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190. Krebulate
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{Definition}
Kreb·u·late (krĕb"·yōō·lāt') VERB:

1. To merely exist. To do nothing more than be.

2. To be wholly lazy with oneself; To be so smally active as to be inactive.

Kreb·u·la·ting (krĕb"·yōō·lā'·teeng) TRANSITIVE VERB:

1. The ongoing process of merely existing.

Kreb·u·lat·er (krĕb"·yōō·lāt'·ər) NOUN:

1. One who merely exist.

Kreb·u·la·tion (krĕb'·yōō·lā"·shən) NOUN:

1. The act of merely existing.

Kreb·u·lant (krĕb"·yōō·lănt') ADJECTIVE:

1. The state of merely existing.

Kreb·u·lance (krĕb"·yōō·lăns') NOUN:

1. The effect of the act of merely existing.

{based-on the stem name "Sir Hans Adolf Krebs" (German born British physician and biochemist) who, in 1937 (along with seminal work from Albert Szent-Györgyi) identified the cellular metabolic process now commonly called the "Kreb cycle" (a.k.a.: the "citric acid cycle" or the "tricarboxylic acid cycle.") As the process suggests; what is needed for the cell's energy production (and storage and eventual release, as well as other needed processes for it to exist and merely function) so it is with this definition.}
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191. Natural Born Citizen
Religion has been closely identified with our history and government. SCHOOL DIST. OF ABINGTON TP. V. SCHEMPP, 374 U. S. 203 (1963); VAN ORDEN V. PERRY, 545 U.S. 677 (2005). The history of man is inseparable from the history of religion. ENGEL V. VITALE, 370 U. S. 421 (1962); SCHOOL DIST. OF ABINGTON TP. V. SCHEMPP, 374 U. S. 203 (1963).

Our Constitution is a covenant running from the first generation of Americans to us and then to future generations. It is a coherent succession. Each generation must learn anew that the Constitution's written terms embody ideas and aspirations that must survive more ages than one. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN PA. v. CASEY, 505 U.S. 833 (1992).

Covenant is a religious concept, originating in the ancient Near Eastern religions. Covenant is also a critical component of Christianity. Indeed, the very salvation offered through Jesus Christ is called the New Covenant. See, e.g., Luke 22:20. From Christianity, the idea of covenant was adopted by the American Founding Fathers: 'Viewing the United States Constitution as the critical expression of the American constitutional tradition, we move back in time, seeking the less differentiated, more embryonic expression of what is in that document. Our search takes us to the earliest state constitution, then to colonial documents of foundation that are essentially constitutional such as the Pilgrim Code of Law, and then to proto-constitutions such as the Mayflower Compact. The political covenants...
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192. Victoria
1. A state in Australia

2. A girls' name

3. A provincial capital in British Columbia (Canada)

4. A waterlily plant genus

5. The Roman goddess of Victory

6. Latin for "victory"
1. Melbourne, Victoria has won the most livable city award three times.

2. Queen Victoria

3. Victoria is on the southernmost tip of Vancouver Island.
193. Sneem
Sneem (Irish: An tSnaidhm) is a town situated on the Iveragh Peninsula (part of the Ring of Kerry) in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland. It lies on the estuary of the River Sneem. National route N70 runs through the town.

The Irish name for the town "An tSnaidhm" translates into the English "The Knot". There are several explanations as to why a "knot" would be relevant for this small Kerry village. First, and most obviously, the Sneem river flows through the village and it is said that a knot-like swirling takes place when the river meets the currents of Kenmare Bay in the estuary just below the village. Sneem village comprises 2 squares, North and South. There is a bridge in the middle of the village which if looked at from an aerial perspective acts as a knot between the two village squares. A less common explanation is that Sneem is the knot in the famed Ring of Kerry scenic tourist drive. In order to complete the Ring of Kerry one must pass through the village of Sneem so therefore Sneem could be viewed as "the knot".

A book, Sneem The Knot in the Ring, details the area's history.
Bridge near town square

In March 1978 Sneem was the venue for the state funeral for former President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh who resided in the area prior to his death.

There are a number of common Irish names associated with Sneem, including Sullivan and O'Sullivan. Because there can be many O'Sullivans, locals append words to differentiate between them for example O'Sullivan-Mountai...
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194. Easy Peasy
It comes from a 1970's british TV commercial for Lemon Squeezy detergent. They were with a little girl who points out dirty greasy dishes to an adult (mom or relative) and then this adult produces Lemon Squeezy and they clean the dishes quickly. At the end of the commercial the girl says "Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy".

Today it is a silly way to state something was or will be very easy.
I will be in an out, easy peasy.

Can you open this jar of pickles? Sure thing easy peasy.
195. Tasiac
TASIAC or Tasiac or even tasiac is an acronym:

Tax

And

Spend

Is

A

Catastrophe.
This is exemplified by the (UK) Brown Administration (1997-2010), which, despite having a plausible blair, or Spieler in fairground terminology, to grease the ways, tested to destruction the 'Tax and Spend' notion of socialist economics.
The main architect - given that the blair couldn't calculate the change when buying a newspaper, was the monocular caledonian onanist, Brown.
"Blair allegedly held the levers of power - but was too supine to prevent Gordon Brown exemplifying the Tasiac Law," said Ottaway, a well-regarded gardener.

Without using the term Tasiac, the 'Daily Telegraph' inveighs frequently against the horrendously incontinent spending of the Nu-Labour administration, in a daily bulletin on the iniquities of the Man who ditched Prudence - and bankrupted an Empire's heirs for generations.
196. Ashraf Marwan
Ashraf Marwan (Arabic: أشرف مروان‎) (b. 1944-June 27, 2007) was an Egyptian billionaire and an alleged spy for Israel, or possibly an Egyptian double agent. He was married to Mona Gamal Abdel Nasser, the daughter of former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Marwan was born in 1944 and earned a Ph.D. in economics in Britain. He married Nasser's daughter in the 1960s. He ended his relationship with Israel in the 1970s but, surprisingly, did not seem to suffer any political consequences.
He was later made chief of staff to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and, a leading Arab industrialist, became a business partner of Mohamed al-Fayed, the owner of Harrod's department store and whose son Dodi Fayed died in a car crash with Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997.
His son is married to Hania Moussa, daughter of Amr Moussa, the former Egyptian foreign minister and current secretary general of the Arab League.

n September 2002, the London-based Israeli historian Ahron Bregman published a book that included allegations that Marwan was Israel's "master spy" in Cairo. In a subsequent interview with Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, Bregman again named Marwan as Israel's disputed source.
Despite these allegations being made public, Marwan seemed to avoid any retaliation from Egypt. On October 6, 2004, two year after being named as a spy, Israeli intelligence officers observed Marwan being greeted warmly by Current Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak; the only possible explanation, asserts ...
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