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[Will]

A lesser son who came to power after Shebitku.

I'm spending the day volunteering at a cancer-family care home so will try to keep up the best I can.

Here yah go.

Person:

1. Intelligent but not formally educated
2. Brought law and order, modernization.
3. Accused of oppresion and corruption
4. Georgian heritage

[Ted]

Joseph Stalin.

[Will]

Nope.

I'm back; sorry.

1. Intelligent but not formally educated
2. Brought law and order, modernization
3. Accused of oppresion and corruption
4. Georgian heritage
5. Cossack Brigade
6. Invented surname

[Will]

1. Intelliget but not formally educated
2. Brought law and order, modernization
3. Accused of oppresion and corruption
4. Georgian heritage
5. Cossack Brigade
6. Invented surname
7. Head of military
8. Died in South Africa
9. Buried in Egypt

[Ted]

General P. I. Mishchenko

[Will]

Nope.

Person:

1. Intelligent but not formally educated
2. Brought law and order, modernization
3. Accused of oppresion and corruption
4. Georgian heritage
5. Cossack Brigade
6. Invented surname
7. Head of military
8. Died in South Africa
9. Buried in Egypt.
10. Abdicated, replaced by son

[Will]

1. Intelligent but not formally educated
2. Brought law and order, modernization
3. Accused of oppresion and corruption
4. Georgian heritage
5. Cossack Brigade
6. Invented surname
7. Head of military
8. Died in South Africa
9. Buried in Egypt.
10. Abdicated, replaced by son
11. “Bridge of Victory”
12. Body moved home to a mausoleum

[Will]

You got it, Marco.


1. Intelligent but not formally educated
2. Brought law and order, modernization as did his grandson later, who was also exiled
3. Accused of oppresion and corruption, as was his grandson--the Shah
4. Georgian heritage
5. Cossack Brigade
6. Invented surname, as part of the modernisation; surnames weren't used there, then.
7. Pahlavi means, "Head of military"
8. Died in Jo'berg, South Africa, from a heart attack his doctor was treating for heart burn.
9. Buried in Egypt.
10. Abdicated, replaced by son by agreement with Russia after a military defeat.
11. Churhill called Iran “Bridge of Victory”
12. Body moved home to a mausoleum in Iran
13. “The Great” officially added to his name
14. Mausoleum later destroyed after the Revolution of 1979.

[Will]

Marco, vous avez gagné. Qu'indications avez-vous pour nous?

[Manuel]

Will
Quelles autres langues parles tu??

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Crazy Cat Lady]

Whose turn is it, anyway?

[Manuel]

Marco's turn

[Will]

I don't speak any language well, including English sometimes, Manuel, but over the years I've worked where it was critical for me to speak Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Farsi to function well. Farsi is probably my weakest language, and Arabic I'm losing with lack of use. I get the chance to speak Portuguese and Spanish enough to kind of keep the cobwebs dusted off a bit, but I have to work harder and harder to remember words and especially spelling of French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Marco?

[Jim]

Robespierre?

[Will]

What the heck is "Thermidorian Reaction"??? Ten minutes; wow.

I (kind of) know it's the opposite of the "Reign of Terror" but what is it? 9Thermidor? It's definitely a blank spot in my education.

[Jim]

I had to google it. I'd never heard of it either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermido...

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Crazy Cat Lady]

I ken "Thermidorean Reaction." Probably this will be the only "up" side to a course where if I heard one more reference to "the French Revolution as text" I was going to run mad through the streets!

[Jim]

I found it interesting they goofed with the calendar. Sure was a turbulent time & some of that was over debt they incurred to fuel our revolution.

Thing
1. 40 miles from L.A.
2. Self taught engineer
3. Design changed after start - not enough!
4. Didn't want farmers to know.

[Manuel]

Its a term we used a lot in Political Science (one of my majors) and history.

The Thermidorian reaction is what happens in all revolutions.

All revolutions start off extremely idealistic, promising all sorts of wonderful and exciting new things (Sunshine and lollipops for all)
As the revolution progresses, the political elite realize that not all promises can or should be kept, and the idealism of the revolution and its goals must be realigned to more realistic expectations.

If you measure revolutions as a swing to the left: the Thermidorian Reaction is the swinging back towards the center or the right.

Robespierre's death was a reaction to the extremes of the French Revolution. He had been the main cheer leader of the revolution's excesses. No one was safe anymore. Anyone could be accused of not being a true friend to the rights of man and then sent to prison or worse. His death occurred during the month of Thermidore ( apparently the Revolution had renamed the months of the year)

In America, the Declaration of Independence is the beautiful example of the ideals and enlightened view of a young revolution.

The Constitution can be viewed as our Thermidorian Reaction. People realized America could no longer be governed under the loose arrangement provided by the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence. A stronger more realistic government was needed. Hence the Constitution.

[Manuel]

The California aqueduct??

[Jim]

Close, but not what i was looking for, Manuel.

