>Anscombe</u></b> or Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret <b><u>Anscombe</u></b> for Anscombe; accept Dame Jean Iris <b><u>Murdoch</u></b> for Murdoch]
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<b><u>commutation</u></b> [or <b><u>commutator</u></b>; accept <b><u>commutator</u></b> with the Hamiltonian; accept canonical <b><u>commutation</u></b> relations]
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“<b><u>blackbird</u></b>ing”
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<b><u>National Labor Relations Board</u></b> [or <b><u>NLRB</u></b>; accept <b><u>National Labor Relations</u></b> Board after “board” is read; accept <b><u><em>NLRB</u></b> Edge</em>; reject “Department of Labor”]
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<b><u>excommunication</u></b> of Baruch <b><u>Spinoza</u></b> [accept synonyms like <b><u>explusion</u></b> in place of “excommunication”]
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<b><u>realign</u></b>ment [or <b><u>realign</u></b>ing elections or word forms; accept <b><u>critical election</u></b>s or critical <b><u>realign</u></b>ments until “critical” is read; accept political <b><u>realign</u></b>ment, electoral <b><u>realign</u></b>ment, secular <b><u>realign</u></b>ment, or racial <b><u>realign</u></b>ment; prompt on <u>partisan</u>ship, <u>polarization</u>, <u>polarize</u>, <u>party</u>ism, <u>party</u> loyalty, <u>party</u> competition, or descriptions of <u>vote</u>s or <u>voting</u> behavior by asking “what is the term for systemic changes in the patterns of that variable?”]
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<b><u>Egil</u></b> [or <b><u>Aigil</u></b>; or <b><u>Egil</u></b> Skallagrímsson; accept <b><u><em>Egil</u></b>’s Saga</em>]
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<b><u>Zipacna</b></u>
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Aimé <b><u>Césaire</b></u>
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<b><u><em>Ulysses</b></u></em>
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<b><u>Arabic</u></b> [or <em>al-<b><u>ʿarabiyy</u></b>ah</em>]
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<b><u>tin</u></b> [or <b><u>stannum</u></b>; or <b><u>Sn</u></b>]
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gel <b><u>electrophoresis</b></u> [or sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel <b><u>electrophoresis</b></u> or serum protein <b><u>electrophoresis</b></u>; accept SDS-<b><u>PAGE</b></u> or <b><u>SPEP</b></u> until read; prompt on <u>western blot</u>ting]
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<b><u>Los Angeles</u></b>, California [or <b><u>LA</u></b>]
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<b><u>Charrúa</u></b> [accept garra <b><u>charrúa</u></b>; prompt on <u>pámpido</u>s] (The massacre is the Salsipuedes massacre.)
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<b><u>PCR</u></b> [or <b><u>polymerase chain reaction</u></b>; accept error-prone <b><u>PCR</u></b>]
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<b><u>Mahābhārata</u></b> (“muh-hah-BAH-ruh-tuh”)
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<b><u>tavern</u></b>s [or <b><u>inn</u></b>s; or <b><u>bar</u></b>s; or <b><u>pub</u></b>s; accept Fraunces <b><u>Tavern</u></b>]
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<b><u>stage manager</u></b> [or <b><u><em>sūtradhāra</em></u></b>; or <b><u>director</u></b> or <b><u>producer</u></b>; prompt on <u>manager</u> or <u>narrator</u>; prompt on, but DO NOT REVEAL, <u>puppetmaster</u> or similar translations] (<em>Faust</em> opens with the “Prelude in the Theater.”)
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Robert H. <b><u>Jackson</u></b> [or Robert Houghwout <b><u>Jackson</u></b>]
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<b><u>bride</u></b>s [or <b><u>kallah</u></b>; accept “how does one dance before the <b><u>bride</u></b>?” or “keitzad merakdim lifnei ha-<b><u>kalah</u></b>”; prompt on <u>women</u>, <u>wife</u> or <u>wive</u>s, <u>fiancée</u>s, <u>betrothed</u> people, wedding <u>couple</u>s, newly<u>wed</u>s, marriage <u>partner</u>s, or <u>wedding</u> participants; prompt on <u>bride</u>s AND <u>groom</u>s by asking “which one?”]
