Word: oceanic
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...Confuse words that sound alike, such as tornado for volcano, or lotion for ocean...
...George W. Bush, the door to the heart of Africa lies at the end of a low stone hallway opening into the Atlantic Ocean. Visiting a slave quarters on Goree Island off the coast of Senegal Tuesday, the president traced the stutter steps of countless Africans chained and herded down the narrow passage towards the "Door of No Return," the last point of land they touched before the six month sail to America...
...hear kids crying in the background. There's nothing we can do. They're gone." MARGIE VALADEZ, Roto-Rooter dispatcher, on calls from parents whose kids, in the spirit of Finding Nemo, try to send their fish back to the ocean by flushing them down the toilet...
...mercifully warm refuge from the icebound expanse was the 117-meter, scientific-cum-tourist ship Akademik Ioffe, with its hot breakfasts and convivial bar. In a place where 15-story glaciers regularly shed apartment-size chunks into the ocean, I was glad of this sanctuary. I gingerly asked Kathy, the expedition's kayaking instructor, how long I would survive in the near-freezing water if I fell in without wearing a wet suit. "About six minutes or so," she said...
...CLEAN LIVING If seasickness doesn't make you turn green, then an encounter with Antarctica's pristine wilderness certainly will. This is the site of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, which is dedicated to preserving the continent's delicate environment...