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• “Romaic” update: Lexicographer Ramona Michaelis explains why the word means “of or pertaining to modern Greece.” Modern Greek was once widely known as Romaic because it was spoken in the Eastern Roman Empire.

• Before becoming a celebrated screenwriter and director (of such films as “The Lady Eve” and “Sullivan’s Travels”), Preston Sturges worked for his mother’s cosmetics company, where he invented a kiss-proof lipstick.

The earliest-serving U.S. president to have his own presidential library is:

A) George Washington

B) Abraham Lincoln

C) Woodrow Wilson

D) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer Monday.

Friday’s answer: Muhammad Ali, Evel Knievel and Jackie Robinson all portrayed themselves in a Hollywood biopic, but John Glenn never did.

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