Robert Frost said it consists of "twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer"
a jury
On weather maps isobars connect points of equal pressure & isotherms connect points equal in this
temperature
In a song from "Oklahoma!", "Everythin's up to date in" this city that's not in Oklahoma
Kansas City
A way to say goodbye to someone who's taking a trip, it's French for "good journey"
bon voyage
As a prefix, this single letter can mean on, in, to or without
A
Ironically, it was Abraham Lincoln who said, "The ballot is stronger than" this
the bullet
The highest known barometer reading in the U.S., 31.85, was recorded in this state during a 1989 cold wave
Alaska
"By the light of" this "I want to spoon, to my honey I'll croon love's tune"
the silvery moon
When one actor leaves the stage; it's an "exit"; when more than one leaves, it's called this
an exeunt
For the Flying Fortress this letter preceded -17; for the Superfortress, -29
B
Will Rogers once said, "I belong to no organized party -- I am" one of these
a Democrat
During a storm this can occur in a cloud, between clouds or from a cloud to the ground
lightning
"Many a heart is aching, if you could read them all; many the hopes that have vanished, after" this
the ball
From the Latin for "to say farewell", it's the student who says farewell at a graduation ceremony
the valedictorian
When this letter follows 100 degrees it makes it the boiling point of water
C
John Nance Garner called this office "a spare tire on the automobile of government"
the vice presidency
The wind direction most commonly observed during a given period is called this
the prevailing (prevalent) wind
"I'm just a kid again doin' what I did again singing a song" when this happens
when the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along
Title of a 1985 book by William F. Buckley, or a 1956 hit song by Bill Haley & His Comets
See You Later, Alligator
Single letter in the nickname of the second largest city in Texas
("Big) D" (for Dallas)
This French short story writer called patriotism "the egg from which wars are hatched"
Guy de Maupassant
The 2 seasons when icebergs are most likely to be formed
spring & summer
"Not a soul down on the corner, that's a pretty certain sign, that those wedding bells are" doing this
breaking up that old gang of mine
R. Chandler wrote 7 novels about Philip Marlowe, among them "The Long Goodbye" & this "Farewell" book
Farewell, My Lovely
Letter that occurs most often in the phrase "An elephant never forgets"
E