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<b><u>hemolysis</u></b> (“hee-MAWL-uh-siss”) [accept (autoimmune) <b><u>hemolytic</u></b> anemia or <b><u>hemolytic</u></b> disease of the newborn; prompt on cell <u>lysis</u>; prompt on <u>anemia</u> until read by asking “caused by what process?”; prompt on cold <u>agglutination</u> or auto<u>agglutination</u> until “agglutination” is read by asking “what process does it precede?”; prompt on <u>alloimmunization</u> or <u>isoimmunization</u> by asking “what process is triggered by the antibodies?”]
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<b><u>sari</b></u>s [or <b><u>saree</b></u>s or <b><u>shari</b></u>s; accept specific types of sarees such as Baluchari <b><u>saree</b></u>s or Kanjivaram <b><u>saree</b></u>s or Kandyan <b><u>sarees</b></u> or Nivi <b><u>saree</b></u>s; prompt on <u>dress</u>es or <u>fabric</u> or <u>silk</u> or <u>cloth</u>; prompt on <u>garment</u>s before it is read] (The second line is about Baluchari sarees typically found in Bangladesh. The third line is about Jnanadanandini Devi Tagore, who was the sister-in-law of Rabindranath Tagore. The fourth line is about Kanjivaram sarees.)
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Alfred <b><u>Jarry</u></b> (“zhah-REE”) (The first sentence refers to <em>Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll</em>.)
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bio<b><u>diversity</b></u> [accept species <b><u>evenness</b></u>; accept species <b><u>richness</b></u>; accept alpha <b><u>diversity</b></u>; accept bio<b><u>diversity</b></u> hotspots; prompt on species <u>abundance</u>; prompt on <u>number</u> of <u>species</u>]
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Ah <b><u>Q</b></u> [or <b><u>Ah</b></u> Q]
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“The <b><u>Descent of Inanna</u></b>” [or “<b><u>Inanna</u></b>’s Descent into the <b><u>Underworld</u></b>”; accept descriptions of <b><u>Inanna</u></b> or <b><u>Ishtar</u></b> visiting or being rescued from the <b><u>underworld</u></b> or <b><u>Kur</u></b>; prompt on partial answers] (The Notley poem is <em>The Descent of Alette</em>.)
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Antonio López de <b><u>Santa Anna</u></b> [or Antonio de Padua María Severino López de <b><u>Santa Anna</u></b> y Pérez de Lebrón]
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<b><u>boys’ choir</u></b> [accept <b><u>children’s choir</u></b> or <b><u>treble choir</u></b>; accept <b><u>chorus</u></b> in place of “choir”; prompt on <u>choir</u> or <u>chorus</u>; reject “male choir” or “male chorus”]
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<b><u><em>Into the Woods</b></u></em>
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<b><u>Chang</u></b> [or Iris <b><u>Chang</u></b>; or Iris Shun-Ru <b><u>Chang</u></b>; accept Kathy <b><u>Change</u></b>; accept Kathleen <b><u>Chang</u></b>] (The other Iris Chang book mentioned is <em>Thread of the Silkworm</em>, which is about Qian Xuesen.)
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<b><u>boot</b></u>s [accept go-go <b><u>boot</b></u>s or Courrèges <b><u>boot</b></u>s; accept cowboy <b><u>boot</b></u>s; accept knee-high <b><u>boot</b></u>s or thigh-high <b><u>boot</b></u>s; accept Wellington <b><u>boot</b></u>s or gum<b><u>boot</b></u>s; prompt on <u>shoe</u>s or <u>footwear</u>] (The Sinatra song is “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.”)
