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    | Atherosclerosis is better known by this 4-word phrase | hardening of the arteries 
 
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    | It can be a walk or a dance in which the feet aren't lifted from the floor | a shuffle 
 
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    | In office from 1995: George Pataki
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    | A violent windstorm, proverbially "in a teapot" | tempest 
 
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    | On Sept. 9, 1087 this Norman stopped stormin' after being thrown from his horse at the Battle of Mantes | William the Conqueror 
 
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    | On Sept. 9, 1956 an estimated 1/3 of the U.S. population watched Elvis on this man's variety show | Ed Sullivan 
 
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    | Hay fever is caused by antibodies reacting with inhaled pollen, causing the release of this | histamines 
 
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    | It's the type of military parade step seen here | a goose step 
 
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    | In office from 2003: Mitt Romney
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    | An aromatic herb of the mint family, having leaves used as seasoning in cooking | oregano 
 
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    | On Aug. 15, 1057 Malcolm III killed this Scottish king; there's a good story there somewhere | Macbeth 
 
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    | Clad in white tie & tails on "The Steve Allen Show" in 1956, Elvis sang this hit to an unmoved pooch named Sherlock | "Hound Dog" 
 
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    | It's the branch of medicine that studes blood & blood-forming tissues | hematology 
 
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    | Also a cooking term, it means to walk with short, delicate steps | mince 
 
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    | In office from 1996: Mike Huckabee
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    | "My Sharona" knows it's a special talent for something (like remembering who gave us "My Sharona") | knack 
 
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    | On January 21, 1793 Parisians headed off this ruler's reign | Louis XVI 
 
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    | On Dec. 26, 1957 Elvis donated thousands of these cute toys to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis | teddy bears 
 
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    | Slipped & ruptured are synonyms for this when it precedes "disk" | herniated 
 
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    | Let's see if "Eddie" can get his steed up to this 3-beat gain, a tad slower than a gallop | (Paula: What is a trot?) 
 a canter
 
 
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    | In office from 2000: Rick Perry
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    | The strict meaning of a word, not figurative or metaphorical, from the late Latin for "of letters" | literal 
 
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    | After a not-so-"short" 17-year reign, this 1st king of the Frankish Carolingian Dynasty died on Sept. 24, 768 | (Jody: Who is Pepin?) (Alex: Which one?)
 (Jody: The 1st?)
 
 Pepin III (the Short)
 
 
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    | Of Elvis' 114 Top 40 hits, this "sad" title travel destination was the first | "Heartbreak Hotel" 
 
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    | The name of this leg muscle is also a verb that means "to render powerless" | hamstring 
 
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    | Lewis Carroll altered "gallop" to create this word that now means "to leap heavily" | galumph 
 
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    | In office from 2004: Kathleen Blanco
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    | A concluding part added to a literary work where you might read, "Billy would become Canada's P.M. in 2022" | epilogue 
 
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    | In 1964 Elvis bought a yacht owned by this ex-president for $55,000, then donated it to the March of Dimes | FDR 
 
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