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    | To defeat the Lernean hydra, this hero cut off 8 of its heads & buried the ninth under a big rock | Hercules 
 
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    | One-act plays by this politician include 1975's "Audience" & 1978's "Protest" | (Alex: Yes, less than a minute.) 
 Havel
 
 
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    | 1967: Benjamin Braddock
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 Dustin Hoffman
 
 
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    | In TV cartoons, Sherman was this animated dog's boy | Peabody 
 
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    | On trial for war crimes, he was found dead in his cell in The Hague March 11, 2006 | Milosevic 
 
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    | A small hospital, or the large institution bearing the Mayo family name | a clinic 
 
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    | Ometotl (who created himself) was the first god to exist in this culture's mythology | (Eric: What is Egyptian?) 
 the Aztecs
 
 
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    | This Czech-born playwright directed the film version of his "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" | (Tom) Stoppard 
 
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    | 1972: Kay Adams;
 1974:
 Kay Corleone;
 1990:
 Kay Adams Michelson
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 Diane Keaton
 
 
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    | Sherman Minton was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1949 by this president | Truman 
 
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    | On March 4, 1913 Chief Justice White had ham for breakfast & went to the Capitol to do this (OK, the ham is a guess) | swear in the president 
 
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    | Preliminary training for military recruits | basic 
 
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    | Thought to live in the Kilauea volcano, this goddess is the daughter of Hina in one legend | Pele 
 
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    | Known for his short stories, this writer got a law degree from Charles University in 1906 | Franz Kafka 
 
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    | 1981 & 1996: Snake Plissken
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 Kurt Russell
 
 
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    | General William Tecumseh Sherman was born in 1820 & saw action during this 1846-48 war | the Mexican-American War 
 
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    | This man's reforms in 45 B.C. made March the third month rather than the first | Julius Caesar 
 
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    | An overpowering fear; you might have a "room" for it | a panic 
 
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    | Rhea stopped Cronus from swallowing him, her sixth consecutive child, by replacing him with a rock | Zeus 
 
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    | In 1892 this composer became director of New York's National Conservatory of Music | (Antonin) Dvorak 
 
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    | One of the 2 important "Acts" written by U.S. Senator John Sherman in 1890 | the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (or the Sherman Silver Purchase Act) 
 
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    | One of the 2 astrological signs that fall in March | Pisces (or Aries) 
 
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    | A high-quality French brandy from white grapes | cognac 
 
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    | Egyptians made sure tombs contained one of these tomes so the "soul" could get by Osiris & his 42 demons | The Book of the Dead 
 
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    | This writer coined the word "robot" from the Czech word for forced labor | (Kristen: Who is Isaac Asimov?) 
 Karel Capek
 
 
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    | 1941: Joel Cairo &
 1942:
 Ugarte
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 Peter Lorre
 
 
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    | Fittingly, Congressman Brad Sherman represents this L.A. suburb, home of the Galleria of "Valley Girl" fame | (Kristen: What is the San Fernando Valley?) 
 Sherman Oaks
 
 
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    | This celestial event happened on March 20, 2006 at 1:26 PM EST | the vernal equinox 
 
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    | From the Greek for "vault", it can mean secret or hidden, like some crossword clues | cryptic 
 
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