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Lincoln Park

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false rumor; false rumour; false reputation

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Grant Park

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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Riesa

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Alton

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strange news

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Donald Brown (anthropologist)

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Pulitzer prize

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saltiness; salty taste

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dipping up (night soil); scooping up

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allotment (of land); parcelling out

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Carl Sandburg

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white supremacist

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swift (any bird of family Apodidae); fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)

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gold rush

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learned at ...; acquired at ...

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bravery; valor; valour; courage

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in good humor (humour)

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underling; loser; low-ranking samurai

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covetousness

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show time

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Andrew Carnegie

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to pour (of rain); to pound down

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russet; tawny; yellow-brown

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actor who specializes in ruffian roles (specialises)

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Grand Central

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Kansas City, Missouri

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Empire State Building

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to consult a doctor

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make-believe fiction

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to appear rustic; to become countrified

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Clackers

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to hypnotize; to hypnotise

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Vitali

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deism

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large-scale map; detailed map

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drama in verse

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large beam balance; weighbeam

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regular customer; patron

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company policy

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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mimicry; imitation

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falling apart while cooking

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elderly woman

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Ku Klux Klan; KKK

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tribune

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to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with

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to gain fame; to make one's name

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nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for

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