Thing
1. 40 miles from L.A.
2. Self taught engineer
3. Design changed after start - not enough!
4. Didn't want farmers to know.
5. 12 billion gallons

[Manuel]

St Francis Dam disaster and William Mulholland???

[Jim]

You got it!

Since I wrote them down, here are the rest of the clues, just for fun.

Thing
1. 40 miles from L.A.
2. Self taught engineer
3. Design changed after start - not enough!
4. Didn't want farmers to know.
5. 12 billion gallons
6. 125 foot wave at 18 mph
7. Original official death toll 385, now thought to be over 600.
8. built over the San Francisquito earthquake fault.
9. Mulholland

[Manuel]

Mulholland and water are part of our history out here.

[Manuel]

I'll be a few minutes
before starting a new game

[Will]

I googled it and still don't understand.

[Manuel]

dont understand what Will?
thermodorian reaction?

[Manuel]

Thing


1. beloved
2. art deco
3. started with 3, then 2
4. considered youthful and stylish

[Will]

I missed several posts, again. sorry. Yes, 9thermidor was what I still don't understand. It's okay; I'm getting old and learn slower each year. I do in the cobwebs of my brain remember the term from college. God, that was a long time ago.

[Jim]

9 Thermidor (a month) was the date it took place, Will. It was the French Revolutionary calendar. The rest of the world called it 27 July. check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermido...
According to Wikipedia again:
"Thermidor was the eleventh month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the French word thermal which comes from the Greek word "Thermos" which means heat.

Thermidor was the second month of the summer quarter (mois d'été). It started July 19 or July 20. It ended August 17 or August 18. It follows the Messidor and precedes the Fructidor. During Year 2, it was sometimes called Fervidor."

There's more on that page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermidor
Weird, but interesting.

[Manuel]

Thing


1. beloved
2. art deco
3. started with 3, then 2
4. considered youthful and stylish
5. made in France, 1927
6. captured by the Allies during WWII

[Manuel]

Thing


1. beloved since inception
2. art deco motif
3. started with 3, then 2
4. considered youthful and stylish
5. made in France, 1927
6. captured by the Allies during WWII
7. British were so impressed, by WWII service, they named a rail road engine after this object.
8. Image can still be seen on labels of imported Brie cheese.

[Jim]

Airplanes? There is a plane on one of the Brie cheeses that we get occasionally.

[Manuel]

nope

[Manuel]

Thing


1. beloved since inception
2. art deco motif
3. started with 3, then 2
4. considered youthful and stylish
5. made in France, 1927
6. captured by the Allies during WWII
7. British were so impressed, by WWII service, they named a rail road engine after this object.
8. Image can still be seen on labels of imported Brie cheese.
9. companions had tragic and similar accidents in New York and France

[Will]

My brie cheese label has the Arc de Triomphe on it.

[Jim]

I couldn't get the Arc de Triomphe to fit too many of the clues, though.

[Will]

No, it wouldn't.

Maybe a car? The Sunbeam?

[Jim]

I was thinking of an airship, but don't know of any Brie cheese labels with one on it.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Crazy Cat Lady]

The Normandie?

[Will]

That's gotta be it, Susanna.

I never saw it on brie cheese, or cheddar or....

[Jim]

What's the Normandie?

[Will]

SS Normandie, siezed by America and renamed. Lafayette, I think. Caught fire in New York harbor or something like that. My memory...grrrrr. Steam over electric design, fast, sleek, art deco interior, it's gotta be it.

[Jim]

Thanks. I read up on it a bit. Wikipedia says construction started on it in 1931, so I don't get #5. I don't get a couple of other clues, either. Hopefully, we'll get filled in when the answer is confirmed.

[Will]

Oops, there is that. I thought it was built during the 20's when everyone was building bigger, faster, sleeker, and then it all collapsed during the 30's. I'll have to check wiki or something.

[Will]

Yep, you're right. I thought maybe construction was begun in 1927 but no, it wasn't begun until 1931 so...oops. Hmmm....

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Crazy Cat Lady]

My mother remembers being taken to see the Normandie, when it was in its berths at New York and the military was giving it a makeover.

[Manuel]

Susanna,
you are so very hot, you are almost burning up; but no.
that is not the answer.

[Manuel]

Thing


1. beloved since inception
2. art deco motif
3. started with 3, then 2
4. considered youthful and stylish
5. made in France, 1927
6. captured by the Allies during WWII
7. British were so impressed, by WWII service, they named a rail road engine after this object.
8. Image can still be seen on labels of imported Brie cheese.
9. companions had tragic and similar accidents in New York and France
10. Served as an inspiration for the decor of a large Montreal department store.
11. Participated in one of the largest and most spectacular sea rescues since the sinking of the Titanic.
12. Tragic career closing. Ended life as a prop in a tacky disaster movie in 1960

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Crazy Cat Lady]

The Ile de France?