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<b><u>criminology</b></u> [or word forms like <b><u>criminologist</b></u>s; or <b><u>crime</b></u> studies; prompt on <u>sociology</u>]
<b><u>push–pull</u></b> systems
<b><u>image</b></u>s [accept computer <b><u>vision</b></u> data or <b><u>CV</b></u> data; accept <b><u>pixels</b></u>; accept specific types of images such as <b><u>picture</b></u>s or <b><u>art</b></u> or <b><u>face</b></u>s or <b><u>facial recognition</b></u> data]
Sven <b><u>Lindqvist</u></b> [or Sven Oskar <b><u>Lindqvist</u></b>]
Marina <b><u>Abramović</b></u>
<b><u>Jesuit</b></u> Order [or <b><u>Jesuit</b></u>s; or <b><u>Society of Jesus</b></u> or <b><u>Societas Iesu</b></u>; prompt on Roman <u>Catholic Church</u> or the <u>Church</u> or the <u>Papacy</u> or the <u>Vatican</u> or the <u>Holy See</u>; prompt on <u>SJ</u> or <u>SI</u>]
<b><u>inimitability</u></b> [or <b><u><em>i’jāz</u></b> al-qur’ān</em>; or <b><u>inimitable</u></b>; or answers including word forms of <b><u>not</u></b> and <b><u>imitable</u></b>, but reject synonyms; accept <b><u><em>i’jāz</u></b> ilmi</em>; prompt on word forms of <u>miraculous</u>ness]
<b><u>Quechua</u></b> [or <b><u>Runasimi</u></b>; or <b><u>Kichwa</u></b>] (El Amauta is José Carlos Mariátegui. The MUPP-NP is Ecuador’s Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country party.)
<b><u>lobby</u></b>ing
<b><u>teacher</u></b>s [or <b><u>educator</u></b>s or <b><u>professor</u></b>s or <b><u>pedagogue</u></b>s]
Jez <b><u>Butterworth</u></b> [or Jeremy <b><u>Butterworth</u></b>]
<b><u>graviton</u></b>s
<b><u>letter</u></b>s [or <b><u>epistle</u></b>s or <b><u>correspondence</u></b>s; accept Republic of <b><u>Letter</u></b>s; accept <b><u><em>Letter</u></b> to Chesterfield</em>; accept men of <b><u>letter</u></b>s; accept <em>belle-<b><u>lettre</u></b>s</em>; accept <em>Turkish Embassy <b><u>Letters</em></u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Letters</u></b> to His Son</em>]
<b><u>beta</u></b>-alanine
<b><u>Joséphine</b></u> Bonaparte [or Empress <b><u>Joséphine</b></u> Bonaparte; or Empress <b><u>Joséphine</b></u> de Beauharnais; or Marie Josèphe Rose <b><u>Tascher</b></u> de La Pagerie; prompt on <u>Bonaparte</u>; prompt on de <u>Beauharnais</u>] (Joséphine’s punning jibe was “<em>bon-a-parte est bon-à-rien</em>”)
rice <b><u>bowl</u></b>s [or <b><u>dish</u></b>es; or <b><u>plate</u></b>s; prompt on <u>porcelain</u>; prompt on <u>china</u>]
<b><u>time series</b></u> data [prompt on econometric <u>data</u> sets or <u>data</u> points until “data” is read; prompt on <u>series</u>; prompt on <u>sequence</u>s until read]
“<b><u>Tobermory</u></b>” (by Saki)
<b><u>Upper Peninsula</u></b> [prompt on <u>UP</u>; prompt on <u>Michigan</u>; prompt on the Upper <u>Midwest</u> or <u>Great Lakes</u>]
<b><u><em>What the Butler Saw</em></u></b> (by Joe Orton)
<b><u>Hickey</b></u> [or Theodore <b><u>Hickman</b></u>; or <b><u>Theodore</b></u> Hickman]
<b><u>Jain</u></b>ism
<b><u>true</u></b> [or word forms like <b><u>truth</u></b>]
<b><u>Peano axioms</u></b> [or <b><u>Peano postulates</u></b>; or Dedekind–<b><u>Peano axioms</u></b>; or Dedekind–<b><u>Peano postulates</u></b>; accept “Peano’s” in place of “Peano”]
Max <b><u>Weber</b></u> [or Maximilian Karl Emil <b><u>Weber</b></u>]
<b><u>pulsar timing</u></b> arrays [or <b><u>PTA</u></b>s; accept <b><u>pulsar timing</u></b> residuals; prompt on <u>pulsars</u> or millisecond <u>pulsars</u> alone]
<b><u>ENDOR</u></b> [or <b><u>electron nuclear double resonance</u></b>; accept pulsed <b><u>ENDOR</u></b> or continuous wave <b><u>ENDOR</u></b> or CW-<b><u>ENDOR</u></b>; prompt on <u>EPR</u> or <u>ESR</u>; prompt on <u>EPR</u>-detected NMR; prompt on, but DO NOT REVEAL, <u>electron paramagnetic resonance</u> or <u>electron spin resonance</u>]
<b><u>temperature</b></u> [prompt on <u><em>T</u></em>] (The lead-in refers to Hoover holes, which can affect Nosé–Hoover chains. The “flying cube” is the flying ice cube.)
