Diffusion of responsibility

The concept that the greater the number of persons who are witness to a calamity that any of them could help to mitigate, the less the likelihood that each individual will feel compelled to act.

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Nerve gas

Any of various airborne substances that can inhibit critical functions of the nervous system, causing incapacitation or death.

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You're in the air

The eighth track on R.E.M.'s electronics-heavy 1998 album, Up.

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Osmosis

When fluid diffuses across sides of a semipermeable membrane such that each side becomes equally concentrated.

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Lee Harvey Oswald

Born on October 26, 1956 in San Diego, CA, the late assassin of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

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Toll roads

Major thoroughfares on which motorists must pay to drive according to the distance they travel.

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Intent

What is meant.

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E-bow

A handheld electromagnetic device that moves the strings on an electric guitar without contact, producing a "bowed" sound.

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Wolf calls

Vocal expressions of sexual interest or attraction usually made by human males to passing human females, articulated by variations on "Owwwwww."

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After Chill

A crush of mostly African-American people, souped-up cars, and motorcycles that descend on downtown Chapel Hill following the town's official "Apple Chill" street fair.

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Mesothelioma

A rare, malignant cancer of the chest sometimes caused by asbestos exposure 30 to 40 years earlier.

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Fountain of youth

A mythical spring that could counteract the effects of age, which Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sought in Florida.

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Ticks

Small, wingless insects or arachnids that feed on the blood of large mammals.

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Heroin

An addictive, morphine-derived narcotic, C₁₇H₁₇NO(C₂H₃O₂)₂, which can make a person's arm fall off.

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Dhaka

The capital of Bangladesh, with about 6.5 million residents.

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Bromine

A liquid, nonmetallic, corrosive, volatile, heavy, pentavalent, brownish-red element whose name comes from the Greek word for "stench."

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Vowel fracture

The extension, or breakup, of a vowel into a diphthong.

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Vowel

A two-syllable word referring to those sounds that are produced by the unobstructed passage of air through the larynx and mouth.

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Fracture

A cracked or split bone.

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Diphthong

A monosyllabic sound in which one vowel glides into another.

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Trash

The material remains of spent things, such as banana peels, egg cartons, or broken air conditioning units.

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Syllable

A segment of speech made up, in English, of one vowel-containing sound.

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Journalism

Bringing information to a public audience.

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Climbing things

Moving upward by way of ladders, roofs, fortuitously placed crates, and air conditioning units, often in minor violation of the law.

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Sean May

A Carolina basketball player who wears a size 20 shoe.

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The man who sat next to Patrick at "The Village" in Boston last July

A peron who called himself "the Thunder" and gave loud, ceaseless, bitter, and profane commentary to the Shyamalan film until he walked out near the midpoint, but not before much argument with Patrick over whether he should talk during the movie.

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Chapel Hill

A town in the Piedmont region that is home to the University of North Carolina's flagship campus and is easily accessible by major interstate highways, train stations, and airports.

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Postcards

Small, firm papers that can be mailed at little cost.

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