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perspire discuss | |
| Definition: | (verb) To excrete perspiration through the pores of the skin. |
| Synonyms: | sudate, sweat |
| Usage: | The air-conditioning was broken in his car, and he began to perspire heavily in the heat. |
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  The Pythian GamesAlso known as the Delphic Games, the Pythian Games were one of the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. They were founded sometime before the 5th century BCE and were held every four years at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, two years before each Olympic Games. Unlike the Olympic Games, they also featured music, art, and poetry competitions, which pre-dated the athletic portion of the games and were said to have been started by Apollo after he did what? More... Discuss |
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 Lockheed SR-71 Flies from New York to London in Under Two Hours (1974)Shrouded in secrecy, the SR-71 Blackbird was a US reconnaissance plane used from the 1960s through the 90s. Difficult to detect by radar and virtually untouchable by anti-aircraft missiles, it flew at three times the speed of sound and at altitudes of up to 85,000 feet (26,000 m). Its existence was publicly acknowledged in 1964. A decade later, an SR-71 flew from New York to London in just under 1 hour and 55 minutes, crushing the previous record. What life support measures kept the crew alive? More... Discuss |
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 Walter Reuther (1907)Reuther was a US labor leader. As a local union leader in Detroit, Michigan, he helped organize sit-down strikes that made the United Automobile Workers (UAW) a power in the auto industry. He was president of the UAW from 1946 until his 1970 death in a plane crash. He was an architect of the 1955 merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). What role did Reuther play in the so-called Chicken War between the US and Europe in the 1960s? More... Discuss |
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 A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best.Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Discuss |
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