<em>The <b><u>Unbearable Lightness of Being</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí</em></u></b>] (by Milan Kundera)
<b><u>triple helix</u></b> [accept <b><u>triple-stranded</u></b> DNA or RNA; accept <b><u>H-DNA</u></b> or <b><u>Triplex-DNA</u></b>]
<b><u>bastard</u></b>s [or <b><u>bâtard</u></b>s; or <b><u>bastard</u></b> swords] (William the Conqueror was born out of wedlock.)
<b><u>string quartet</u></b> [prompt on <u>quartet</u>; prompt on <u>suite</u> by asking “for what ensemble?”]
<b><u><em>Isenheim</u></b> Altarpiece</em> [or <b><u><em>Isenheim</u></b>er Altar</em>]
<b><u>ligand</u></b>s
<b><u>pesticide</b></u>s [accept <b><u>herbicide</b></u>s or <b><u>insecticide</b></u>s; accept <b><u>pesticide</b></u> drift]
<b><u>Mary</u></b> [or <b><u>Mary</u></b>,&nbsp;mother of Jesus; or Virgin <b><u>Mary</u></b>; or <b><u>Madonna</u></b>; accept <b><u>Theotokos</u></b> until read; accept Presentation of the Blessed Virgin <b><u>Mary</u></b>; accept Entry of the Most Holy <b><u>Theotokos</u></b> until “Theotokos” is read; accept Intercession of the <b><u>Theotokos</u></b> until “Theotokos” is read]
<b><u>Nephi</b></u> (“NEE-fye”) [accept <b><u>Nephite</b></u>s; accept First <b><u>Nephi</b></u> or Second <b><u>Nephi</b></u>]
<b><u>Russian</b></u> [or <b><u>russkij</b></u>; accept <em>The Possessed: Adventures with <b><u>Russian</b></u> Books and the People Who Read Them</em>]
<b><u>ground</u></b> state
<b><u>Dionysus</u></b>’s invasion of <b><u>India</u></b> [accept answers mentioning <b><u>conquest</u></b>, <b><u>expedition</u></b>, or synonyms in place of “invasion” prompt on invasion of <u>India</u> by asking “by whom?”; prompt on <u>Dionysus</u>’s invasion by asking “of where?”] (The invasion is the subject of Nonnus’s poem <em>Dionysiaca</em>.)
<b><u>Lebanon</u></b> [accept Mount <b><u>Lebanon</u></b>; accept New <b><u>Lebanon</u></b>]
<b><u>Gadsden</b></u> Purchase [or <b><u>Gadsden</b></u> Treaty; accept Treaty of La <b><u>Mesilla</b></u> or La Venta de La <b><u>Mesilla</b></u> until “Mesilla” is read]
<b><u>Akan</u></b> people [prompt on <u>Kwa</u>]
Saul <b><u>Bellow</u></b> [or Solomon <b><u>Bellows</u></b>] (The letter in the first sentence was addressed to Philip Roth.)
<em>The <b><u>History Boys</b></u></em>
<b><u><em>Roadside Picnic</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Pikník na obóchine</em></u></b>] (Andrei Tarkovsky directed <em>Stalker</em>.)
<b><u>Knights Hospitaller</u></b> [or <b><u>Hospitallers</u></b>; or <b><u>Knights of Saint John</u></b>; or <b><u>Order of Saint John</u></b>; or Order of <b><u>Knights of the Hospital of Saint John</u></b> of Jerusalem]
<b><u>road</u></b>s [or "The <b><u>Road</u></b> Not Taken"; or "Song of the Open <b><u>Road</u></b>"]
Phyllis <b><u>riding Aristotle</u></b> [accept “<b><u>Phyllis</u></b> and <b><u>Aristotle</u></b>” or “<b><u>Aristotle</u></b> and <b><u>Phyllis</u></b>”; accept descriptions of Phyllis <b><u>sit</u></b>ting <b><u>on</u></b> <b><u>Aristotle</u></b>’s back; prompt on <u>Phyllis</u> or <u>Aristotle</u>]
<b><u>Nuremberg</u></b> [or <b><u>Nürnberg</u></b>]
Maurice <b><u>Ravel</b></u>
<b><u>Occitan</u></b> (“OCK-sit-in”) [or <b><u>Provençal</u></b>; or Old <b><u>Occitan</u></b>; accept langue <b><u>d’oc</u></b>] (The lead-in refers to the romance <em>Flamenca</em>, which inspired Rosalía’s album <em>El Mal Querer</em>. <em>The Spirit of Romance</em> is by Ezra Pound.)
