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386 · Meanwhile in the Weight Room
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purling
flowing or rippling
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gurutical
not a real word, but apparently having to do with gurus
fulgurant
flashing like lightning
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wunderkind
German: child prodigy
I/SPN
probably meant to be a follow-up television channel to ESPN
M. Chang
Michael Chang (born 1972) is an American former professional tennis player. That he is described as "lately expired" is puzzling; Chang was alive in 1996 and is still alive today.
Mephistophelan
referring to Mephistopheles, the devil character in Goethe's Faust and Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, to whom Faust sells his soul
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hagiography
the biography of a saint
'The truth will set you free...'
Lyle is paraphrasing John 8:32.
alfresco
Al fresco in Italian means "outside."
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Seventh-Day Adventists
a Protestant sect of Christianity marked by its observance of the weekly sabbath on Saturdays
turpitude
depravity
dire
indicating trouble
C.F.D.C.
Caffeine-Free Diet Coke
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Benson & Hedges
a brand of cigarettes
high-lipid
high-fat
auteur
creator, author
UKRAINE, TWO MORE BALTIC STATES APPLY FOR NATO INCLUSION
Ukraine did not begin application for NATO membership until 2006, while the Baltic States were all admitted in 2004.
THERMS
thermonuclear warheads
twelve out of fifteen NATO nations
The last time NATO had fifteen members was in 1982, when Spain was admitted.
Finlandization
This is defined as "the influence that one powerful country may have on the policies of a smaller neighboring country" and refers to Finland's relations with the USSR following WWII.
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'BIG STICKS'
Jean Chrétien admits that the issues were used here as the "big stick" in the T. Roosevelt-era "speak softly and carry a big stick" foreign policy of President Gentle.
TURTLE MTN. INDIAN RESERVATION
a reservation for Chippewa Indians
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GI-X-Ray-Grade Colonic Purgative
the kind of laxatives given to people about to undergo colonoscopies
Pruritis
very bad itching
U.N.L.V.
University of Nevada at Las Vegas
D.O.E.
Department of Energy
METHUEN
a city of Massachusetts about 30 miles north of Boston
Scorcese
He actually spells his name "Scorsese."
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