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Question
How long did the Sun shine on Venus?
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Solution
The Sun shined for only one hour in Venus.
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| LADY WESTON | The last time it was in danger you had been eating game pie. What is it this time? |
| WESTON (annihilating her flippancy with one broadside) | Assassination! |
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| WESTON | What do you mean? |
| LADY WESTON | They don’t assassinate anybody. |