Battle of <b><u>Karnal</b></u>
<b><u>Florencia</u></b> [or <b><u><em>Florencia</u></b> en el Amazonas</em>; accept <b><u><em>Florencia</u></b> in the Amazon</em>]
<b><u>mental paint</b></u>
John <b><u>Ashbery</u></b> (The other poem is “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror.”)
Passover <b><u>seder</b></u> [prompt on <u>Passover</u> or <u>Pesach</u>]
“The <b><u>Sea and the Mirror</b></u>” [or “The <b><u>Sea and the Mirror</b></u>: A Commentary on Shakespeare’s <em>The Tempest</em>”]
Robert <b><u>Langlands</u></b> [accept <b><u>Langlands</u></b> conjectures or <b><u>Langlands</u></b> program]
<b><u><em>Apology</b></u> of Socrates</em> [or <b><u><em>Apologia</b></u></em>]
Andreas <b><u>Gursky</b></u> (The first line refers to <em>Politik II</em>.)
di<b><u>nitrogen</u></b> gas [accept <b><u>N<sub>2</sub></u></b>]
gravitational <b><u>lens</b></u>ing [accept any form of gravitational lensing, such as strong <b><u>lens</b></u>ing or weak <b><u>lens</b></u>ing or micro<b><u>lens</b></u>ing]
<b><u>ghost</u></b>s [or <b><u>fantasma</u></b>s; or <b><u>dead</u></b> people; or <b><u>spirit</u></b>s; or <b><u>specter</u></b>s; accept <em>The House of the <b><u>Spirit</u></b>s</em> or <em>La casa de los <b><u>espíritu</u></b>s</em>; accept <em>My Father’s <b><u>Ghost</u></b> Is Climbing in the Rain</em> or <em>El <b><u>espíritu</u></b> de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia</em>] (<em>My Father’s Ghost is Climbing in the Rain</em> is by Patricio Pron. <em>Pedro Páramo</em> is by Juan Rulfo.)
<b><u>smallpox inoculation</u></b> [or <b><u>smallpox vaccination</u></b> or <b><u>variolation</u></b>; prompt on <u>vaccination</u> or <u>inoculation</u> by asking “against what disease?”] (The second sentence refers to inoculation against the 1721 smallpox epidemic in Boston.)
<b><u>Nicholas</u></b> of Cusa [or <b><u>Nicolaus</u></b> Cusanus or Nicolaus <b><u>Cusanus</u></b>]
<b><u>partita</u></b> [accept keyboard <b><u>partita</u></b> or <b><u>Partita</u></b> for solo violin or <b><u><em>Partita</u></b> for 8 Voices</em>; prompt on <u>suite</u> until read by asking “what genre is the collection titled for?”]
<b><u>Darfur</u></b> Sultanate [or Sultanate of <b><u>Darfur</u></b>; or Salṭanat al-<b><u>Dārfūr</u></b>; or <b><u>Fur</u></b> Sultanate]
<b><u><em>Leaf Storm</em></u></b> [or <em>La <b><u>Hojarasca</em></u></b>&nbsp;(“lah OH-hah-RAH-skah”)]
<b><u>concert</u></b> films [accept <b><u>rockumentaries</u></b>; prompt on <u>documentaries</u>; prompt on films involving <u>music</u> or <u>performance</u>s by asking “what sort of event was captured?”; reject “music video” or “musical”]
<b><u>Vietnam</u></b> War [or <b><u>Second Indochina</u></b> War; or Chiến tranh <b><u>Việt Nam</u></b>; or Kháng <b><u>chiến chống Mỹ</u></b>]
<b><u>California</b></u> [or <b><u>CA</b></u>] (The Los Angeles Philharmonic plays at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The third sentence refers to John Adams and the San Francisco Symphony.)
