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Some scholars believe he initially called off his marriage, as he'd fallen in love with a friend of the Todds |
Lincoln
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The threat to use physical harm, it becomes "aggravated" when combined with the use of a deadly weapon |
assault
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Glades, Osceola, Suwannee |
Florida
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Pun alert! To make its home, the pocket gopher doesn't beg or steal, it does this |
burrows
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The recipes in a cookbook called "True Grits" were inspired by the movies of this man |
John Wayne
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In old song titles, it precedes "The Sad Sea Waves" & "The Light Of The Silvery Moon" |
by
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Ooh la la! He fooled around with the very married Maria Cosway while he was Minister to France |
Jefferson
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On April 13, 2005 he pleaded guilty to 2 clinic bombings & the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Park attack |
(Eric) Rudolph
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Beaverhead, Flathead, Custer |
(Brad: What is Wyoming?)
Montana
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The "livery" type of this hires out horses & carriages |
a stable
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Jungle rules must have applied during Lupe Velez' stormy 1930s marriage to this big screen "swinger" |
(Alex: Tarzan.)
(Johnny) Weissmuller
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To bet that the Rams & Colts will combine to score more than 42 points it to "take" this |
the over
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Kay Summersby drove him to work in the 1940s & may have driven him to infidelity as well |
Eisenhower
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In July 1894 Butch Cassidy was convicted of this crime, which branded him a crook |
cattle rustling
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Bell, Boone, Bourbon |
Kentucky
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The barn in "Charlotte's Web" has a pigpen for Wilbur, tie-ups for the cows & this "down below for the sheep" |
a sheepfold
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In 1988 a painting of this deceased mayor wearing lingerie was removed from the Art Institute of Chicago |
Harold Washington
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It can precede "the curve", "the times", or in a Smithereens song, "The Wall of Sleep" |
(John: What is, uh, ahead of?) ... (Alex: You were on the right track, though, John.)
behind
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In an effort to keep his affair with Mrs. Carrie Phillips a secret, the RNC sent her on a paid trip to Asia in 1920 |
Harding
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As leader of this urban terrorist "army", Donald De Freeze called himself Cinque |
[ERRATUM: "DeFreeze" should have had no space.]
the SLA (the Symbionese Liberation Army)
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Carroll, Caroline, Calvert |
Maryland
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If you own 1 or more cichlids, we hope you keep them in one of these |
an aquarium
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"Kiss Me Like a Stranger" is the new autobiography of this comic actor born Jerry Silberman |
Gene Wilder
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Just once, this word wants to be used without its companion & synonym, the word "between" |
betwixt
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In the 1870s, while he was the sheriff of Buffalo, he fathered a child with a Mrs. Maria Halpin |
(Grover) Cleveland
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These Chinese secret societies that met in tongs in North America started as groups of kung fu fighters |
(Chris: Who are the Boxers?)
triads
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Yamhill, Crook, Tillamook |
Oregon
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Sean O'Casey described this author of "The Inimitable Jeeves" as "English Literature's Performing Flea" |
P.G. Wodehouse
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When not in its usual time context, it can mean "in the presence of" |
(Brad: What is circa?) (Alex: Ah, no. What is [*].) (Brad: Oh! Yes.) (Alex: To stand [*] the king. To stand [*] the host.) (Brad: Now I see.)
before
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