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Edith <b><u>Sitwell</b></u>
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Jonathan D. <b><u>Spence</u></b> [or Jonathan Dermot <b><u>Spence</u></b>]
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<b><u>wendigo</b></u>s [or <b><u>windigo</b></u>s, <b><u>wheetigo</b></u>s, <b><u>windikouk</b></u>s, <b><u>wi’ntsigo</b></u>s, <b><u>wi’tigo</b></u>s, or <b><u>wittikka</b></u>s] (The first line refers to “Windigo Psychosis: The Anatomy of an Emic-Etic Confusion.” The court case is <em>R v Machekequonabe</em>. <em>Braiding Sweetgrass</em> is by Robin Wall Kimmerer.)
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Seamus <b><u>Heaney</u></b> (“SHAY-muss HEE-nee”) [or Seamus Justin <b><u>Heaney</u></b>]
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<b><u>Ute</b></u> (“yoot”) Tribe [accept subgroups such as, but not limited to, Northern <b><u>Ute</b></u>, Southern <b><u>Ute</b></u>, <b><u>Sanpits</b></u>, <b><u>Weeminuche</b></u>, <b><u>Muache</b></u>, <b><u>Capote</b></u>, <b><u>Tabeguache</b></u>, <b><u>Yampa</b></u>, or White River <b><u>Ute</b></u>; accept <b><u>Uintah</b></u> or <b><u>Timpanogos</b></u> prior to mention; reject “Paiute”] (The Timpanogos people consider themselves to be Shoshone, but they have been commonly categorized as Ute.)
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<b><u>Chinese</u></b> [accept <b><u><em>wényán</em></u></b> or <b><u>Mandarin</u></b>; accept <em>Readings in <b><u>Chinese</u></b> Literary Thought</em> or <em>A Brief History of <b><u>Chinese</u></b> Fiction</em>] (The first line refers to <em>feng</em> and <em>gu</em>, or “wind” and “bone.” The works are <em>The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons</em> by Liu Xie and <em>Wen Fu</em> by Lu Ji. <em>A Brief History of Chinese Fiction</em> is by Lu Xun. <em>Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio</em> is by Pu Songling.)
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<b><u>Intolerable</b></u> Acts [or <b><u>Insufferable</b></u> Acts; or <b><u>Coercive</b></u> Acts; prompt on answers referring to laws passed by the <u>Parliament</u> of <u>1774</u>]
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<b><u>Town Destroyer</u></b> [or <b><u>Hanödagayas</u></b>; or <b><u>Hanodaganears</u></b>; accept answers indicating a <b><u>destroy</u></b>er, <b><u>burn</u></b>er, or <b><u>devour</u></b>er of <b><u>town</u></b>s or <b><u>village</u></b>s]
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Gustav <b><u>Mahler</b></u>’s Symphony No. <b><u>1</b></u> in D major [or Gustav <b><u>Mahler</b></u>’s <b><u>First</b></u> Symphony; or “<b><u>Titan</b></u>” Symphony; accept Symphony No. <b><u>1</b></u> after “Mahler” is read]
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<b><u>debt</u></b> [or national <b><u>debt</u></b>]
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<b><u>maternal mortality</u></b> [or <b><u>maternal morbidity</u></b>; or <b><u>obstetric</u></b>al <b><u>death</u></b>s; accept any answer indicating <b><u>death</u></b> during <b><u>pregnancy</u></b> or <b><u>death</u></b> due to complications from child<b><u>birth</u></b>; or <b><u>death</u></b> of a new or expecting <b><u>mother</u></b>; or <b><u>death</u></b> from an attempted medication <b><u>abortion</u></b>; or <b><u>death</u></b> from lack of access to <b><u>abortion</u></b> care; prompt on <u>death</u>; prompt on <u>women’s health</u> care or <u>reproductive health</u> care; prompt on <u>reproductive rights</u>; prompt on <u>pregnancy</u> or being <u>pregnant</u>; prompt on <u>sepsis</u>; prompt on <u>septic shock</u>; prompt on <u>abortion</u> by asking “what related phenomenon?”] (The “pregnancy checkbox” was added to U.S. death certificates in 2003.)
