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One of these boats designed to push & pull larger craft can move 10 to 20 barges at a single time |
a tugboat
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"Rainbow at night, sailor's delight; rainbow in the morning, sailors" do this |
take warning
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"You're the cream in" this, "you're the salt in my stew" |
(Roberta: What is the coffee?)
"my coffee"
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At 7,242 feet, Harney Peak in these South Dakota hills is the highest U.S. mountain east of the Rockies |
the Black Hills
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In the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, this country ceded eastern Florida to the U.S. |
Spain
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This continuing drama on "Masterpiece Theatre" told the story of the Bellamys & their servants |
Upstairs, Downstairs
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For fishing & transportation, Indonesians commonly use an outrigger, a type of this boat |
a canoe
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This is defined as the interface of 2 air masses of different temperatures or densities |
a front
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"I won't" do this, "I don't want to go to school. Just to learn to be a parrot" |
"grow up"
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In years past, this color dye was added to laundry to neutralize the yellow in white fabrics |
bluing
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The framework for the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt & Israel was worked out at this retreat |
Camp David
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He hosted the daytime version of the game show "Concentration" from 1958 to 1969 |
Hugh Downs
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In 1959 Mamie Eisenhower christened the N.S. Savannah, the first merchant vessel powered by this |
nuclear power
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Triangular flags on a weather map show the direction of this |
the wind
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Alan Jay Lerner wrote, "I was born under" this type of "star" |
"a wandering star"
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"Riders of the Purple Sage" was this prolific writer's most popular novel |
Zane Grey
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Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with these 2 Axis nations in September 1940 |
Germany & Italy
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Ogden Nash said, "Only the gamefish swims" here, "but the sensible fish swims down" |
upstream
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According to Guinness, the most expensive one, the Abdul Aziz, belongs to the King of Saudi Arabia |
a yacht
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The name of this curly white cloud comes from a Latin prefix meaning "curl" |
cirrus
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"Take my hand, I'm" one of these, "all lost in a wonderland" |
"a stranger in paradise"
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The Oscar-winning score of this 1984 film included the song "When Doves Cry" |
(JC: What is Blue Lagoon?)
Purple Rain
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Great Britain & the U.S. agreed to stop the slave trade in the Treaty of Ghent, which ended this war |
the War of 1812
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In the early 1950s, this author of "The Centaur" edited the Harvard Lampoon |
John Updike
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Among the more famous of these swift sailing ships were the Flying Cloud & the Cutty Sark |
a clipper ship
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This fishing ground off Newfoundland is the world's foggiest place |
the Grand Banks
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"We kiss in" one of these, "We hide from the moon, our meetings are few and over too soon" |
(Diane: What is "we kiss in the shadows"?)
"a shadow"
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The Door Peninsula separates Lake Michigan from this Wisconsin inlet |
Green Bay
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On May 31, 1902 the Peace of Vereeniging was signed in Pretoria, ending this conflict |
the Boer War
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It's the former name of Burkina Faso |
Upper Volta
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