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1. What are two alternate recipes for Senate Bean Soup? Senate bean soup is a standard item on the Senate restaurant’s daily menu. Although the origins of this culinary decree has been lost in antiquity, It is said that Senate bean soup has become a tradition based on a request of Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho who served in the Senate from 1901 to 1907 and sat as chairman of the committee that supervised the Senate Restaurant. The traditional recipe includes mashed potatoes, while later versions had replaced the mashed potatoes for braised onions the more recent versions does not include either. Listed below are two alternate more recent versions of Senate Bean Soup. Ingredients for the first recipe include:
Six ounces of dried navy beans
Forty fluid ounces of chicken stock
One-half smoked ham hock
Vegetable oil as needed
Two ounces of diced onion
Two ounces of diced carrots
Two ounces of diced celery
One-half ounce of minced garlic
One standard sachet d’epices
Tabasco sauce to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
One tablespoon of clarified butter to garnish
Two ounces of medium diced bread
First, soak the beans overnight in enough cold water to cover. Second, drain and rinse the beans. Third, heat oil and add carrots, onion, and celery. Sweat onion until they are translucent, usually four to five minutes. Fourth, combine beans, stock, and ham hock with the sweated vegetables. Simmer, skimming, and stirring from time to time, for two hours or until the beans are tender. Remove ham hocks and dice the meat. Reserve the diced meat for later. Fifth, prepare croutons. Heat butter in a sauce pan, add diced bread, and brown gently. Season the croutons with salt and pepper and reserve for garnish. Sixth, puree half of the soup. Recombine puree and reserved ham hock with remaining soup. Adjust consistency with additional broth if necessary. Seventh, return soup to simmer and adjust seasoning with tobacco, salt, and pepper to taste. Last, garnish individual portions at service time with croutons. (Kaman)
Ingredients for the second recipe include:
One pound dried navy beans or other white beans such as Great Northern
One pound smoked ham hocks
One bay leaf
One teaspoon salt or more to taste
One teaspoon dried thyme
Two cups of chopped onion
Two medium cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
One medium white potato, peeled and coarsely died
Two medium carrots, peeled and finely chopped
Two stalks of celery, finely chopped
Optional: One cup tomato sauce (see note)
One teaspoon ground black pepper
Rinse the beans and discard any that are discolored or shriveled. Soak the beans in water to cover overnight. Drain in a colander and rinse well. Put the beans into a large six quart pot. Add ten cups water, the ham hocks and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook covered until the beans are tender, about one hour, stirring occasionally. Remove the ham hocks and set aside. When cool enough to handle, cut the meat from the bone and dice coarsely. Add the salt, thyme, onion, garlic, potato, carrots, celery and tomato sauce. Cook at a gentle simmer, uncovered, forty minutes. Discard bay leaf. Mash some of the beans with a ladle. Stir the ham into the soup and season with pepper. Adjust the seasonings with additional salt if desired.
Note: There are several variations of Senate Bean Soup. Although this recipe uses tomato sauce, it can be omitted.
2. What was Nielsen’s highest rated television show in the year you were born? Nielsen is a company that. I was born in 1981. Dallas was the number one Nielsen rated television show in 1981. Dallas starred. Dallas was about
3. What was the main headline on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times on the day you were born? I was born April 21, 1981. The main headline on April 21, 1981, on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times read “Rangers and Islanders Triumph, Take 3-1 Series Leads.” The Rangers and Islanders are professional ice hockey teams that were engaged in best of seven playoff series. The Rangers defeated the St. Louis Blues four to one and took a commanding three to one series lead. The Islanders defeated the Edmonton Oilers five to four in overtime and took a three to one series lead also. (Keese)
4. What television show has the greatest number of spin-offs and what were they?
A television series is considered to be a “Spin-off” where one or more of the regular characters were taken from the cast of a previous series. All in the Family television show (1971-1979), starring Carrol O’Conner, debut in 1971. All in the Family was a television series about a working class bigot constantly squabbling with his family over the important issues of the day. Carrol played the controversial Archie Bunker. Co-Starring Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker, Rob Weiner as Michael “Meathead” Stivic and Sally Struthers as Gloria Bunker. All in the Family has quite a few spin offs including Maude, Archie Bunkers Place, Gloria, and The Jeffersons.
Maude (1972-1978) was a spin-off of All in the family centered around Edith’s cousin Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur) who was a liberal independent woman living in Tuckahoe NY with her fourth husband Walter (Bill Macy).
Archie Bunkers Place (1979-1983), a spin-off to All in the Family starring Carrol O’Conner as Archie Bunker. A continuation of the television series All in the Family where Archie loudly and openly voice his opinions in his own bar instead of at home.
Gloria (1982-1983), another spin-off of All in the Family starring Gloria Stivic the daughter of Archie Bunker along with her son Joey (Christian Jacobs). Gloria and her husband Mike are separated and she’s gotten a job in a veterinarian’s office.
The Jeffersons (1975-1985), a nouveau riche, African-American family who moves into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants. A spin off of All in the Family as the African-American neighbors of Archie Bunker, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), Louise Jefferson (Isabel Sanford) and Lionel Jefferson (Mike Evans).
5. Who is Jack Ryan and what is he famous for?
6. How many different types of fighter aircraft are currently in use for the U.S. Navy and what are their types?
7. How many U.S. Presidents have served as Cabinet members?
8. Name one famous person, born April 23 between 1800 and 1850? Stephen Arnold Douglas was born on April 23, 1813. (1813) He was a lawyer, orator, and political leader.
