HOMOPHONES
A group of two, or a type of fruit
a pair/pear
In 1991 he became the first popularly elected national leader in Russian history
Boris Yeltsin
This reading system for the blind began as a challenge by Napoleon to find a way for soldiers to communicate silently in the dark
Braille
Thunder, lightning & knocking up mortal females
Zeus
A burro's bellow
a bray
A piece of jewelry, or to twist water from a cloth
ring/wring
In 1990 George Bush took a firm stand against eating this vegetable
broccoli
Napoleon's conquests spread this measurement system through Europe
the metric system
War; his followers included Famine, Pain & Panic
Ares
"At the home of" en Francais
chez
A large vase, or a synonym for the verb merit
urn/earn
Common name of the U.N. conference on environment & development held in Rio in 1992
the Earth Summit
Baron Larrey, Napoleon's chief surgeon, is credited with pioneering this type of medical service, from French for "walking"
ambulance service
The sea & (earlier in his career) fertility
Poseidon
To wander off topic or to have an extramarital affair
stray
A European nobleman, or a theatre overhang that displays the name of the show
marquis/marquee
On Jan. 17, 1991 Allied air forces began bombing this country in order to liberate it
Kuwait
In 1804 Napoleon standardized all the laws of France, resulting in a civil code still used in places like this Canadian province
Quebec
Fertility, roads, thieves & absolutely, positively getting packages there overnight
Hermes
To consider options
weigh
Way or direction, or unrefined
course/coarse
After her election as governor in 1990, she said, "In Texas, politics is a contact sport"
Ann Richards
Egyptology began with Napoleon's 1798 invasion of Egypt & the discovery of this stone, a key to language translation
the Rosetta Stone
Fertility, love & beauty, she cheated on Hephaestus
Aphrodite
A heated dispute or competition
a fray