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What kind of dog keeps the best time?
They took me from my mother's side where I was bravely bred and when to age I did become they did cut off my head. They gave to me some diet drink that often made me mad but it made peace between two kings and made two lovers glad.
Wind and cord combine, buzzing in the box. In all this we find, though to some the use is lost. What am I?
My days are numbered. What am I?
If you lose me, you may cause people around you to lose me too. What am I?
I am your mother's brother's only brother in law. Who am I?