9. What is the etymology of the word wife according to the most current editions of the Oxford English dictionary?
10. How many different space shuttles has NASA used and what are their names?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, has since its inception in 1958 has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. A leading source in scientific research NASA has a total of six different space shuttles, Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, Challenger and Enterprise.
The Columbia is the oldest orbiter contracted in 1972 and the first in the fleet of orbiters to fly into Earth orbit in 1981. Four sister ships joined the fleet over the next 10 years; Challenger, arriving in 1982 but destroyed 4 years later; Discovery arrived in 1983, Atlantis in 1985, Endeavour, which was a replacement for the previously destroyed Challenger in 1991 and lastly a test vehicle the Enterprise was used for suborbital approach to test landing and did not fly in space.

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1. What are two alternate recipes for Senate Bean Soup? Senate bean soup is a standard item on the Senate restaurant’s daily menu. Although the origins of this culinary decree has been lost in antiquity, It is said that Senate bean soup has become a tradition based on a request of Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho who served in the Senate from 1901 to 1907 and sat as chairman of the committee that supervised the Senate Restaurant. The traditional recipe includes mashed potatoes, while later versions had replaced the mashed potatoes for braised onions the more recent versions does not include either. Listed below are two alternate more recent versions of Senate Bean Soup. Ingredients for the first recipe include:
Six ounces of dried navy beans
Forty fluid ounces of chicken stock
One-half smoked ham hock
Vegetable oil as needed
Two ounces of diced onion
Two ounces of diced carrots
Two ounces of diced celery
One-half ounce of minced garlic
One standard sachet d’epices
Tabasco sauce to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
One tablespoon of clarified butter to garnish
Two ounces of medium diced bread
First, soak the beans overnight in enough cold water to cover. Second, drain and rinse the beans. Third, heat oil and add carrots, onion, and celery. Sweat onion until they are translucent, usually four to five minutes. Fourth, combine beans, stock, and ham hock with the sweated vegetables. Simmer, skimming, and stirring from time to time, for two hours or until the beans are tender. Remove ham hocks and dice the meat. Reserve the diced meat for later. Fifth, prepare croutons. Heat butter in a sauce pan, add diced bread, and brown gently. Season the croutons with salt and pepper and reserve for garnish. Sixth, puree half of the soup. Recombine puree and reserved ham hock with remaining soup. Adjust consistency with additional broth if necessary. Seventh, return soup to simmer and adjust seasoning with tobacco, salt, and pepper to taste. Last, garnish individual portions at service time with croutons. (Kaman)
Ingredients for the second recipe include:
One pound dried navy beans or other white beans such as Great Northern
One pound smoked ham hocks
One bay leaf
One teaspoon salt or more to taste
One teaspoon dried thyme
Two cups of chopped onion
Two medium cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
One medium white potato, peeled and coarsely died
Two medium carrots, peeled and finely chopped
Two stalks of celery, finely chopped
Optional: One cup tomato sauce (see note)
One teaspoon ground black pepper
Rinse the beans and discard any that are discolored or shriveled. Soak the beans in water to cover overnight. Drain in a colander and rinse well. Put the beans into a large six quart pot. Add ten cups water, the ham hocks and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook covered until the beans are tender, about one hour, stirring occasionally. Remove the ham hocks and set aside. When cool enough to handle, cut the meat from the bone and dice coarsely. Add the salt, thyme, onion, garlic, potato, carrots, celery and tomato sauce. Cook at a gentle simmer, uncovered, forty minutes. Discard bay leaf. Mash some of the beans with a ladle. Stir the ham into the soup and season with pepper. Adjust the seasonings with additional salt if desired.
Note: There are several variations of Senate Bean Soup. Although this recipe uses tomato sauce, it can be omitted.
2. What was Nielsen’s highest rated television show in the year you were born? Nielsen is a company that. I was born in 1981. Dallas was the number one Nielsen rated television show in 1981. Dallas starred. Dallas was about
3. What was the main headline on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times on the day you were born? I was born April 21, 1981. The main headline on April 21, 1981, on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times read “Rangers and Islanders Triumph, Take 3-1 Series Leads.” The Rangers and Islanders are professional ice hockey teams that were engaged in best of seven playoff series. The Rangers defeated the St. Louis Blues four to one and took a commanding three to one series lead. The Islanders defeated the Edmonton Oilers five to four in overtime and took a three to one series lead also. (Keese)
4. What television show has the greatest number of spin-offs and what were they?
A television series is considered to be a “Spin-off” where one or more of the regular characters were taken from the cast of a previous series. All in the Family television show (1971-1979), starring Carrol O’Conner, debut in 1971. All in the Family was a television series about a working class bigot constantly squabbling with his family over the important issues of the day. Carrol played the controversial Archie Bunker. Co-Starring Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker, Rob Weiner as Michael “Meathead” Stivic and Sally Struthers as Gloria Bunker. All in the Family has quite a few spin offs including Maude, Archie Bunkers Place, Gloria, and The Jeffersons.
Maude (1972-1978) was a spin-off of All in the family centered around Edith’s cousin Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur) who was a liberal independent woman living in Tuckahoe NY with her fourth husband Walter (Bill Macy).
Archie Bunkers Place (1979-1983), a spin-off to All in the Family starring Carrol O’Conner as Archie Bunker. A continuation of the television series All in the Family where Archie loudly and openly voice his opinions in his own bar instead of at home.
