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LOVE CANAL
an area near Buffalo, N.Y., famous for its high amount of toxic waste and the effects it had on the residents there
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Berlin, NH
a town in New Hampshire very close to the Canadian border
Rumford, ME
Rumford is in Maine, less than 50 miles due east of Berlin, N.H.
MONTPELIER
the capital of Vermont
Lancaster NH
a city about twenty miles west of Berlin, N.H.
INFARCTION
heart attack
ANEURISM
a misspelling of "aneurysm," it's a bursting of a weak blood vessel, if in the brain, usually causing a stroke
SALEM MA
a city 15 miles up the coast from Boston
FROM SYRACUSE TO TICONDEROGA, NY
This line would go right through Park in New York.
FROM TICODEROGA, NY TO SALEM, MA
The lower corner of Vermont lies below this line.
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claque
a group of sycophants
hale
healthy
Kevlar
a synthetic substance used in, among other things, bulletproof vests
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aspersion
a disparaging remark
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Bôf
defined by the Cambridge Online French-English dictionary as an interjection "expressing a lack of interest or enthusiasm"
maroon
i.e., a moron
benighted
overtaken by darkness
cojones
Spanish for "testicles"
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Redemisement
probably a neologism in French, redémisement<i>, with <i>démisement meaning something along the lines of "dislocation," so redémisement being a re-dislocation or a second dislocation, here of territory
scenario
"Scenarios" is the correct plural.
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Tyrolean hats
For an example, see right.
H.E.W.
Health, Education, and Welfare
rife
abounding
Eminent nondomain
"Eminent domain" is the right of the government to seize private property to serve a greater good. This would be the opposite.
bien sûr
French: of course
U.S.O.
United States Organizations, an organization dedicated to entertaining troops at war
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coup de grâce
French: death blow
recalcitrant
hard to deal with or manage
¿Qué?<.i></b>
Spanish: What?
<b>Yukon</b>
a territory of northwest Canada that borders Alaska's western border
<b>Brinksmanship</b>
According to the <i>Random House Unabridged Dictionary, this is "the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, esp. by creating diplomatic crises."
<b>1/3-rpm
This is one-third of a revolution per minute. LPs go literally 100 times faster.
'Flight of the Bumblebee'
an interlude in The Tale of Tsar Saltan, an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
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IMBROGLIO
a misunderstanding or disagreement between persons or nations
SIN CITY
Las Vegas
F.E.C.
Federal Elections Commission
S.A.C.
Strategic Air Command
BK
Burger King
catastatic
of or pertaining to the climax of a play, movie, etc
radon
a chemical element that contaminates homes in gaseous form
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Maddox OH
doesn't appear to be a real place
Hartford
the capital of Connecticut
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Elmer's
a brand of glue
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Durban
the second most populous city in S. Africa, on the country's southeast coast
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Clipperton même
French: Clipperton himself
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transverse aberration
this is the aberration of light across a field
Sunkist
a brand of fruit and fruit drinks
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