Word: alaska
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USAGE: "The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide ... whether they are worthy of health care." --Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor...
...vehicle Miss Congeniality, which had actual entertainment value. So why didn't Lawrence reteam with his favorite actress? Perhaps because Bullock was off making The Proposal, which is virtually the same movie - including the compulsory re-education in American values and Steenburgen as the adoptive mother figure - and with Alaska standing in for Wyoming...
...currently has 23 ground-based interceptors based in Alaska and California, and they could be used against missiles launched - for real - from either North Korea or Iran. "They can go both ways," O'Reilly told Congress in October. "If you look at the earth from the North Pole, you'll see that the closest part of the U.S. to Iran is Alaska." He added that the U.S. has other ways of destroying such weapons, including attacking them during the several days it takes to ready them for launch. "All ICBMs right now associated with Iran and North Korea...
...London, after-hours use of the Vienna zoo and reserved entry to the gallery in Florence that houses Michelangelo's David. Anything but cheesy, the tours emphasize culture and environment, with activities like architectural tours of Paris' Notre Dame cathedral and expert-led hikes to track wolves in Alaska. The itineraries are an educational way to show kids the globe--beyond another lap on It's a Small World...
...proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience, she said in an interview with CBS, “As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where—where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border.” Thanks Sarah...