Take My Breath Away Berlin Flashcards
The term “” comes from the French “grenade” meaning “pomegranate”.
grenadine
The color grenadine is reddish orange.
Isabelle Wilkerson book that puts race in its class context
Caste
Poetry book club essential
1981 Nancy Reagan took some flak for purchasing a 4732 piece 210K set of this for the White House
China
Tradition of having a decorated Christmas tree in the White House began with this president and grandson of another in 1889
Benjamin Harrison
Synonym for lasso comes from the Spanish reata meaning rope
Lariat
Boxing legend Archie Moore called a defense the turtle shell ; Muhammad Ali adapted it to what he called this
Ripe a dope
Against foreman
Clove and half are 2 of these knots used to tie a rope to a post or other support
Hitch
Tensions between rope makers and British soldiers helped lead to a March 1770 shooting of civilians in this city
Boston
Sparked Boston massacre
The Lake Palace is a former summer place built on an island in this artificial freshwater lake
Lake Pichola
in the state of Rajasthan in northwestern India. The lake was created, along with several other contiguous lakes, in 1387 with the construction of a series of dams. The Lake Palace itself was constructed in the mid 1700s, basically covering the whole of the island of Jag Niwas and making it appear to “float” on the water. James Bond fans might recognize the structure as the home of the titular character, played by Maud Adams, in the 1983 film “Octopussy”.
This is about one sixth of the density of steel, yet has a comparable tensile strength.
Spider silk
got his break on TV playing Jess Mariano on the show “Gilmore Girls”. He then played Peter Petrelli on “Heroes”, and Jack Pearson on “This Is Us”.
Actor Milo Ventimiglia
The US two-dollar bill features a portrait of him .
Thomas Jefferson
The bill was introduced in 1862, and withdrawn in 1966. It was reintroduced in 1976, and is still legal tender. That said, there are relatively few two-dollar bills in circulation. Some people even hold that possession of a two-dollar bill is bad luck.
Introduced in 2000, this brand name “” was created to evoke “acceleration” and “excellence”.
Acela
The Acela Express is the fastest train running routinely in the US, as it gets up to 150 mph at times. The service runs between Boston and Washington D.C. via Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. Introduced in 2000
The current Medicare program was introduced by this administration
Johnson
in 1966, to provide health insurance to anyone aged 65 years or older.
This is a Brazilian dance that is very much symbolic of the festival of Carnival.
samba
Like so much culture around the world, the samba has its roots in Africa, as the dance is derived from dances performed by former slaves who migrated into urban Rio de Janeiro in the late 1800s. The exact roots of the name “samba” seem to have been lost in the mists of time. However, my favorite explanation is that it comes from an African Kikongo word “semba” which means “a blow struck with the belly button”. We don’t seem to have a need for such a word in English …
This is a method of biometric identification. It relies on the fact that the complex patterns in it are unique to an individual.
An iris scan
Note that an iris scan differs from a retinal scan. The latter uses technology that scans the unique pattern of blood vessels in an individual’s retina.
Inner and outer part of cell’s cytoplasm
The endoplasm is the inner part of a cell’s cytoplasm, and the ectoplasm is the outer part.
