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cryptesthesia \ krip-tuhs-THEE-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh \ , noun;
- Psychology . allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
Origin: Coined in the 1920s, cryptesthesia is a combination of crypt(o)- , meaning "hidden," and esthesia referring to "capacity for sensation or feeling."
bumper sticker activism
- To tell the world what they should be doing and what you think by plastering your car with bumper stickers to that effect.
Jim: That "Keep Tahoe Blue" sticker is really making me wonder how to keep Tahoe blue.
Mike: Yeah, Berkeley is full of bumper sticker activism. Too bad the sticker's on a Ford Expedition, since keeping Tahoe blue involves reducing emissions.
Holiday
Holiday
- Veterans Day (USA)
History
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- Mayflower Compact: was signed by the 41 free male Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, setting up the basis of the Plymouth colony government (1620)
- The Great Blue Norther of 11/11/11: freak temperature highs and lows were recorded across the US, many in the same cities (1911)
- Armistice Day: WWI fighting came to an end when the Allies and Germany signed a peace treaty (1918)
- Tomb of the Unknowns: the first unknown soldier in this tomb was interred in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery (1921); a nameless soldier who died on the Somme during WWI was entombed in the New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior — his tomb now reads ""An Unknown New Zealand Warrior/ He Toa Matangaro No Aotearoa" (2004)
- U.S. Route 66: "the Main Street of America," stretching from Chicago to California, was established (1926)
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1821
- Thomas Aldrich 1870
- Ernest Ansermet 1883
- George Patton 1885
- Pat O'Brien 1899
- Alger Hiss 1904
- Robert Ryan 1909
- Stubby Kaye 1918
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1922
- Jonathan Winters 1925
- Mose Allison 1927
- Lavern Baker 1929
- Bibi (Birgitta) Andersson 1935
- Narvel Felts 1938
- Denise Alexander 1945
- Chris Dreja (Yardbirds) 1945
- Vince Martell (Vanilla Fudge) 1945
- Jesse Colin Young (The Youngbloods) 1944
- Pat Daugherty (Black Oak Arkansas) 1947
- Jim Peterik (Survivor) 1950
- Fuzzy Zoeller 1951
- Paul Cowsill (The Cowsills) 1952
- Marshall Crenshaw 1953
- Andy Partridge (XTC) 1953
- Dave Alvin 1955
- Ian Marsh (Human League) 1956
- Stanley Tucci 1960
- Demi Moore 1962
- Mic Michaeli (Europe) 1962
- Philip McKeon 1964
- Calista Flockhart 1964
- Scott Mercado (Candlebox) 1964
- Wyatt Pauley (Linear) 1968
- Ronnie Devoe (New Edition; Bell Biv Devoe) 1968
- Peta Wilson 1970
- Leonardo DiCaprio 1974
- Rachel Sterling (aka Angel Veil) 1979
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