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She says girls are players too in hit song
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Coi leray
Players
was a central figure in the development of the religion/philosophy of Taoism.
Lao Tse (also “Lao-Tzu”, “Laozi”)
Tradition holds that Lao-Tzu wrote the “Tao Te Ching”, a classical Chinese text that is fundamental to the philosophy of Taoism
This term comes from an old Portuguese word meaning “wild ass”.
zebra
Studies of zebra embryos show that zebras are basically black in color, with white stripes that develop with growth. Before this finding, it was believed they were white, with black stripes.
Imperial reign of China ended by Kublai Khan :
SONG DYNASTY
The Song dynasty ruled in China from 960 to 1279 CE. There were several significant developments during this period of rule. For example, the Song dynasty issued the world’s first true banknotes, and established the first permanent standing navy in China’s history
Imperial reign of China ended by Kublai Khan
SONG DYNASTY
The Song dynasty ruled in China from 960 to 1279 CE. There were several significant developments during this period of rule. For example, the Song dynasty issued the world’s first true banknotes, and established the first permanent standing navy in China’s history
Summer of My German Soldier” novelist
Greene : BETTE
Bette Greene was an author of books for children and young adults. She grew up as a Jewish girl in a town of Christian Fundamentalists in Arkansas, in the 1930s and 1940s. She was treated as somewhat of an outsider, and experienced discrimination. As a result, her books reflect themes of alienation and injustice.
Wax counterpart :
WANE
The verbs “to wax” and “to wane” come from Old English. To wax is to increase gradually in size, strength, intensity or number. To wane is to decrease gradually.
*Florence Henderson sitcom role :
CAROL BRADY
In the TV show “The Brady Bunch”, the mom is Carol Brady, formerly Carol Martin, played by Florence Henderson. The dad is Mike Brady, played by Robert Reed.
The National Security Council (NSC) was created by this president in 1947. It is chaired by the sitting president and meets in the White House Situation Room.
President Harry S. Truman
The official name of the Situation Room in the White House is the John F. Kennedy Conference Room. The facility was built in the basement of the West Wing on the orders of President Kennedy in 1961 after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. Analysis showed that the invasion failed largely due to a lack of real-time information, and so the Situation Room was built to prevent that from happening in the future.
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a single-stranded molecule that is made up of nucleotides. The four nucleotides that make up RNA are
adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and uracil (U). RNA is transcribed from DNA, which means that the information stored in DNA is used to create RNA. RNA then carries this information to the ribosomes, which are the cellular structures responsible for protein synthesis.
1893 World’s Fair
Chicago
A White Russian is a cocktail made from
vodka, Kahlua or Tia Maria, and cream, served in an old-fashioned glass with ice. The White Russian is similar to a Black Russian, which is the same drink without the cream. Both cocktails are called “Russian” as they are based on vodka, and both have been around since the late forties, with no one seeming to know which drink came first.
Sailor’s patron :
ST ELMO
Saint Elmo is the patron saint of sailors. More formally referred to as Erasmus of Formia, St. Elmo is perhaps venerated by sailors as tradition tells us that he continued preaching despite the ground beside him being struck by a thunderbolt. Sailors started to pray to him when in danger of storms and lightning. He lends his name to the electrostatic weather phenomenon (often seen at sea) known as St. Elmo’s fire. The “fire” is actually a plasma discharge caused by air ionizing at the end of a pointed object (like the mast of a ship), something often observed during electrical storms.
is the largest of the Greek Islands, and figures heavily in Greek mythology.
Crete
Zeus was born in a cave at Mount Ida, the highest peak on the island. Crete was also home to the Labyrinth where the Minotaur was slain by Theseus. Icarus and Daedalus, after having crafted the Labyrinth, escaped from the island using wings that they crafted.
