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- ascertaining
- to make certain, exact, or precise
- fortitude
- strength of mind to overcome something
- entreated
- negotiate, intercede
- traversed
- to oppose
- gales
- strong current of air
- capitulated
- negotiate
- paroxysm
- convulsion, sudden fit or attack
- indefatigable
- incapable of being fatigued
- interment
- the act of depositing a dead body in the earth
- penury
- severe poverty
- celestial
- relating to heaven or divinity
- immutable
- not capable or susceptible to change
- panegyric
- formal or elaborate praise
- dogmatism
- positive assertation of opinion
- protracted
- delay, defer
- spectre
- a ghost
- remorse
- distress from guilt
- placid
- serenly free of interruption or disturbance
- exertion
- the act of putting forth effort
- irksome
- tedious
- conjectured
-
to arrive at by interpretation
(to come to the conclusion that) - indelible
- that cannot be removed or erased
- obliterated
- to remove from recognition or memory
- ignominous
- dishonorable
- serenity
- state of being serene
- ecstasy
- beyond reason or self-control
- fiend
- devil, demon
- pinnacle
- the highest point
- innumerable
- countless
- sustenance
- means of support or maintenance
- purloined
- steal
- venerable
- made sacred by religion or historical association
- enigmatic
- mysterious
- amiable
- pleasing, admirable
- scion
- descendant
- immured
- imprisoned
- asylum
- sanctuary
- deprecate
- to express disapproval of
- visage
- appearance
- rustic
- rural
- bliss
- complete happiness
- inconstant
- likely to change without reason
- impediment
- something that impedes
- precipice
- a very steep or overhanging place
- ennui
- boredom
- languid
- weak
- insuperable
- incapable of being overcome
- sanguinary
- murderous
- magistrate
- an official who administers the laws
- precarious
- depending on the will or pleasure of another
- deranged
- disarrange
- presentiment
- premonition
- obstinate
- not easily removed
- intimidated
- frighten
- omnipotence
- almighty
- stigma
- brand or stain
- start
- hola senorita. en que le puedo servir?
- una carterista tomo mi bolsa con todas mis pertencias
- cuando el robo occurio? donde estaba el crimen
- el robo estaba en la plaza del sur de la costa en las dos de la tarde
- puede ud describir la apariencia del ladron
- pienso que el tenga pelo negro. el ladron parecia un adolescente
- que su bolsa parece?
- mi bolsa es cuero de negro
- es posible que haya unos testigos?
- quizas alguien reporte el ladron
- necesitare su informacion en caso de que alguien encuentre su bolsa.
- aqui tiene mi tarjeta de negocios
- gracias, llamaremos cuando halle su bolsa
- ud cree que encuentre el ladron?
- no estoy seguro, pero intentaremos
- ojala que encuentre mi bolsa y el ladron
- ayduaremos tanto como sea posible
- puede un hurto ser prevenido?
- en caso de que un hurto sea muy cauteloso
- ho chi minh
- vietnamese nationalist, seeked help from america, went to russia, became commie
- bao dai
- chosen by the french as a "puppet emperor"
- viet minh
- vietnamese army led my ho chi minh to liberate from french & japanese
- viet cong
- viet minh --> viet cong
- nguyen vo giap
- vietnamese general
- jean navarre
- last french general in vietnam
- dien bien phu
- famous battle in vietnam war
- pierre monde
- french rep at geneva convention
- pham von dong
- north vietnamese rep at geneva convention
- quan duc
- buddhist monk who committed suicide
- robert mcnamara
- US secretary of defense
- lyndon johnson
- president
- barry goldwater
- ran for president
- ngo dinh diem
- south vietnamese president
- william westmoreland
- american general in vietnam
- nguyen van thieu
- vietnamese general who makes south vietnam a military government
- norman morrison
- quaker who set himself on fire outside mcnamara's office
- gerald ford
- vice president to nixon, became president after watergate scandal
- richard nixon
- president; watergate scandal
- john kennedy
- president before johnson
- john dean
- legal counsel to nixon during watergate
- mark feldt
- deep throat, FBI leak
- bob woodward
- journalist publishing inside info; watergate
- rosemary woods
- presidential secretary, erased 5 minutes of tapes
- sam ervin
- watergate thief guy
- james mccord
- told the jury about everything going on in the white house
- john sirica
- watergate thief guy
- orval faubus
- governor of arkansas when little rock nine dealio happened
- edsel
- biggest automobile disappointment/failure
- corvair
- most dangerous car everrr!
- ralph nader
- exposed flaws in GM cars