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<b><u>ethnographic</u></b> film [or <b><u>ethnography</u></b>; accept visual <b><u>anthropology</u></b> or <b><u>anthropological</u></b> film; prompt on <u>documentary</u> or <u>documentary</u> film or <u>non-fiction</u>]
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Latin <b><u>grammar</u></b> [or <b><u><em>grammatica</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>Johannesburg</u></b> [or <b><u>Joburg</u></b>; accept <b><u>Sophiatown</u></b> until read, but prompt afterwards; prompt on <u>Springs</u>] (The short story in the first line is “The Suit” by Can Themba. The <em>Drum</em> writers are Bloke Modisane, Lewis Nkosi, and Todd Matshikiza.)
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<b><u>Georgism</u></b> [or <b><u>Georgist</u></b>; accept any answer indicating the beliefs of Henry <b><u>George</u></b>; before “author,” accept answers indicating advocacy for a single <b><u>tax</u></b> on <b><u>land</u></b> value or collecting all <b><u>tax</u></b> revenue from <b><u>land</u></b> value; accept <b><u>garden city</u></b> movement before “cat”; prompt on <u>United Labor</u> Party before “United”; prompt on utopian <u>socialism</u><b> </b>or utopian <u>socialist</u>; prompt on <u>populism</u> or <u>populist</u>; prompt on anti-<u>landlord</u> sentiment] (Henry George lost the 1886 New York mayoral election. Elizabeth Magie designed <em>The Landlord’s Game</em>.)
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<b><u>Apollo</u></b> [or <b><u>Apollōn</u></b>; or Apollo <b><u>Smintheus</u></b>; accept <b><u>Smintheu</u></b> or <b><u>Sminthian</u></b>]
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<b><u>Liu</u></b> [accept Ken <b><u>Liu</u></b> or <b><u>Liu</u></b> Cixin]
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Sor <b><u>Juana</u></b> Ines de la Cruz [or Sor Juana Inés <b><u>de la Cruz</u></b>; or Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de <b><u>Santillana</u></b>]
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<b><u>silver</u></b> [or <b><u>Ag</u></b>]
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<b><u>Gawain</u></b> [or Sir <b><u>Gawain</u></b>; prompt on <u>Gwalchmei</u>]
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<b><u>molecular orbital</u></b>s [or <b><u>MO</u></b>s; prompt on <u>orbitals</u>; reject “atomic orbitals”]
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kabuki <b><u>actor</u></b>s [or <b><u>actress</u></b>es; accept <b><u>onnagata</u></b>s or <b><u>oyama</u></b>s]
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<b><u>fern</b></u>s [accept <b><u>Polypodiopsida</b></u> or <b><u>Polypodiophyta</b></u> until “<em>Polypodiales</em>”; accept staghorn <b><u>fern</b></u> or elkhorn <b><u>fern</b></u> or <b><u><em>Platycerium</b></u> bifurcatum</em>; accept <b><u>Pteridophyta</b></u>; accept <b><u>Pteridopsida</b></u> or <b><u>Polypodiidae</b></u> or <u>leptosporangiate</u> <b><u>fern</b></u>s; accept <b><u>Polypodioides</b></u> or <b><u>Polypodiaceae</u> </b>until “<em>Polypodiales</em>”; accept <b><u>Monilophyta</b></u>; accept eusporangiate <b><u>fern</b></u>s; prompt on <u>cryptogam</u>s]
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<b><u>grace</u></b> [accept the <b><u>grace</u></b> of God; accept <b><u>gratia</u></b>s or <b><u>charis</u></b>ma; accept prevenient <b><u>grace</u></b> or irresistible <b><u>grace</u></b>; accept “Amazing <b><u>Grace</u></b>”]
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<b><u>Ohio</u></b> [or <b><u>OH</u></b>; accept <em>Winesburg, <b><u>Ohio</em></u></b>] (The magazine is <em>The Kenyon Review</em>.)