Gloria (1982-1983), another spin-off of All in the Family starring Gloria Stivic the daughter of Archie Bunker along with her son Joey (Christian Jacobs). Gloria and her husband Mike are separated and she’s gotten a job in a veterinarian’s office.
The Jeffersons (1975-1985), a nouveau riche, African-American family who moves into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants. A spin off of All in the Family as the African-American neighbors of Archie Bunker, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), Louise Jefferson (Isabel Sanford) and Lionel Jefferson (Mike Evans).
5. Who is Jack Ryan and what is he famous for?
6. How many different types of fighter aircraft are currently in use for the U.S. Navy and what are their types?
7. How many U.S. Presidents have served as Cabinet members?
8. Name one famous person, born April 23 between 1800 and 1850? Stephen Arnold Douglas was born on April 23, 1813. (1813) He was a lawyer, orator, and political leader.
9. What is the etymology of the word wife according to the most current editions of the Oxford English dictionary?
10. How many different space shuttles has NASA used and what are their names?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, has since its inception in 1958 has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. A leading source in scientific research NASA has a total of six different space shuttles, Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, Challenger and Enterprise.
The Columbia is the oldest orbiter contracted in 1972 and the first in the fleet of orbiters to fly into Earth orbit in 1981. Four sister ships joined the fleet over the next 10 years; Challenger, arriving in 1982 but destroyed 4 years later; Discovery arrived in 1983, Atlantis in 1985, Endeavour, which was a replacement for the previously destroyed Challenger in 1991 and lastly a test vehicle the Enterprise was used for suborbital approach to test landing and did not fly in space.

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1. What are two alternate recipes for Senate Bean Soup? Senate bean soup is a standard item on the Senate restaurant’s daily menu. Although the origins of this culinary decree has been lost in antiquity, It is said that Senate bean soup has become a tradition based on a request of Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho who served in the Senate from 1901 to 1907 and sat as chairman of the committee that supervised the Senate Restaurant. The traditional recipe includes mashed potatoes, while later versions had replaced the mashed potatoes for braised onions the more recent versions does not include either. Listed below are two alternate more recent versions of Senate Bean Soup. Ingredients for the first recipe include:
Six ounces of dried navy beans
Forty fluid ounces of chicken stock
One-half smoked ham hock
Vegetable oil as needed
Two ounces of diced onion
Two ounces of diced carrots
Two ounces of diced celery
One-half ounce of minced garlic
One standard sachet d’epices
Tabasco sauce to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
One tablespoon of clarified butter to garnish
Two ounces of medium diced bread
First, soak the beans overnight in enough cold water to cover. Second, drain and rinse the beans. Third, heat oil and add carrots, onion, and celery. Sweat onion until they are translucent, usually four to five minutes. Fourth, combine beans, stock, and ham hock with the sweated vegetables. Simmer, skimming, and stirring from time to time, for two hours or until the beans are tender. Remove ham hocks and dice the meat. Reserve the diced meat for later. Fifth, prepare croutons. Heat butter in a sauce pan, add diced bread, and brown gently. Season the croutons with salt and pepper and reserve for garnish. Sixth, puree half of the soup. Recombine puree and reserved ham hock with remaining soup. Adjust consistency with additional broth if necessary. Seventh, return soup to simmer and adjust seasoning with tobacco, salt, and pepper to taste. Last, garnish individual portions at service time with croutons. (Kaman)
Ingredients for the second recipe include:
One pound dried navy beans or other white beans such as Great Northern
One pound smoked ham hocks
One bay leaf
One teaspoon salt or more to taste
One teaspoon dried thyme
Two cups of chopped onion
Two medium cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
One medium white potato, peeled and coarsely died
Two medium carrots, peeled and finely chopped
Two stalks of celery, finely chopped
Optional: One cup tomato sauce (see note)
One teaspoon ground black pepper
Rinse the beans and discard any that are discolored or shriveled. Soak the beans in water to cover overnight. Drain in a colander and rinse well. Put the beans into a large six quart pot. Add ten cups water, the ham hocks and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook covered until the beans are tender, about one hour, stirring occasionally. Remove the ham hocks and set aside. When cool enough to handle, cut the meat from the bone and dice coarsely. Add the salt, thyme, onion, garlic, potato, carrots, celery and tomato sauce. Cook at a gentle simmer, uncovered, forty minutes. Discard bay leaf. Mash some of the beans with a ladle. Stir the ham into the soup and season with pepper. Adjust the seasonings with additional salt if desired.
Note: There are several variations of Senate Bean Soup. Although this recipe uses tomato sauce, it can be omitted.
2. What was Nielsen’s highest rated television show in the year you were born? Nielsen is a company that. I was born in 1981. Dallas was the number one Nielsen rated television show in 1981. Dallas starred. Dallas was about
3. What was the main headline on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times on the day you were born? I was born April 21, 1981. The main headline on April 21, 1981, on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times read “Rangers and Islanders Triumph, Take 3-1 Series Leads.” The Rangers and Islanders are professional ice hockey teams that were engaged in best of seven playoff series. The Rangers defeated the St. Louis Blues four to one and took a commanding three to one series lead. The Islanders defeated the Edmonton Oilers five to four in overtime and took a three to one series lead also. (Keese)
4. What television show has the greatest number of spin-offs and what were they?
A television series is considered to be a “Spin-off” where one or more of the regular characters were taken from the cast of a previous series. All in the Family television show (1971-1979), starring Carrol O’Conner, debut in 1971. All in the Family was a television series about a working class bigot constantly squabbling with his family over the important issues of the day. Carrol played the controversial Archie Bunker. Co-Starring Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker, Rob Weiner as Michael “Meathead” Stivic and Sally Struthers as Gloria Bunker. All in the Family has quite a few spin offs including Maude, Archie Bunkers Place, Gloria, and The Jeffersons.
