BEHIND THE OLD TESTAMENT NAME |
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PART LATIN BEFORE & AFTER |
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JOHNNY GILBERT READS LYRICS FROM THE HEART |
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Appropriately, his name means "man" or "man of the red earth" |
Adam
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Jewelers make these fasteners in all kinds of styles; here's a bracelet with a snake one |
a clasp
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I think, therefore I am. The redundant-sounding result of having counted |
(Dave: What is cogito ergo sum up?)
cogito ergo sum total
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Newton's second law of motion is expressed as F=ma, with "a" standing for this |
acceleration
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Unfortunate Martha Corey was one of "The Witches" in Stacy Schiff's narrative of events surrounding this village in 1692 |
Salem
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"Oh" this name, "don't you cry for me", it comes from a word meaning "lily" |
Susanna
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The Hawaiian name of this fish means "strong strong" |
(Dave: What is ahi--[*]?)
mahi-mahi
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Really cheap poker stakes "before noon" |
penny ante meridiem
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This branch of zoology is specifically the study of reptiles & amphibians |
herpetology
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From the ancient Maya to the 21st century, "The Smoke of the Gods" is Eric Burns' history of this plant & its effects upon society |
tobacco
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This youngest son of Jacob had a name meaning "son of my right hand" |
(Dave: Who is Joseph?)
Benjamin
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Arizona's state flower is the blossom of this cactus |
a saguaro
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Crockett & Tubbs, or is it Tubbs & Crockett? Either way is fine |
Miami Vice versa
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O say, can you see--SrCO3, this two-word compound that causes the red glare seen here |
strontium carbonate
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"Blood & Iron", a history of Germany 1871-1918, gets its title from a quote by this chancellor who's big in the book |
Bismarck
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Here's the buzz--the name of this prophetess who appears in Judges comes from the Hebrew for "bee" |
Deborah
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Martin Luther King Jr. attended this historically Black men's college in Atlanta |
Morehouse
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"Body of Jesus" & an "Uptown Girl", onetime wife of Billy Joel |
Corpus Christi Brinkley
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From words meaning "container" & "to mold", it's the semifluid region within a living cell excluding the nucleus |
cytoplasm
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Reversing a phrase from the book of Isaiah, Arno Mayer's history of the state of Israel is titled these "into Swords" |
Plowshares
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This son, this son of David had a name meaning "father of peace" |
Absalom
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Seen here is this German couple, both of whom were composers; she was a piano prodigy |
(Carrie: Who is Schubert?)
the (Robert & Clara) Schumanns
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Initial-surnamed female percussionist & protege of Prince on our national currency, "out of many, one" |
Sheila E pluribus unum
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Discus hurlers can throw farther into a headwind; increased speed of air over the discus creates lift, per this Swiss man's "principle" |
Bernoulli
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"The Rise & Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors" is the subtitle of a recent history of this medieval order of knights |
the Knights Templar
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