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Robert Frost said it consists of "twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer"
a jury
In a song from "Oklahoma!", "Everythin's up to date in" this city that's not in Oklahoma
Kansas City
Sir Henry Morgan became Lt. gov. of Jamaica despite his naughty nautical career as one of these
a pirate
The Counter-Reformation was this church's way of trying to check the spread of Protestantism
the Roman Catholic church
A way to say goodbye to someone who's taking a trip, it's French for "good journey"
bon voyage
Ironically, it was Abraham Lincoln who said, "The ballot is stronger than" this
the bullet
"By the light of" this "I want to spoon, to my honey I'll croon love's tune"
the silvery moon
This Welsh singer once billed himself as Tommy Scott, the twisting vocal
Tom Jones
Tradition holds that this religion's calendar began at creation, 5750 years ago
Judaism
When one actor leaves the stage; it's an "exit"; when more than one leaves, it's called this
an exeunt
Will Rogers once said, "I belong to no organized party -- I am" one of these
a Democrat
"Many a heart is aching, if you could read them all; many the hopes that have vanished, after" this
the ball
A 1989 PBS documentary about this actor was subtitled "In From the Cold"
Richard Burton
In 630 Mohammed returned in triumph to this city he had fled in secret about 8 years earlier
Mecca
From the Latin for "to say farewell", it's the student who says farewell at a graduation ceremony
the valedictorian
John Nance Garner called this office "a spare tire on the automobile of government"
the vice presidency
"I'm just a kid again doin' what I did again singing a song" when this happens
when the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along
A Welshman named Owen is considered the founder of this family which ruled England from 1485-1603
the Tudors
In Romans 6:3-4 he likened baptism to sharing in the death, burial & resurrection of Christ
(St.) Paul
Title of a 1985 book by William F. Buckley, or a 1956 hit song by Bill Haley & His Comets
See You Later, Alligator
This French short story writer called patriotism "the egg from which wars are hatched"
Guy de Maupassant
"Not a soul down on the corner, that's a pretty certain sign, that those wedding bells are" doing this
Breaking up that old gang of mine
This Welsh playwright played a murderer in his own 1935 play "Night Must Fall"
Emlyn Williams
For Zoroastrians it's the Avesta
the Bible (the holy book)
R. Chandler wrote 7 novels about Philip Marlowe, among them "The Long Goodbye" & this "Farewell" book
Farewell, My Lovely