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• n  either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics
• s  relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
  tropical islands
  tropical fruit
• s  of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
  tropical weather

• A flashbulb's white glare froze a busy scene against the black of a tropic night on the Gulf of Panama, in the Pacific.
• Inland from the beautiful, tropic Malabar coast, with its network of backwaters, Communists ambushed police in jungle areas and even dug trenches for battles fought with sticks and .

• tropical

News & Articles

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• BizBeat: Feel of tropics coming to town
  Jonny Ver Planck has set out to bring something new to Jefferson City. Shrunken Head Tropic Lounge will blend the Hawaiian, South Pacific, Caribbean with American Tiki cultures while serving hand-poured cocktails made with real juice and top-quality liquors.
  June 16, 2013 - Jefferson City News Tribune
• Trivia Quiz / By Donald Saltz
  1. The largest river in Bulgaria separates that country from Romania. Name the river. 2. Who wrote “America the Beautiful”? 3. Is the tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn north of the equator?
  June 13, 2013 - The Buffalo News
• /Film Interview: Jay Baruchel Talks ‘This Is the End,’ Opening Against ‘Man of Steel,’ and ‘RoboCop’
  By his own admission, Jay Baruchel is the least well-known of the six main stars in This Is The End. He’s been acting for decades, appearing in Oscar-winning films from Almost Famous to Million Dollar Baby and blockbusters like How To Train Your Dragon and Tropic Thunder. Yet, when compared to some of his co-stars, he simply isn’t [...]
  June 12, 2013 - /Film

Quotes

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• Jack Black in China Daily
  We wanted to do a fake documentary about the making of the movie within the movie which is called 'Tropic Thunder' -- not the actual movie 'Tropic Thunder.' The fake documentary focuses on the real movie's fake director, and what happens to the... Ben Stiller http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stiller&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE6s2r51lxLGrH1vMjOhekKwLlgfQ MarketWatch http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/documentary-rain-madness-exclusively-available/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B6C82EDAF-3860-4394-A54E-3819539A4A0F%257D%26dist%3Dhppr&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF6_vnS6v5-_12fniOiKitVbIa6IQ Aug 27, 2008 102183 135649 tropic Co-star Jack Black added: The fact that he came in and in six days of shooting made that kind of impact? I'd say per hour, he was the big winner in 'Tropic Thunder'."
• Charlie Crist in CNN
  The global economic crisis was not of our making, but it is now very much our problem. Global climate change, also not of our making, is now of supreme relevance to us, located as we are, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn -... Denzil Douglas http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Douglas&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHqQs15AlS9iyzXq-g22sB1VMdbDg Caribbean Media Vision (blog) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://cmvlive.com/news/local-news/42-local-news/602-call-made-for-regional-collective-action-and-policies-to-tackle-economic-crisis&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE7XMj7g1ixb5oKO4rl_A-B1V2qQQ Jul 6, 2010 102185 135653 tropical The damage from Fay is a reminder that a tropical storm does not have to reach a hurricane level to be dangerous and cause significant damage," Crist said Friday morning.