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healing <b><u>possessed</u></b> people [or <b><u>adorcism</u></b>; or word forms of treating <b><u>possession</u></b>s; accept <b><u>exorcism</u></b>; accept communicating with <b><u>spirit</u></b>s or <b><u>jinn</u></b>; prompt on <u>heal</u>ing]
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a <b><u>nation of shopkeepers</b></u>
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Bernard <b><u>Williams</u></b> [or Sir Bernard Arthur Owen <b><u>Williams</u></b>] (The second clue is from <em>Utilitarianism: For and Against</em>.)
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Marco <b><u>Polo</b></u>
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Norval <b><u>Morrisseau</u></b> [accept <b><u>Copper Thunderbird</u></b> until read] (Kevin Hearn is a member of Barenaked Ladies.)
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<b><u>Venus</u></b> [or <b><u>Nohoch Ek</u></b>’; prompt on Great <u>Star</u> or <u>ek</u>]
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<b><u>Nubia</u></b> [accept <b><u>Nubian</u></b> pyramids; prompt on <u>Nile Valley</u>; prompt on <u>Sudan</u>]
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<b><u>floral</u></b> still lifes [or still lifes of <b><u>flower</u></b>s; or still lifes of <b><u>sunflower</u></b>s; prompt on <u>still life</u>s by asking “of what objects?”; prompt on <u>vanitas</u> by asking “what are the primary objects depicted in the paintings?”; prompt on <u>plant</u>s or <u>botanical</u> art or equivalents]
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<b><u>hydrazone</u></b>s [accept tosyl<b><u>hydrazone</u></b>; reject “hydrazine”]
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<b><u>J</u></b> curve
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<b><u>Hārūn</u></b> ar-Rāshīd [or Hārūn <b><u>al-Rāshīd</u></b>; or Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad <b><u>ar-Rāshīd</u></b>; accept translations like <b><u>Hārūn</u></b> the Just or <b><u>Aaron</u></b> the Rightly-Guided]
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French <b><u>Third Republic</u></b> [or <b><u>Troisième République</u></b>]
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<b><u><em>Carmen</b></u></em>
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<b><u>Sassanid</b></u> Empire [or <b><u>Sasanian</b></u> Empire or <b><u>Eranshahr</b></u>; prompt on the Neo-<u>Persia</u>n Empire]
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<b><u>presidency</u></b> [or <b><u>presidential</u></b>ism; or <b><u>POTUS</u></b>; accept descriptions like having a <b><u>president</u></b>]
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Gottfried <b><u>Leibniz</u></b>
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<b><u>judge</u></b>s [or <b><u>jurist</u></b>s; or <b><u>justice</u></b>s; accept <b><u>Judge</u></b> Hercules; prompt on <u>legal</u> scholars or <u>law</u> or <u>jurisprudence</u>; reject “lawmakers” or “lawyers” or equivalents of either] (The paradox is the doctrinal paradox. Ronald Dworkin opposed H. L. A. Hart’s theories of defeasibility and “open texture.” ALR is American Legal Realism.)
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Princess <b><u>Diana</u></b> [or <b><u>Diana</u></b>, Princess of Wales; or Lady Diana <b><u>Spencer</u></b>; or Diana Frances <b><u>Spencer</u></b>] (The bill is punningly called the “Di-Faced Tenner.”)
