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People
Different people and what they are famous for.
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03/23/2004
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Boris Karloff
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Played 'Frankenstein' among other roles.
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Mustafa Kemal
 Definition
Turkish Republic
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Cole Porter
 Definition
American songwriter
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D.W. Griffith
 Definition
Director
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Osachi Hamaguchi
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Prime Minister of Japan; Gold Embargo
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Thomas Masaryk
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Czechoslovakian President
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Marlene Deitrich
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Actress/singer
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George Bernard Shaw
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Pygmalion; Chavian alphabet
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Albert Einstein
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Theory of Relativity
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Charles Limburgh
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Flew over Atlantic alone
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Michael Collins
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12 Apostles
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Josef Pilsudski
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formed Polish Socialist Party
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Marcel Duchamp
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French modern artist; "Dadaism"
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Rogers & Hammerstein
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composer and lyricist, respectively;
"Oklahoma"
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Picasso
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Cubism; Surrealism; Abstract paintings
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Ramsay MacDonald
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Foreign Secretary/Prime Minister of Britain
Dawes Plan - France, Britain, Italy & United States find a solution for Germany's debt.
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George V
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Statute of Westminster; persuaded Labor, Conservative & Liberal parties to unite into coalition
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Fulgencio Batista
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overthrown by Castro
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Leo Trotsky
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Red Army
Bolshevik regime
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Mohandas Gandhi
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India gains independence
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Emperor Hirohito
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Leon Blum
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French Socialist
decreases hours worked per week and supported paid vacations.
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Slavador Dali
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Painter, sculptor, graphic, surreal
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T.S. Eliot
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poet
"Waste Land"
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Franz Kafka
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books
"Metamorphosis"
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Charlie Chaplain
 Definition
Pantomime
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