Chapter 3 Cultural Lit

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Not with a bang, but a whimper

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Referencing the end of the world

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Impressionism

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Style of art refferencing the early 1800s -1900s France monet

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Achilles’ heel

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Ancient Greek referencing weakness

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Soviet bloc

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After World War II Democrats and calmness fault with the world Cold War. Aggression towards the Soviets rebellion shutdown so it’s all nation alongside Soviets by force or by choice are with them

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Kitty Hawk

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Town where the right brothers for the first plane in the US North Carolina

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Crossing the Rubicon

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Julius Caesar crossing the river meaning he is taking over Rome reference to point of no return

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Autistic

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Mental disorder great difficulty with social interactions different spectrums

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Yuppies

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Young urban professionals white-collar often associated with arrogant and snobby

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Baker’s dozen

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Thinking 13 units in case of a Baker’s mess up then they could potential he get hands chopped off so just in case they make 13 not 12

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When just for the Gipper

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Play on Notre Dame said this on his deathbed George goop

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Coliseum

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Gladiator temple place of entertainment in Roman times

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Vivisection

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Practicing operations on live animals for experience experiments/scientific research with humans illegal in the US

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Detente

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Reference to the early 70s and 80s having cold or tension words threats no clean talk of peace

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Utopia

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Perfect World or society

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Eminent domain

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Power to take private property for public use by the state miscibility or private person to execute public authority

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Tale of two cities

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Written during the French Revolution it was the best of times it was the worst of times Charles Dickens

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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Spanish people tool of times you found the Columbus is a journey and started the Catholic/Spanish and inqistador cruel

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Savoir-faire

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You know or be knowledgeable

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Graft

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A person in politics who uses her know it’s for personal game

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Roberts rules of order

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Based on the book established a system of how to conduct a meeting or assembly

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Homer

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Author of the Odyssey and the Iliad Greek philosophy mythology classic literature

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Overdraft

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Taking too much money on your account

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In toto

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Latin America for in the whole

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Jack of all trades, master of none

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Someone who can do almost anything, but is never a master of one

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Maeline massacre

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US Army during the Vietnam war between 347 to 501 dots of South Vietnamese villagers

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Kleptomaniac

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People have the urge/need to take something or steal

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Lock stock and barrel

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Reference to the whole thing in total

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The magi not line

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A line of fortification that were around France and Germany from the after World War I during World War II and took over anyways

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A fresco

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Fresher outside

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Guild

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A group of business people in medieval times created associations to give the rising formalized school or university systems

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Feudalism

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Mid evil times of political system or the king said that the night protect him and in return he got land

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Thoreau

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Author of the 1800s civil disobedience Walden human beings getting away from society

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Pell-mell

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Jumbled confused matter frantic

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In loco parentis

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InStead of Or without your parents

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Wanderlust

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Desire to travel and explore

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Vemus de Milo

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Statue famous Greek goddess without her arms and base one found

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Building castles in the air

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Thinking or dreaming about something difficult to obtain

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Helen of Troy

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Stealing a Helen cause the war between the Spartans and the Trojans

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Rasputin

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A monks that seem to be in more till crazy monk lived in Russia had lots of influence with this is SARS because the sun had hemophilia workers revolted and took over the throne killed in woods