Rice Houston Flashcards
Cruise and Holmes in tabloids
Tomkat
In computer dividing image into smaller parts for display or storage
Pixelate
FOB in business
Freight or free on board
Can be fob shipping or destination- bears liability
The point at which liability shifted to buyer
Not a gratuitous shipping cost
S words
2 weapons beginning with S in summer Olympics that are used for events
Sabre fencing
Shotgun skeet shooting
Recently departed Public figure born marie yan uh corb uh lon uh earned nickname Madame cahones for comments about Cuban military pilots shooting down civilian aircraft
Madelyn Albright
Wore broaches to send political messages to this who she met with
Since 75 thr sale of tiny species of this animal as a pet has been banned in thr US
CDC says because of samenolla but linked to a series of outbreaks with children putting in mouth
Animals prob ok due to biological defenses and ability to hold breath for long time
Tony turtles
Shell < 4 in
First state to declare independence from England
New Hampshire
Only 2 to win back to back AA for best actor
Tom hanks - Philadelphia and forest gump
Spencer Tracy - 56 years prior 37 and 38 for Manuel fuh del o (captains courageous) and Edward flannagen ( boys town)
Thr wasteland poem and cruelest month
Students likely agree with all of the standardized testing
TS Elliot
April
Polio vaccine
Also who created the one used outside US and that replaced because more easily distributed
Salk
Albert saben-oral so easier to distribute
Divisions in nFL
8
Other names for hoagies (philly)
Hero grinder subs
Salty snack often paired with cheese or mustard is served at Miller a twist in reading terminal market
Soft pretzel
This muscle separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities
Thor as sick
Diaphragm
Primary muscle responsible for breathing
Take my breath away and make it last forever babe
Lyrics from this 21 song
Take my breath
The weekend
Term for tony blood vessels that deliver oxygen as well as nutrients between arteries and veins to cells throughout the body
Capillaries
served as Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945 and who was the first female cabinet secretary in US history.
Frances Perkins
The DOL has been headquartered in the Frances Perkins Building in Washington, D.C. since 1975.
Once the fourth largest lake in the world, this began to shrink dramatically in the 1960s due to the loss of water. Today, the it is no more.
Aral Sea
This is the world’s largest landlocked country.
Republic of Kazakhstan
in Central Asia
Kazakhstan was also the last of the former Soviet Republics (SSRs) to declare itself independent from Russia
D-Day in 1944 took place along a 50-mile stretch of this coast divided into these five sectors:
Normandy
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. The worst fighting by far took place on Omaha Beach, a sector assigned to the US Army that was transported by elements of the US Navy and the Royal Navy.
is an edible seaweed that we used to know as “laver” when we were living in Wales. It is usually dried into thin sheets. Here in the US, we are most familiar with it as the seaweed used as a wrap for sushi.
Nori
Leaves at the altar :
JILTS
To jilt someone with whom you have a relationship is to drop them suddenly or callously. “Jilt” is an obsolete noun that used to mean “harlot, loose woman”.
Figaro is the title character in at least two operas: “
The Barber of Seville” (“Il barbiere di Siviglia”) by Rossini, and “The Marriage of Figaro” (“Le nozze di Figaro”) by Mozart. The two storylines are based on plays by Pierre Beaumarchais, with one basically being a sequel to the other.
largest seeds of any plant on the planet
And second largest
The coco de mer palm tree has the largest seeds of any plant on the planet. We are more familiar with the coconut palm tree, the second-largest plant seeds known