DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK
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AVIATION
FACTS FROM THE WORLD ALMANAC
IN THE MI"DD"LE
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'In an 1851 work this general stands in a small boat on the Delaware, a U.S. flag nearby'
George Washington
200
'In 1959 this leader fled to Dharamsala, India in response to China's harsh rule of Tibet'
the Dalai Lama
200
'Sorry Delta, in 2010 Continental merged with this airline to create the world's largest carrier'
United
200
'Bahrain's natural resources include oil, fish, natural gas & these prized mollusk products'
pearls
200
'Can you canoe? It's difficult without this short, flat bended oar'
a paddle
400
'In this work mom is seated, facing left--or is it right? Anyway, she's clad in black with a white lace cap'
Whistler\'s Mother
400
'...at least temporarily; in 1955 this Cuban went into exile in Mexico but forces led by him returned in Dec. 1956'
Fidel Castro
400
'This leading maker of commercial jets & military aircraft is also NASA's prime contractor for the Intl. Space Station'
Boeing
400
'This musical tops the Almanac's list of longest-running Broadway shows'
The Phantom of the Opera
400
'Proverbially, when you're in disagreement with someone, you're "at" these'
odds
600
'We're not sure if you'd call that teal or azure the young man with a feathered cap is wearing in this 1770 work'
Blue Boy
600
'It was no "Divine Comedy" for this Italian author when the Guelphs banished him from Florence in 1302'
Dante
600
'In 1953 he set another world record flying 2 1/2 times the speed of sound in a Bell X-1A rocket plane'
Chuck Yeager
600
'The arrival of this U.S. govt. official merits a 19-gun salute, 4 ruffles & flourishes & the playing of "Hail, Columbia"'
the vice president
600
'Last name of Asa, wed to the former Mary Baker in 1877'
Eddy
800
'Painting in which 2 men & a woman sit up late in a diner with a sign advertising Phillies cigars'
Nighthawks
800
'In 1928 this ex-commissar of war was full of Bolshevik & was exiled to Soviet Central Asia'
Trotsky
800
'Among its single-engine planes are the Skycatcher, Skyhawk & Skylane'
Cessna
800
'One of these astronomical events was listed for July 11, 2010'
a solar eclipse
800
'Siddhartha Gautama achieved worldwide fame under this name'
Buddha
1000
'Children frolic among wild beasts as a confused lion looks out at us--it really is "The Peaceable" this'
Peaceable Kingdom
1000
'In 1986 this Philippine woman left more than a thousand pairs of shoes behind when she fled to Hawaii'
Imelda Marcos
1000
'Sharing its name with a Native American people, this type of helicopter seen here fired the first shots in Operation Desert Storm'
an Apache
1000
'An entry on Arizona says this man "was a leading conservative voice in the U.S. Senate (1953-1965, 1969- 1987)"'
Barry Goldwater
1000
'To interfere unwantedly in someone else's affairs'
meddle
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