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<b><u>jasmine</u></b> [accept “my lord of white <b><u>jasmine</u></b>” or <b><u><em>Jasmine</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>Western Australia</b></u> [accept <b><u>Western Australian</b></u> Christmas Tree; prompt on <u>WA</u>; prompt on <u>Australia</u>]
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<b><u><em>Oeconomicus</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Oikonomikos</em></u></b>, or <em>On <b><u>Household Management</em></u></b>, or <em>The <b><u>Economist</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>Economics</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>just</u></b> intonation [or <b><u>pure</u></b> intonation; prompt on <u>microtonal</u> or <u>xenharmonic</u> or descriptions of using <u>whole-number ratio</u> intervals or unusual <u>tuning</u> or <u>intonation</u>; prompt on <u>JI</u>]
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<b><u>sucrose</u></b> [accept <b><u>sucrose</u></b>-gap voltage clamping; accept <b><u>sucrose</u></b> gradient centrifugation]
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<b><u>de Man</u></b> [accept Henri <b><u>de Man</u></b>; accept Paul <b><u>de Man</u></b>] (Paul de Man was Henri de Man’s nephew.)
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Philip <b><u>Larkin</b></u> [or Philip Arthur <b><u>Larkin</b></u>]
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<b><u>Russian</u></b>s [or <b><u>russkiy</u></b>e, <b><u>vene</u></b>lane, <b><u>vene</u></b>lased, <b><u>kriev</u></b>s, or <b><u>kriev</u></b>i; accept Russians in specific former Soviet republics, such as <b><u>Russian</u></b>s in Estonia; accept <b><u>Russification</u></b> or <b><u>Russian</u></b>ization or <b><u>rusifikatsiya</u></b>; prompt on East <u>Slav</u>s or vostochnyye <u>slavyan</u>e] (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Finland imposed the visa restriction.)
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<b><u>transfeminism</u></b> [accept <b><u>transfeminist</u></b> studies; prompt on <u>feminism</u> or radical <u>feminism</u>; prompt on <u>trans</u>gender studies]
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<b><u>square of opposition</u></b> [or <b><u>squares of opposition</u></b>]
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Anton <b><u>Webern</b></u> (“VAY-bun”) [or Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von <b><u>Webern</b></u>; reject “von Weber”]
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“<b><u>Hurt Hawks</b></u>”
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<b><u>mango</u></b> [or <b><u>mango</u></b> tree or <b><u>mango</u></b> leaves]
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Toni <b><u>Morrison</b></u> [or Chloe Anthony <b><u>Wofford</b></u> or Chloe Ardelia <b><u>Wofford</b></u>]
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<b><u>Nicholas</u></b> of Cusa [or <b><u>Nicholas</u></b> of Kues; or <b><u>Nicolas</u></b> Cusanus; or Nicolas <b><u>Cusanus</u></b>]
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<b><u>color field</u></b> painting [accept <b><u>post-painterly abstraction</u></b>; accept <b><u>Washington Color School</u></b>; prompt on <u>Ab</u>stract <u>Ex</u>pressionism]
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<b><u>abolition</u></b> of slavery [or <b><u>emancipation</u></b>; accept equivalents such as the <b><u>outlawing</u></b> or <b><u>ending</u></b> of slavery]
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<b><u>Isma’il</b></u> [or <b><u>Ishmael</b></u>; accept <b><u>Ismailism</b></u> or <b><u>Ismaili</b></u> Centers; accept <b><u>Isma’il</b></u> ibn Jafar; prompt on Abu Mansur <u>Nizar</u> ibn al-Mustansir or <u>Nizari</u> Ismailism until “Nizaris” is read by asking “Nizaris are part of a larger denomination named for what man?”]
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19<b><u>60</u></b>s
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<b><u>scale factor</u></b> [prompt on <u>a</u> or <u>R</u> until “a” is read] (The scale factor multiplies the spatial components of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric.)
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<b><u>ether</u></b>s [or poly<b><u>ether</u></b>s]
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“<b><u>Howl</u></b>”
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<b><u>function</u></b>s [accept tri<b><u>functional</u></b> hypothesis]
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<b><u>Walker</b></u> [accept Maggie Lena <b><u>Walker</b></u> or A’Lelia <b><u>Walker</b></u> or David <b><u>Walker</b></u> or Madame C. J. <b><u>Walker</b></u>] (Maggie Walker is the namesake of the notable Virginia high school.)
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