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25 Cards in this Set
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carpe diem
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latin for "seize the day"
take full advantage of present opporunities |
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arrivederci
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till we meet again; farwell
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lightening never strikes in the same place twice
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misfortune does not occur twice in the same way to the same person
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Alpha and Omega
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the begining and the end
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the buck stops here
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"Other people can pass the buck to me, but i can't pass the buck to anyone else" Pres. HArry S. Truman kept a sign on this desk that said the buck stops here
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The Brothers Grimm
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two german authors of the early 19 century, Jacob and Wilhelm remembered mosly for their collection of fairy tales-Little Red riding hood
smow white and the seven dwarfs |
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Deja vu
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the strange sensation that something someone is now experencing that had happened b4
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Andy Warhol
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20th century american artist whose best know work was a [recise enlarged image of a can of Campbell's tomato soup
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Shots heard round the world
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a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson aboud the Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Stanford- Binet scale
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a test developed in 1916 to mesure intelligence and knowledge (IQ test)
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speak softly and carry a big stick
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proverb quoted by Theodore Roosevelt as a brief statement of his approach to forgein policy
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Norman Rockwell
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a 20th centruy american artist and illustator - known for his warm hearted paintings of rural and small town life in the US
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Crossing the Rubicon
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a river in northern Italy that Juliuc Caesar crossed w/ his army in violation of the order of the leaders in Rome. "The die is cast" as he crossed the river
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handwritting on the wall
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a phrase recalling O.T. story about David while a king was holding Jesus captive a mysterious hand appeared writing on the wall of the kings palace. interepeted it to mean that God inteded the kingdom to fall king died that night
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Blarney Stone
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a stone in the wall of Blarney castle in Ireland according to an Irish legend - those who kiss the Blarney stone recieve a gift of eloquence that enables them to get anything they want by persuasion
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R.S.V.P
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reply or answer
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Confucius
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chinese philosopher who's analects contain a collection of his saying and dialogues compiled by diciples after his death
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Whistlers Mother
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the popular title of painting by James Whistler which depicts his mother in profile dressed in black and deated on a straght seat
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Three mile island
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the location of an accident in 1979 at a nuk power plant in PN. partial meltdown that resulted in some radiation leakage into the atmospeare panic among neaby people criticism on nuk power plants
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black lung
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a chronic disease of the lings caused by inhaling coal dust over long periods common amoung coal miners
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Maire curie
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a french chemist of the late 19th century and early 20th century. born in Poland, she discovered the element radium
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Northern Lights
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a display of colored lights in the sky caused by the interaction of particles from the sun with the upper atmosphere near the Norht Pole
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Give me liberty or give me death
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words from a speech by Pat Henry urging the american colines to revolt against england henry spoke onle a few weeks before the Revolutionary war began
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E. Pluribus Unum
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A motto of the US ; latin for out of many, one- it refers to the union by the sepatre States. it was adopted as a national motto in 1776 is now found on the Great seal of the US and on currency
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Charles Lindbergh
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flew alone from NYC to PAris across the Atlantic ocean he was the first nonstop flight across the ocean nicknamed 'love eagle' and 'lucky lindy'
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