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21Lyndon B. Johnson: The Great Society — ▪ Primary Source The programs of most twentieth century American Presidents have been given slogan nicknames, either by the Presidents themselves or by the press, which prefers short phrases that fit headlines. Thus Theodore Roosevelt had… …
22Nausicaä (character) — Nausicaä Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind character Nausicaä on the cover of volume 2 of the Viz Editor s Choice manga release. Teto is on her shoulder. Created by …
23brick — noun 1》 a small rectangular block of fired or sun dried clay, used in building. ↘bricks collectively as a building material. 2》 Brit. informal, dated a generous, helpful, and reliable person. verb block or enclose with a wall of bricks.… …
24like a ton of bricks — informal with crushing weight, force, or authority. → brick …
25like a ton of bricks — ► like a ton of bricks informal with crushing weight, force, or authority. Main Entry: ↑brick …
26brick — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a a small, usu. rectangular, block of fired or sun dried clay, used in building. b the material used to make these. c a similar block of concrete etc. 2 Brit. a child s toy building block. 3 a brick shaped solid object (a… …
27like a ton of bricks — Heavily and promptly • • • Main Entry: ↑brick * * * I informal with crushing weight, force, or authority all her years of marriage suddenly fell on her like a ton of bricks II see brick * * * like a …
28meg|a|lop|o|lis — «MEHG uh LOP uh lihs», noun. 1. a city of enormous size, especially when thought of as the center of power, wealth, or culture in a country or the world: »This grim vignette symbolizes the crushing weight of the modern industrial megalopolis… …
29Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …
30dinosaur — /duy neuh sawr /, n. 1. any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals. 2. something that is… …
