There is truly a continental divide with respect to the economics of Division I schools.

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The Colorado Department of Transportation closed U.S. 6, which crosses the Continental Divide near the scene of the avalanche, to facilitate the search.

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In fact, you have to cross the Mississippi River and the Continental Divide to find the new breed of pro-business Democrats, led by New Mexico's governor, Bill Richardson.

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By the 1930s, the horses had been replaced by cars with the completion of the aptly named Going-to-the-Sun Road, a heart-in-your-mouth rollercoaster that climbs past cascading waterfalls and gaping cliffs up to the continental divide at 6, 646ft-high Logan Pass.

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The fact that you highlight an artificial geographic distinction shows the great cultural divide that has separated Europeans from the rest of their continental neighbours.

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