Maude (1972-1978) was a spin-off of All in the family centered around Edith’s cousin Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur) who was a liberal independent woman living in Tuckahoe NY with her fourth husband Walter (Bill Macy).
Archie Bunkers Place (1979-1983), a spin-off to All in the Family starring Carrol O’Conner as Archie Bunker. A continuation of the television series All in the Family where Archie loudly and openly voice his opinions in his own bar instead of at home.
Gloria (1982-1983), another spin-off of All in the Family starring Gloria Stivic the daughter of Archie Bunker along with her son Joey (Christian Jacobs). Gloria and her husband Mike are separated and she’s gotten a job in a veterinarian’s office.
The Jeffersons (1975-1985), a nouveau riche, African-American family who moves into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants. A spin off of All in the Family as the African-American neighbors of Archie Bunker, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), Louise Jefferson (Isabel Sanford) and Lionel Jefferson (Mike Evans).
5. Who is Jack Ryan and what is he famous for?
6. How many different types of fighter aircraft are currently in use for the U.S. Navy and what are their types?
7. How many U.S. Presidents have served as Cabinet members?
8. Name one famous person, born April 23 between 1800 and 1850? Stephen Arnold Douglas was born on April 23, 1813. (1813) He was a lawyer, orator, and political leader.
9. What is the etymology of the word wife according to the most current editions of the Oxford English dictionary?
10. How many different space shuttles has NASA used and what are their names?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, has since its inception in 1958 has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. A leading source in scientific research NASA has a total of six different space shuttles, Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, Challenger and Enterprise.
The Columbia is the oldest orbiter contracted in 1972 and the first in the fleet of orbiters to fly into Earth orbit in 1981. Four sister ships joined the fleet over the next 10 years; Challenger, arriving in 1982 but destroyed 4 years later; Discovery arrived in 1983, Atlantis in 1985, Endeavour, which was a replacement for the previously destroyed Challenger in 1991 and lastly a test vehicle the Enterprise was used for suborbital approach to test landing and did not fly in space.

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1. What are two alternate recipes for Senate Bean Soup? Senate bean soup is a standard item on the Senate restaurant’s daily menu. Although the origins of this culinary decree has been lost in antiquity, It is said that Senate bean soup has become a tradition based on a request of Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho who served in the Senate from 1901 to 1907 and sat as chairman of the committee that supervised the Senate Restaurant. The traditional recipe includes mashed potatoes, while later versions had replaced the mashed potatoes for braised onions the more recent versions does not include either. Listed below are two alternate more recent versions of Senate Bean Soup. Ingredients for the first recipe include:
Six ounces of dried navy beans
Forty fluid ounces of chicken stock
One-half smoked ham hock
Vegetable oil as needed
Two ounces of diced onion
Two ounces of diced carrots
Two ounces of diced celery
One-half ounce of minced garlic
One standard sachet d’epices
Tabasco sauce to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
One tablespoon of clarified butter to garnish
Two ounces of medium diced bread
First, soak the beans overnight in enough cold water to cover. Second, drain and rinse the beans. Third, heat oil and add carrots, onion, and celery. Sweat onion until they are translucent, usually four to five minutes. Fourth, combine beans, stock, and ham hock with the sweated vegetables. Simmer, skimming, and stirring from time to time, for two hours or until the beans are tender. Remove ham hocks and dice the meat. Reserve the diced meat for later. Fifth, prepare croutons. Heat butter in a sauce pan, add diced bread, and brown gently. Season the croutons with salt and pepper and reserve for garnish. Sixth, puree half of the soup. Recombine puree and reserved ham hock with remaining soup. Adjust consistency with additional broth if necessary. Seventh, return soup to simmer and adjust seasoning with tobacco, salt, and pepper to taste. Last, garnish individual portions at service time with croutons. (Kaman)
Ingredients for the second recipe include:
One pound dried navy beans or other white beans such as Great Northern
One pound smoked ham hocks
One bay leaf
One teaspoon salt or more to taste
One teaspoon dried thyme
Two cups of chopped onion
Two medium cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
One medium white potato, peeled and coarsely died
Two medium carrots, peeled and finely chopped
Two stalks of celery, finely chopped
Optional: One cup tomato sauce (see note)
One teaspoon ground black pepper
Rinse the beans and discard any that are discolored or shriveled. Soak the beans in water to cover overnight. Drain in a colander and rinse well. Put the beans into a large six quart pot. Add ten cups water, the ham hocks and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook covered until the beans are tender, about one hour, stirring occasionally. Remove the ham hocks and set aside. When cool enough to handle, cut the meat from the bone and dice coarsely. Add the salt, thyme, onion, garlic, potato, carrots, celery and tomato sauce. Cook at a gentle simmer, uncovered, forty minutes. Discard bay leaf. Mash some of the beans with a ladle. Stir the ham into the soup and season with pepper. Adjust the seasonings with additional salt if desired.
Note: There are several variations of Senate Bean Soup. Although this recipe uses tomato sauce, it can be omitted.
