BOATING HOMOPHONES
A special deal on goods
Sale
"I think, therefore I am"; you think, therefore you know this man is famous for saying that
(René) Descartes
Using the Montreal protocol, we took care of a problem with this stratospheric layer
the ozone layer
Hernan Cortes
Spain
In a negative phrase, it's used after "neither" to show the second in a series
nor
To bend the body in reverence
bow
This Nobel-winning existentialist said, "existence precedes essence", but the essence of my argument is he no longer exists
(Jean-Paul) Sartre
Around 1982 we first heard this new word for amazing new technology: a portable VCR to shoot home movies
camcorder
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese
It's an adverb when it begins a children's story but a conjunction when it means whenever
once
Strict, harsh or grim
stern
He worked for "Peanuts" & wrote, "I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time!"
Charles Schulz
Never mind Charles & Diana--this couple's "General Hospital" wedding was the big one of 1981
Luke and Laura
Explorer of Canada Alexander MacKenzie
Scottish
Traditionally last in journalism's 5 Ws, it also played left field for Abbott & Costello
Why
Gathered, like troops on a border
Massed
Him & load! This 17th century man said a baby's mind is "white paper, void of all characters"
John Locke
This CIA director was an elusive operative who foiled Congress by dying before he could testify on Iran-Contra
William Casey
Abel Tasman
Dutch
As a conjunction this 4-letter word means alike or equally; as an adjective, it means one & the other
both
Origin, such as the "noble" type
birth
16th century political theorist who said “it is much safer to be feared than loved"
Machiavelli
A guy in Boulder got hundreds of thousands to hum at the same time in this happening, using sound to usher in a new age
Harmonic Convergence
Sir Edmund Hillary
New Zealand
In Deuteronomy 4:23, this word meaning "for fear that" precedes "ye forget the covenant of the Lord"
lest