Topics: Famous Americans - Aimee Semple McPherson; Famous songs - Turkey in the Straw; marriage versus wedding versus wedlock; otherwise; pronouncing contractions Words: evangelist to convert tent revival Pentecostal to speak in tongues divine healin

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Topics: The Dred Scott Decision; the zodiac; to snag versus to hitch; in the moment versus at the moment; Ill tell you something Words: slave free state to sue trigger to overrule lighter topic zodiac astrology trait horoscope broad pick-up line to s

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Topic: American Presidents - Martin Van Buren; show business secrets; revenue versus profit versus turnover; limerick; how to address in-laws to be admitted to the intention woe to play on (ones) name to surrender third-party eventful show business m

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Topics: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band; the Dust Bowl; suggestion versus hint versus tip versus pointer; increase versus raise; How do you like them apples? Words: songwriting prolific talent scout title track patriotic nuke American dream d

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Topics: Famous Americans - Mary Tyler Moore; Famous Songs: Dem Bones; to straighten up versus to straighten out; (youre) tripping; to get/fall into the groove Words: big break to be cast sitcom eponymous newsroom opening sequence encouraging awfully

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Topics: American Playwrights - Tennessee Williams; how to become a real estate agent; thief versus burglar versus robber versus mugger; to sell someone a bill of goods; to hold up ones end of a bargain; momentum Words: hit menagerie dysfunctional fam

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Topics: Migrant Farming in the U.S.; American Cities: Palm Springs, CA; patronizing versus condescending; to right every wrong; to belong to versus to belong with Words: migrant worker manual labor slave plantation to deport tactic boycott toxic play

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Topics: Famous Americans: Grandma Moses; GED Tests, since versus from, is to do (something), calligraphy versus penmanship Words: rural folk sporadic postcards to pick apples nave primitive Moses equivalency dropout home schooling is to do (something

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Topics: Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, progress versus process, would in the past tense, to be on the chunky side Words: fairy baby tooth theres no such thing bunny basket hunt egg shell palm thumbs up air quotes to give (someone) the finger to flip (som

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Topics: Professional wrestling, National Geographic, would-be versus wannabe, be my guest, why not? Words: to wrestle stage name match ring referee to pin (someones) shoulders mat tag team battle royal to diffuse not-for-profit/nonprofit circulation

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Topics: Ask an American: Business travel in the U.S.; bang for your buck, original versus initial, the longest word in English Words: remote awesome to work out cool a major pain slippers to tuck/untuck to beep trail to keep (something) to a minimum

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Topics: Ask an American: Business travel in the U.S.; bang for your buck, original versus initial, the longest word in English Words: remote awesome to work out cool a major pain slippers to tuck/untuck to beep trail to keep (something) to a minimum

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Topics: dishonest political strategies; the Black Dahlia; treatment versus therapy; ending intimate letters and emails; youre entitled to your opinion Words: primaries platform push poll misleading illegitimate attack ad print smear campaign mud slin

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Topics: American Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald; cigarette and alcohol advertising; pronouncing -ed, someones John Hancock Words: to regard (someone or something) as (something) to break off to resume Jazz Age Prohibition lavish to bootleg to degrade pr

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Topics: D.B. Cooper; the Underground Railroad; extend versus expand; God forbid; brown-bag lunch Words: to hijack threat unsolved mystery flight attendant bomb parachute in exchange for frayed unconvinced slave to escape to be sympathetic toward to e

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Topics: Harley Davidson; Famous Americans: Jesse Jackson; because versus since, yikes, speaking of which Words: loyal logo engine reputation pejorative mid-life crisis reverend civil rights activist segregated march shadow senator because since yikes

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Topics: Saturday Night Live; Howard Stern and shock jocks; using to in who, what, where, when, why questions; state of the art; ways to say good job! Words: live cast celebrity sketch news anchor current events big break controversial shock jock offe

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Topics: Famous Americans: Annie Leibovitz; home shopping cable channels and celebrity product lines; come versus go; via versus through Words: portrait the arts big break to be named chief celebrity channel cable host product line affiliated with nam

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Topics: American Cities: San Francisco/Bay Area; the ACLU; using back to refer to the past; failure versus error versus mistake Words: image strait bay living expenses steep cable car liberal costume civil liberties litigation to lobby to infringe up

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Topics: Ask an American: childhood obesity; besides vs. furthermore vs. moreover; wink-wink; thrill Words: to be doing veggie grass-fed organic salad bar to line up to segue processed food refined high fructose corn syrup whole food with an eye in th

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