2. What was Nielsen’s highest rated television show in the year you were born? Nielsen is a company that. I was born in 1981. Dallas was the number one Nielsen rated television show in 1981. Dallas starred. Dallas was about
3. What was the main headline on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times on the day you were born? I was born April 21, 1981. The main headline on April 21, 1981, on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times read “Rangers and Islanders Triumph, Take 3-1 Series Leads.” The Rangers and Islanders are professional ice hockey teams that were engaged in best of seven playoff series. The Rangers defeated the St. Louis Blues four to one and took a commanding three to one series lead. The Islanders defeated the Edmonton Oilers five to four in overtime and took a three to one series lead also. (Keese)
4. What television show has the greatest number of spin-offs and what were they?
A television series is considered to be a “Spin-off” where one or more of the regular characters were taken from the cast of a previous series. All in the Family television show (1971-1979), starring Carrol O’Conner, debut in 1971. All in the Family was a television series about a working class bigot constantly squabbling with his family over the important issues of the day. Carrol played the controversial Archie Bunker. Co-Starring Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker, Rob Weiner as Michael “Meathead” Stivic and Sally Struthers as Gloria Bunker. All in the Family has quite a few spin offs including Maude, Archie Bunkers Place, Gloria, and The Jeffersons.
Maude (1972-1978) was a spin-off of All in the family centered around Edith’s cousin Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur) who was a liberal independent woman living in Tuckahoe NY with her fourth husband Walter (Bill Macy).
Archie Bunkers Place (1979-1983), a spin-off to All in the Family starring Carrol O’Conner as Archie Bunker. A continuation of the television series All in the Family where Archie loudly and openly voice his opinions in his own bar instead of at home.
Gloria (1982-1983), another spin-off of All in the Family starring Gloria Stivic the daughter of Archie Bunker along with her son Joey (Christian Jacobs). Gloria and her husband Mike are separated and she’s gotten a job in a veterinarian’s office.
The Jeffersons (1975-1985), a nouveau riche, African-American family who moves into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants. A spin off of All in the Family as the African-American neighbors of Archie Bunker, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), Louise Jefferson (Isabel Sanford) and Lionel Jefferson (Mike Evans).
5. Who is Jack Ryan and what is he famous for?
6. How many different types of fighter aircraft are currently in use for the U.S. Navy and what are their types?
7. How many U.S. Presidents have served as Cabinet members?
8. Name one famous person, born April 23 between 1800 and 1850? Stephen Arnold Douglas was born on April 23, 1813. (1813) He was a lawyer, orator, and political leader.
9. What is the etymology of the word wife according to the most current editions of the Oxford English dictionary?
10. How many different space shuttles has NASA used and what are their names?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, has since its inception in 1958 has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. A leading source in scientific research NASA has a total of six different space shuttles, Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, Challenger and Enterprise.
The Columbia is the oldest orbiter contracted in 1972 and the first in the fleet of orbiters to fly into Earth orbit in 1981. Four sister ships joined the fleet over the next 10 years; Challenger, arriving in 1982 but destroyed 4 years later; Discovery arrived in 1983, Atlantis in 1985, Endeavour, which was a replacement for the previously destroyed Challenger in 1991 and lastly a test vehicle the Enterprise was used for suborbital approach to test landing and did not fly in space.

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1. What are two alternate recipes for Senate Bean Soup? Senate bean soup is a standard item on the Senate restaurant’s daily menu. Although the origins of this culinary decree has been lost in antiquity, It is said that Senate bean soup has become a tradition based on a request of Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho who served in the Senate from 1901 to 1907 and sat as chairman of the committee that supervised the Senate Restaurant. The traditional recipe includes mashed potatoes, while later versions had replaced the mashed potatoes for braised onions the more recent versions does not include either. Listed below are two alternate more recent versions of Senate Bean Soup. Ingredients for the first recipe include:
Six ounces of dried navy beans
Forty fluid ounces of chicken stock
One-half smoked ham hock
Vegetable oil as needed
Two ounces of diced onion
Two ounces of diced carrots
Two ounces of diced celery
One-half ounce of minced garlic
One standard sachet d’epices
Tabasco sauce to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
One tablespoon of clarified butter to garnish
Two ounces of medium diced bread
First, soak the beans overnight in enough cold water to cover. Second, drain and rinse the beans. Third, heat oil and add carrots, onion, and celery. Sweat onion until they are translucent, usually four to five minutes. Fourth, combine beans, stock, and ham hock with the sweated vegetables. Simmer, skimming, and stirring from time to time, for two hours or until the beans are tender. Remove ham hocks and dice the meat. Reserve the diced meat for later. Fifth, prepare croutons. Heat butter in a sauce pan, add diced bread, and brown gently. Season the croutons with salt and pepper and reserve for garnish. Sixth, puree half of the soup. Recombine puree and reserved ham hock with remaining soup. Adjust consistency with additional broth if necessary. Seventh, return soup to simmer and adjust seasoning with tobacco, salt, and pepper to taste. Last, garnish individual portions at service time with croutons. (Kaman)
Ingredients for the second recipe include:
One pound dried navy beans or other white beans such as Great Northern
One pound smoked ham hocks
One bay leaf
One teaspoon salt or more to taste
One teaspoon dried thyme
Two cups of chopped onion
Two medium cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
One medium white potato, peeled and coarsely died
Two medium carrots, peeled and finely chopped
Two stalks of celery, finely chopped
Optional: One cup tomato sauce (see note)
One teaspoon ground black pepper
Rinse the beans and discard any that are discolored or shriveled. Soak the beans in water to cover overnight. Drain in a colander and rinse well. Put the beans into a large six quart pot. Add ten cups water, the ham hocks and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook covered until the beans are tender, about one hour, stirring occasionally. Remove the ham hocks and set aside. When cool enough to handle, cut the meat from the bone and dice coarsely. Add the salt, thyme, onion, garlic, potato, carrots, celery and tomato sauce. Cook at a gentle simmer, uncovered, forty minutes. Discard bay leaf. Mash some of the beans with a ladle. Stir the ham into the soup and season with pepper. Adjust the seasonings with additional salt if desired.
