Topics: Ask an American: Roswell, New Mexico; holiday versus vacation, arbitrator versus referee versus umpire, Ay, caramba! Words: aliens Army base to cover up to carry out UFO flying saucer hospitality top to endure conclusive holiday vacation arbi

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Topics: Ellis Island; The Rat Pack; lots of versus a lot of; sleep versus asleep, wake versus awake, rise versus arise; alpha male Words: immigration to undergo inspection unsanitary family tree pop culture desegregation impromptu to sell out to rule

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Topics: Ask an American: Sleep-deprived teenagers; to buy versus to purchase versus to acquire; to burn the candle at both ends; Lets versus shall we? versus why dont we? Words: out of it period to stay awake sleep-deprived cranky depression astonish

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Topics: Famous Americans - Jimi Hendrix; the melting pot metaphor; U.S. state numbers and nicknames; by any stretch of the imagination; to play it fast and loose Words: habit broom ukulele by ear gig stage presence virtuosic to smash suspicious circu

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Topics: The O.J. Simpson Trial; to major versus to graduate; to pry; technically versus practically Words: notoriety key suspect domestic violence to turn (oneself) in to surrender to plead not guilty dream team DNA to goad damning to acquit divided

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Ask an American The humanities; another versus the other; however versus conversely; to call it/them like/how (one) sees it/them Words: well funded fundamental to pertain domain humanities integrative urgent in the absence of partnership to tap into

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Topics: Ask an American: Working as an actor in Los Angeles,
 nevertheless versus despite versus even though, to screw up
 Words: to be driven
 craft
 rejection
 to get crushed headshot
 casting
 submissions
 studio eye contact to pre

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Topics: Norman Vincent Peale, Japanese internment camps, straightforward, to tap into, made by versus made of versus made in Words: Protestant denominations affiliation interplay technique affirmations civilian to betray ancestry to mitigate internme

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Topics: Cities: Anchorage, Alaska; John Henry; you might as well, to hit the ground running, the caf in English Caf, what goes around comes around, breaking news Words: folk hero spikes railroad tracks hammer working class to displace to chop down ax

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Topics: Advanced Placement courses and tests; Legos/Legoland and Hot Wheels; might versus maybe; judgment call; no-brainer Words: placement college-level subject area to gear up financial aid college credit interlocking kit theme park replicate track

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Topics: The CIA; how to become a court interpreter and/or an interpreter for the U.N.; haunting versus haunted; completion versus completeness; to take (somebody) on Words: intelligence foreign advisor clandestine to tap a phone to bug to infiltrate

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Topics: Spy trials of the 40s/50s - Alger Hiss Julius and Ethel Rosenberg; Johnny Appleseed; feeling versus emotion; expression versus term; drop dead Words: spy espionage trial to denounce perjury statute of limitations execution cause clbre orchard

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Topics: Ask an American: Libraries Using Ad Campaigns to Improve Image and Funding; making introductions; stack versus stock Words: to light up to click deficit geek mental synapse to get (ones) geek on billboard poster reaction hip to hit to introdu

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Topics: The Lewis and Clark Expedition; Famous Authors: Anne Rice; to generate versus to create versus to make; a tad off target; run-on sentence Words: expedition corps to lay claim to navigable fur trapper to split up journal manifest destiny bicen

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Topics: Famous Americans: Weird Al Yankovic; Alcoholics Anonymous; figure out versus realize; kind of; noun + --ee and --er Words: weird parody to make light of relevant alcoholic addicted anonymous to break an addiction sober support group to abstai

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Topics: Taxes Americans pay; wedding/baby showers and gift registries; leverage, to dig, to guess versus to think versus to believe Words: property tax appraised value due utility sales tax income tax to throw (someone) a party wedding/bridal shower

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Topics: The Secret Service; tween culture; on versus upon; exclamations My God and Jesus Christ; evidence versus proof Words: currency to counterfeit agent to shield assassination bravery to lay (one's) life on the line tween buying power controversi

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Topics: Famous Americans: Flannery OConnor; 60 Minutes; well-(something); red and blue states Words: misfit fanatic devout grotesque posthumous on the air prime time investigative journalism to catch (someone) off guard to go too far libel theme musi

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Topics: Ask an American: civility; sour versus tart; (something) is king; thorough versus comprehensive Words: to get out in front tone of voice on the go slower-paced courtesy detrimental put off by captive audience to take up to give way to analogu

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Topics: On the Waterfront; Famous Songs: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; bet versus wager versus gamble; U.S. versus U.S.A.; cant help (doing something) Words: waterfront mob union deed whistleblower to give away the ending uplifting slave to do (something

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