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If you are following closely and eagerly, you might say that you are in *this* pursuit.

Hot
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Domestic civil resistance efforts continue in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February 2021, staged by armed forces in this country.

Myanmar

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The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted and remained in effect until the end of this war.

American Civil War
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Possibly from the Latin lasanum, square or rectangle sheets of pasta that sometimes have fluted edges 

Lasagna

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To cast a ballot & to refuse to allow something

Vote and veto

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Hot Pursuit is a 2015 American action comedy film, featuring Sofia Vergara and this Legally Blonde.

Reese Witherspoon

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This NASA rover recently landed on Mars.

Perseverance

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Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in this European capital kill 191 people.

Madrid, Spain

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Italian for "little strings", a long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin, made of semolina or flour and water. 

Spaghetti

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A "golden" lack of noise & a permit for cruising in your convertible

Silence and license

1600

Reese Witherspoon attended this cardinal and white West Coast university, known for being the first to fundraise a billion dollars in a year and being the alma mater of US President Herbert Hoover.

Stanford

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This COVID skeptic recently won the men's singles in the Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic

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United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs this act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.

Lend-Lease Act

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"Little ribbons", ribbon of pasta approximately 6.5 millimeters wide.

Fettuccine

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To make a sauce more viscous & the room of the house where it might happen

Thicken and kitchen

1800

Stanford was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who had died of this fever.

Typhoid fever

1800

The NFT for "Everydays - The First 5000 Days" by Beeple was recently acquired for 69.3MM USD through this popular auction house.

Christie's

1800

This former SC justice (died in 2016) and great friend of Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on this day in 1936.

Antonin Scalia

1800

Long, narrow hose-like tubes larger than mezzani

Ziti

1800

Place for your tootsies on a ten-speed & to beg strongly

Pedal and plead

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Typhoid fever claimed the life of this 9th US president, who only served 32 days in 1841.

William Henry Harrison

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This Chicago Blackhawks star recently played in his 1000th NHL game, a losing effort against the Dallas... Stars.

Patrick Kane

2000

The Great [this] of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people.

Blizzard

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From Greek for food made from barley, these are tubes. They may either be bent or straight.

Macaroni

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Hogs or pigs & a synonym for a tendon

Swine and sinew

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