Note: There are several variations of Senate Bean Soup. Although this recipe uses tomato sauce, it can be omitted.
2. What was Nielsen’s highest rated television show in the year you were born? Nielsen is a company that. I was born in 1981. Dallas was the number one Nielsen rated television show in 1981. Dallas starred. Dallas was about
3. What was the main headline on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times on the day you were born? I was born April 21, 1981. The main headline on April 21, 1981, on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times read “Rangers and Islanders Triumph, Take 3-1 Series Leads.” The Rangers and Islanders are professional ice hockey teams that were engaged in best of seven playoff series. The Rangers defeated the St. Louis Blues four to one and took a commanding three to one series lead. The Islanders defeated the Edmonton Oilers five to four in overtime and took a three to one series lead also. (Keese)
4. What television show has the greatest number of spin-offs and what were they?
A television series is considered to be a “Spin-off” where one or more of the regular characters were taken from the cast of a previous series. All in the Family television show (1971-1979), starring Carrol O’Conner, debut in 1971. All in the Family was a television series about a working class bigot constantly squabbling with his family over the important issues of the day. Carrol played the controversial Archie Bunker. Co-Starring Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker, Rob Weiner as Michael “Meathead” Stivic and Sally Struthers as Gloria Bunker. All in the Family has quite a few spin offs including Maude, Archie Bunkers Place, Gloria, and The Jeffersons.
Maude (1972-1978) was a spin-off of All in the family centered around Edith’s cousin Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur) who was a liberal independent woman living in Tuckahoe NY with her fourth husband Walter (Bill Macy).
Archie Bunkers Place (1979-1983), a spin-off to All in the Family starring Carrol O’Conner as Archie Bunker. A continuation of the television series All in the Family where Archie loudly and openly voice his opinions in his own bar instead of at home.
Gloria (1982-1983), another spin-off of All in the Family starring Gloria Stivic the daughter of Archie Bunker along with her son Joey (Christian Jacobs). Gloria and her husband Mike are separated and she’s gotten a job in a veterinarian’s office.
The Jeffersons (1975-1985), a nouveau riche, African-American family who moves into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants. A spin off of All in the Family as the African-American neighbors of Archie Bunker, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), Louise Jefferson (Isabel Sanford) and Lionel Jefferson (Mike Evans).
5. Who is Jack Ryan and what is he famous for?
6. How many different types of fighter aircraft are currently in use for the U.S. Navy and what are their types?
7. How many U.S. Presidents have served as Cabinet members?
8. Name one famous person, born April 23 between 1800 and 1850? Stephen Arnold Douglas was born on April 23, 1813. (1813) He was a lawyer, orator, and political leader.
9. What is the etymology of the word wife according to the most current editions of the Oxford English dictionary?
10. How many different space shuttles has NASA used and what are their names?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, has since its inception in 1958 has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. A leading source in scientific research NASA has a total of six different space shuttles, Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, Challenger and Enterprise.
The Columbia is the oldest orbiter contracted in 1972 and the first in the fleet of orbiters to fly into Earth orbit in 1981. Four sister ships joined the fleet over the next 10 years; Challenger, arriving in 1982 but destroyed 4 years later; Discovery arrived in 1983, Atlantis in 1985, Endeavour, which was a replacement for the previously destroyed Challenger in 1991 and lastly a test vehicle the Enterprise was used for suborbital approach to test landing and did not fly in space.

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1. What are two alternate recipes for Senate Bean Soup? Senate bean soup is a standard item on the Senate restaurant’s daily menu. Although the origins of this culinary decree has been lost in antiquity, It is said that Senate bean soup has become a tradition based on a request of Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho who served in the Senate from 1901 to 1907 and sat as chairman of the committee that supervised the Senate Restaurant. The traditional recipe includes mashed potatoes, while later versions had replaced the mashed potatoes for braised onions the more recent versions does not include either. Listed below are two alternate more recent versions of Senate Bean Soup. Ingredients for the first recipe include:
Six ounces of dried navy beans
Forty fluid ounces of chicken stock
One-half smoked ham hock
Vegetable oil as needed
Two ounces of diced onion
Two ounces of diced carrots
Two ounces of diced celery
One-half ounce of minced garlic
One standard sachet d’epices
Tabasco sauce to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
One tablespoon of clarified butter to garnish
Two ounces of medium diced bread
First, soak the beans overnight in enough cold water to cover. Second, drain and rinse the beans. Third, heat oil and add carrots, onion, and celery. Sweat onion until they are translucent, usually four to five minutes. Fourth, combine beans, stock, and ham hock with the sweated vegetables. Simmer, skimming, and stirring from time to time, for two hours or until the beans are tender. Remove ham hocks and dice the meat. Reserve the diced meat for later. Fifth, prepare croutons. Heat butter in a sauce pan, add diced bread, and brown gently. Season the croutons with salt and pepper and reserve for garnish. Sixth, puree half of the soup. Recombine puree and reserved ham hock with remaining soup. Adjust consistency with additional broth if necessary. Seventh, return soup to simmer and adjust seasoning with tobacco, salt, and pepper to taste. Last, garnish individual portions at service time with croutons. (Kaman)
Ingredients for the second recipe include:
One pound dried navy beans or other white beans such as Great Northern
One pound smoked ham hocks
One bay leaf
One teaspoon salt or more to taste
One teaspoon dried thyme
Two cups of chopped onion
Two medium cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
One medium white potato, peeled and coarsely died
Two medium carrots, peeled and finely chopped
Two stalks of celery, finely chopped
Optional: One cup tomato sauce (see note)
One teaspoon ground black pepper
Rinse the beans and discard any that are discolored or shriveled. Soak the beans in water to cover overnight. Drain in a colander and rinse well. Put the beans into a large six quart pot. Add ten cups water, the ham hocks and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook covered until the beans are tender, about one hour, stirring occasionally. Remove the ham hocks and set aside. When cool enough to handle, cut the meat from the bone and dice coarsely. Add the salt, thyme, onion, garlic, potato, carrots, celery and tomato sauce. Cook at a gentle simmer, uncovered, forty minutes. Discard bay leaf. Mash some of the beans with a ladle. Stir the ham into the soup and season with pepper. Adjust the seasonings with additional salt if desired.