<b><u>Thomas</u></b> [accept <b><u>Thomas</u></b> Hill or <b><u>Thomas</u></b> Moran or <b><u>Thomas</u></b> Cole]
<b><u>Orion</b></u>
<b><u>color</u></b> [prompt on <u>absorption</u> <u>spectrum</u> (either underlined word)]
<b><u>Mycobacterium</u></b> [or <b><u>Mycobacteria</u></b>; accept <b><u>Mycobacterium</u> </b>leprae; accept <b><u>Mycobacterium</u></b> tuberculosis]
<b><u>Zhang</u></b>&nbsp;(“jahng”) Huan
prenatal <b><u>ultrasound</u></b> [or ultra<b><u>sonography</u></b>; accept ultra<b><u>sonogram</u></b>]
<b><u>Bedlam</u></b> [or <b><u>Bethlem</u></b> Royal Hospital; or St Mary <b><u>Bethlehem</u></b>; or <b><u>Bethlehem</u></b> Hospital; prompt on mental <u>hospital</u> or psychiatric <u>hospital</u> or mental <u>asylum</u> or <u>madhouse</u>]
P. G. <b><u>Wodehouse</u></b> (“wood-house”) [or Pelham Granville <b><u>Wodehouse</u></b>]
<b><u>Louis XIV</u></b> (“fourteen,” “the fourteenth,” or “quatorze”) [accept <b><u>Louis the Great</u></b> or <b><u>Louis le Grand</u></b>; accept <b><u>Louis, the Sun King</u></b> or <b><u>Louis, le Roi Soleil</u></b>; prompt on <u>Louis</u>; prompt on <u>Sun King</u>; prompt on Le <u>Roi Soleil</u>]
<b><u>baryon number</u></b> [accept <b><u>baryon number</u> </b>asymmetry; accept <b><u>baryon</u></b>s after “number” is read; prompt on <u>baryon asymmetry</u> until “number” is read and accept after it is read; prompt on <u><em>B</em></u>]
<b><u>detective</b></u> [or private <b><u>investigator</b></u> or police <b><u>detective</b></u>; accept <b><u>police</b></u> officer, <b><u>private eye</b></u>, <b><u>private dick</b></u>, or <b><u>gumshoe</b></u>] (The clued <em>Harlem Detective</em> novels are <em>A Rage in Harlem</em> and <em>Cotton Comes to Harlem</em>.)
<b><u>monoclonal antibodies</u></b> [or <b><u>mAb</u></b>s; prompt on <u>antibodies</u> or <u>immunoglobulin</u>s]
<b><u>sampling</u></b> [accept stratified <b><u>sampling</u></b>]
<b><u>voltammetry</u></b> [accept linear-sweep <b><u>voltammetry</u></b> or cyclic <b><u>voltammetry</u></b>; accept fast-scan cyclic<b><u> voltammetry</u></b>; prompt on <u>LSV</u> or <u>CV</u> or FS<u>CV</u>]
<b><u>autoregressive</b></u> [or word forms such as <b><u>autoregression</b></u>; accept vector <b><u>autoregression</b></u> or structural vector <b><u>autoregression</b></u>; prompt on <u>AR</u> or <u>VAR</u>; prompt on <u>ARMA</u> or <u>ARIMA</u>; prompt on <u>regression</u> or <u>regressive</u>]
<b><u>tipi</u></b>s [or <b><u>tepee</u></b>s]
<b><u><em>Atra-Hasis</b></u></em>
<b><u>polynomial</u></b> [accept <b><u>P</u></b> until it is read; accept <b><u>polynomial</u></b> time or <b><u>polynomial</u></b> space or <b><u>polynomial</u></b> hierarchy; accept <b><u>NP</u></b> or <b><u>PH</u></b> or <b><u>P/poly</u></b> or <b><u>PSPACE</u></b> or <b><u>#P</u></b> (“sharp-P”) until “P” is read]
<b><u>free</u></b> [accept (nearly) <b><u>free</u></b> electron model]
Romila <b><u>Thapar</u></b> (“TAH-per”)
<b><u>Egypt</u></b> [or <b><u>Misr</u></b>]
<b><u>Sleep</u></b> AND <b><u>Death</u></b> [or <b><u>Hypnos</u></b> AND <b><u>Thanatos</u></b>]
Michael <b><u>Faraday</u></b> [accept <b><u>Faraday</u></b>’s law of electromagnetic induction]
the <b><u>trial</u></b> of Julius and Ethel <b><u>Rosenberg</u></b> [accept <b><u>execut</u></b>ion of Julius and Ethel <b><u>Rosenberg</u></b> before mention]
<b><u>Old Kingdom</u></b> [accept <b><u>Age of the Pyramids</u></b> or <b><u>Age of the Pyramid-Builders</u></b>; prompt on <u>Third</u>, <u>Fourth</u> or <u>Fifth</u> Dynasties by asking “what broader period were those part of?”]
<b><u>saving</b></u> [or <b><u>saving</b></u>s rate or retirement <b><u>saving</b></u>; accept <b><u>thrift</b></u> or the paradox of <b><u>thrift</b></u>; accept <b><u>invest</b></u>ing or <b><u>investment</b></u>]
soil <b><u>consolidation</u></b> [accept word forms such as <b><u>consolidate</u></b>]
<b><u>Muscogee</u></b> [or Muscogee <b><u>Creek</u></b>; or <b><u>Mvskoke</u></b>; or State of <b><u>Muscogee</u></b>; prompt on <u>Red Stick</u>s until read]