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    March 29, 1792: King Gustav III of this nation is assassinated at a masquerade ball | 
    (Marlene: What is Austria?)
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    | The verdict is in: a dozen unnamed & notably indignant jurors gave this drama its title | 
    Twelve Angry Men
 
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    | An inlet or cove, or to equip with weapons | 
    arm
 
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    | Shania Twain was born on Aug. 28, 1965 in Windsor, Canada; Mark Twain, on Nov. 30, 1835 in this state | 
    Missouri
 
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    | Of first, second or third degree, murder by poison usually falls under this designation | 
    (Alex: Yes.  Clearly premeditated.)
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    | It's what you do when casually offering "a hint" or "a name", hoping someone picks it up | 
    drop
 
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    March 5, 1770: British troops gun down 5 American colonists in the event that would become known as this | 
    the Boston Massacre
 
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    | One of the stretches in a relay race | 
    a leg
 
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    | Shania's given name is Eilleen Regina Edwards; Mark's was this (including his middle name) | 
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    | Since 1993, rape by this person has been a crime in all 50 states; it isn't one in most other countries | 
    a husband (or spouse)
 
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    | Powerful people may be surrounded by these "men" named for the syllable they often utter | 
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    March 16, 1935: Hitler orders Germany to rearm itself in violation of this treaty | 
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    | Yikes!  A flame device that uses liquid butane is part of this "Beauty and the Beast" character's costume | 
    (Eric: What is the chandelier?)
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    | A card game participant, as in "Sir Nigel, we need a fourth" one "at whist" | 
    hand
 
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    | Mark first visited this city in 1872; in 1999 Shania played the Prince's Trust concert in Hyde Park there | 
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    | Two-word name for the crime seen here in a Goya painting, or an informal term for overcharging | 
    highway robbery
 
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    | It's a 5-letter archaic word for "the truth"; a "sayer" of it speaks truth about the future | 
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    March 28, 1854: The U.K. & France declare war on Russia, beginning this war | 
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    | This musical features vaudeville cutie Baby June, who, in real life, grew up to be actress June Havoc | 
    (Alex: Yes, Gypsy Rose Lee's sister.)
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    | 10 penny, 16 penny or 20 penny, for example | 
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    | In 1870 Mark married the lovely Olivia Langdon; in 1993 Shania wed this adorable "mutt" | 
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    | In 2004 the U.S. government announced the first capital prosecution in a case involving smuggling these | 
    (Eric: What are computer disks?)
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    | "Make a clean breast" & "go to pot" are in the "American Heritage Dictionary of" these, which give ESL students fits | 
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    March 1967: She, Joseph Stalin's last surviving child, asks for asylum at the U.S. embassy in New Delhi | 
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    | To tease, or a primary vein of a leaf | 
    (Mike: What is... a needle?)
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    | Shania's self-titled debut went gold in 1996; in 1873 Mark's first novel had this "golden"-sounding title | 
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    | It's a form of extortion or blackmail under the guise of keeping you or your business safe | 
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    | Solipsism says that the self is the only reality; this -ism is a general term for a verbal impropriety | 
    (Eric: What is malapropism?)
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