Note: There are several variations of Senate Bean Soup. Although this recipe uses tomato sauce, it can be omitted.
2. What was Nielsen’s highest rated television show in the year you were born? Nielsen is a company that. I was born in 1981. Dallas was the number one Nielsen rated television show in 1981. Dallas starred. Dallas was about
3. What was the main headline on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times on the day you were born? I was born April 21, 1981. The main headline on April 21, 1981, on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times read “Rangers and Islanders Triumph, Take 3-1 Series Leads.” The Rangers and Islanders are professional ice hockey teams that were engaged in best of seven playoff series. The Rangers defeated the St. Louis Blues four to one and took a commanding three to one series lead. The Islanders defeated the Edmonton Oilers five to four in overtime and took a three to one series lead also. (Keese)
4. What television show has the greatest number of spin-offs and what were they?
A television series is considered to be a “Spin-off” where one or more of the regular characters were taken from the cast of a previous series. All in the Family television show (1971-1979), starring Carrol O’Conner, debut in 1971. All in the Family was a television series about a working class bigot constantly squabbling with his family over the important issues of the day. Carrol played the controversial Archie Bunker. Co-Starring Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker, Rob Weiner as Michael “Meathead” Stivic and Sally Struthers as Gloria Bunker. All in the Family has quite a few spin offs including Maude, Archie Bunkers Place, Gloria, and The Jeffersons.
Maude (1972-1978) was a spin-off of All in the family centered around Edith’s cousin Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur) who was a liberal independent woman living in Tuckahoe NY with her fourth husband Walter (Bill Macy).
Archie Bunkers Place (1979-1983), a spin-off to All in the Family starring Carrol O’Conner as Archie Bunker. A continuation of the television series All in the Family where Archie loudly and openly voice his opinions in his own bar instead of at home.
Gloria (1982-1983), another spin-off of All in the Family starring Gloria Stivic the daughter of Archie Bunker along with her son Joey (Christian Jacobs). Gloria and her husband Mike are separated and she’s gotten a job in a veterinarian’s office.
The Jeffersons (1975-1985), a nouveau riche, African-American family who moves into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants. A spin off of All in the Family as the African-American neighbors of Archie Bunker, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), Louise Jefferson (Isabel Sanford) and Lionel Jefferson (Mike Evans).
5. Who is Jack Ryan and what is he famous for?
6. How many different types of fighter aircraft are currently in use for the U.S. Navy and what are their types?
7. How many U.S. Presidents have served as Cabinet members?
8. Name one famous person, born April 23 between 1800 and 1850? Stephen Arnold Douglas was born on April 23, 1813. (1813) He was a lawyer, orator, and political leader.
9. What is the etymology of the word wife according to the most current editions of the Oxford English dictionary?
10. How many different space shuttles has NASA used and what are their names?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, has since its inception in 1958 has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. A leading source in scientific research NASA has a total of six different space shuttles, Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, Challenger and Enterprise.
The Columbia is the oldest orbiter contracted in 1972 and the first in the fleet of orbiters to fly into Earth orbit in 1981. Four sister ships joined the fleet over the next 10 years; Challenger, arriving in 1982 but destroyed 4 years later; Discovery arrived in 1983, Atlantis in 1985, Endeavour, which was a replacement for the previously destroyed Challenger in 1991 and lastly a test vehicle the Enterprise was used for suborbital approach to test landing and did not fly in space.

