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1. | The ___ got halfway across the Atlantic before a storm caused his balloon to crash. | 5. | An entrepreneur plans to fly passengers above San Francisco in an airship that contains ___ gas. ($500 per scenic cruise!) | 6. | Skydivers occasionally crash into the ground when their ___ doesn't open. | 7. | Our school is ___d at 3035 E. Foothill Blvd. | 11. | The airship will ___ about 1,200 feet above San Francisco; the passengers will have fantastic views. | 12. | The passenger plane was cruising at an ___ of 30,000 feet when it ran into bad weather. | 14. | TomTom makes portable car navigation devices that use ___ (Global Positioning System). | 15. | John ___, Jr. was a fighter pilot, the first American to orbit Earth, and a US Senator. | 17. | The ___ Ocean is the second largest ocean; only the Pacific is larger. | 19. | The young, pretty TV news ___ never recovered consciousness after a brutal beating in her Little Rock home. | 20. | Steve Fossett was a ___ adventurer who risked his life many times. Oddly enough, he died during a routine plane flight. | 22. | To save water, many communities are asking homeowners to replace grass ___s with artificial ___s. | 23. | Don't ever open an ___ment that comes with an email from someone you don't know. | 24. | The Catholic church has nuns, ___s, bishops, and cardinals. (And one Pope.) |
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1. | She paid $3 for a ___ of bananas and $4 for a ___ of seedless green grapes. | 2. | Give a man enough ___, and he'll hang himself. --Popular expression. | 3. | Promising to return the next day, the pilot flew off into the wild blue ___. | 4. | Located in South America, ___ is the fifth largest country in the world. | 5. | A motorcyclist who rides without a ___ risks serious head injury. | 8. | Your spinal ___ is a vital part of your nervous system. | 9. | Campers often take ___ air mattresses with them for comfortable sleeping. | 10. | The military uses ___ bombs, which contain lots of little bombs for maximum destruction. | 11. | People put political ___s in their front yards before local or national elections. | 13. | The Heimlich maneuver is an ___ procedure for saving someone's life if they are choking on food. | 16. | Surgeons inflate tiny ___s inside your arteries to increase blood flow to and from your heart. | 18. | Garmin and other companies sell GPS ___s to enable motorists to find their destination. | 21. | The Coast Guard found a life ___ floating around, but no one was in it. |
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