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Often $10, it's what patients in HMOs shell out with every visit to the doctor |
a copay
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In 1783 Benjamin Franklin saw the first piloted flight of this type of transport while in Paris |
a hot air balloon
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Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Springfield |
Baltimore
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Some people refer to chicken soup as the "Jewish" kind of this antibiotic |
penicillin
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To get these is to gain the ability to walk around on a moving ship |
sea legs
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California workers' comp includes up to 24 visits to this professional for spinal adjustment |
a chiropractor
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If you're wearing silks, you're on a horse; if you "hit the silk", you're strapped into one of these |
a parachute
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Salem, Omaha, Providence |
Omaha
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About the size of a marble & named for an oyster product, they garnish Gibson cocktails |
a pearl onion
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Aquatic critter of the genus Hippocampus |
(Christian: What is a manatee?)
seahorse
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In 2004 this person who once tried to fix the system wrote an article called "Now can we talk about health care?" |
Hillary Clinton
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The name of this New York-Boston train combines "acceleration" & "excellence" |
the Acela
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Trenton, Concord, Boulder |
Boulder
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Named for its resemblance to a cheerleading accessory, the pom pom is a white type of this fungus |
a mushroom
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43 million people is the figure you usually hear bandied about |
(Christian: [*].) (Alex: Phrasing. What is...) (Christian: What is [*]?)
Number of uninsured Americans (Americans who don't have health insurance)
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The 3 broad classes of operational aviation are general, military, & this type of civil aviation |
(Aaron: what is passenger?)
commercial
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Columbus, Philadelphia, Hartford |
Philadelphia
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A tasty dish is chicken marinated in yogurt & spices & cooked in this Indian oven |
(David: What's a clay oven?)
tandoori oven
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U.S. Navy construction battalion |
the Seabees
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A 2001 government report warned of a shortage of these people, of whom 40% will soon be over age 50 |
Nurses
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In railroading, maglev is short for this |
magnetic levitation
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Olympia, Detroit, Madison |
Detroit
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California leads the nation in the production of the English, or Persian, type of this nut |
the walnut
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In "The Tempest", Ariel sings of this type of substantial transformation |
a sea-change
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