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1. What are two alternate recipes for Senate Bean Soup? Senate bean soup is a standard item on the Senate restaurant’s daily menu. Although the origins of this culinary decree has been lost in antiquity, It is said that Senate bean soup has become a tradition based on a request of Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho who served in the Senate from 1901 to 1907 and sat as chairman of the committee that supervised the Senate Restaurant. The traditional recipe includes mashed potatoes, while later versions had replaced the mashed potatoes for braised onions the more recent versions does not include either. Listed below are two alternate more recent versions of Senate Bean Soup. Ingredients for the first recipe include:
Six ounces of dried navy beans
Forty fluid ounces of chicken stock
One-half smoked ham hock
Vegetable oil as needed
Two ounces of diced onion
Two ounces of diced carrots
Two ounces of diced celery
One-half ounce of minced garlic
One standard sachet d’epices
Tabasco sauce to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
One tablespoon of clarified butter to garnish
Two ounces of medium diced bread
First, soak the beans overnight in enough cold water to cover. Second, drain and rinse the beans. Third, heat oil and add carrots, onion, and celery. Sweat onion until they are translucent, usually four to five minutes. Fourth, combine beans, stock, and ham hock with the sweated vegetables. Simmer, skimming, and stirring from time to time, for two hours or until the beans are tender. Remove ham hocks and dice the meat. Reserve the diced meat for later. Fifth, prepare croutons. Heat butter in a sauce pan, add diced bread, and brown gently. Season the croutons with salt and pepper and reserve for garnish. Sixth, puree half of the soup. Recombine puree and reserved ham hock with remaining soup. Adjust consistency with additional broth if necessary. Seventh, return soup to simmer and adjust seasoning with tobacco, salt, and pepper to taste. Last, garnish individual portions at service time with croutons. (Kaman)
Ingredients for the second recipe include:
One pound dried navy beans or other white beans such as Great Northern
One pound smoked ham hocks
One bay leaf
One teaspoon salt or more to taste
One teaspoon dried thyme
Two cups of chopped onion
Two medium cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
One medium white potato, peeled and coarsely died
Two medium carrots, peeled and finely chopped
Two stalks of celery, finely chopped
Optional: One cup tomato sauce (see note)
One teaspoon ground black pepper
Rinse the beans and discard any that are discolored or shriveled. Soak the beans in water to cover overnight. Drain in a colander and rinse well. Put the beans into a large six quart pot. Add ten cups water, the ham hocks and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook covered until the beans are tender, about one hour, stirring occasionally. Remove the ham hocks and set aside. When cool enough to handle, cut the meat from the bone and dice coarsely. Add the salt, thyme, onion, garlic, potato, carrots, celery and tomato sauce. Cook at a gentle simmer, uncovered, forty minutes. Discard bay leaf. Mash some of the beans with a ladle. Stir the ham into the soup and season with pepper. Adjust the seasonings with additional salt if desired.
Note: There are several variations of Senate Bean Soup. Although this recipe uses tomato sauce, it can be omitted.
2. What was Nielsen’s highest rated television show in the year you were born? Nielsen is a company that. I was born in 1981. Dallas was the number one Nielsen rated television show in 1981. Dallas starred. Dallas was about
3. What was the main headline on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times on the day you were born? I was born April 21, 1981. The main headline on April 21, 1981, on the front page of the Sports Section of the New York Times read “Rangers and Islanders Triumph, Take 3-1 Series Leads.” The Rangers and Islanders are professional ice hockey teams that were engaged in best of seven playoff series. The Rangers defeated the St. Louis Blues four to one and took a commanding three to one series lead. The Islanders defeated the Edmonton Oilers five to four in overtime and took a three to one series lead also. (Keese)
4. What television show has the greatest number of spin-offs and what were they?
A television series is considered to be a “Spin-off” where one or more of the regular characters were taken from the cast of a previous series. All in the Family television show (1971-1979), starring Carrol O’Conner, debut in 1971. All in the Family was a television series about a working class bigot constantly squabbling with his family over the important issues of the day. Carrol played the controversial Archie Bunker. Co-Starring Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker, Rob Weiner as Michael “Meathead” Stivic and Sally Struthers as Gloria Bunker. All in the Family has quite a few spin offs including Maude, Archie Bunkers Place, Gloria, and The Jeffersons.
Maude (1972-1978) was a spin-off of All in the family centered around Edith’s cousin Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur) who was a liberal independent woman living in Tuckahoe NY with her fourth husband Walter (Bill Macy).
Archie Bunkers Place (1979-1983), a spin-off to All in the Family starring Carrol O’Conner as Archie Bunker. A continuation of the television series All in the Family where Archie loudly and openly voice his opinions in his own bar instead of at home.
Gloria (1982-1983), another spin-off of All in the Family starring Gloria Stivic the daughter of Archie Bunker along with her son Joey (Christian Jacobs). Gloria and her husband Mike are separated and she’s gotten a job in a veterinarian’s office.
The Jeffersons (1975-1985), a nouveau riche, African-American family who moves into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants. A spin off of All in the Family as the African-American neighbors of Archie Bunker, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), Louise Jefferson (Isabel Sanford) and Lionel Jefferson (Mike Evans).
5. Who is Jack Ryan and what is he famous for?
6. How many different types of fighter aircraft are currently in use for the U.S. Navy and what are their types?
7. How many U.S. Presidents have served as Cabinet members?
8. Name one famous person, born April 23 between 1800 and 1850? Stephen Arnold Douglas was born on April 23, 1813. (1813) He was a lawyer, orator, and political leader.
9. What is the etymology of the word wife according to the most current editions of the Oxford English dictionary?
10. How many different space shuttles has NASA used and what are their names?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, has since its inception in 1958 has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. A leading source in scientific research NASA has a total of six different space shuttles, Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, Challenger and Enterprise.
The Columbia is the oldest orbiter contracted in 1972 and the first in the fleet of orbiters to fly into Earth orbit in 1981. Four sister ships joined the fleet over the next 10 years; Challenger, arriving in 1982 but destroyed 4 years later; Discovery arrived in 1983, Atlantis in 1985, Endeavour, which was a replacement for the previously destroyed Challenger in 1991 and lastly a test vehicle the Enterprise was used for suborbital approach to test landing and did not fly in space.