Events ("What?")
- Russo-Japanese War
- Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria
- ischaemic stroke
- the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel)
- portent
- a sign of something about to happen
- harangue
- a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- Swedish massage
- massage combined with a system of active and passive exercises for the muscles and joints
- breaking and entering
- trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent
- coalition
- the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
- treason
- an act of deliberate betrayal
- toon
- a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
- karate
- a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent
- area bombing
- an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target
- mount
- the act of climbing something
- homecoming
- a coming to or returning home
- theoterrorism
- terrorism for a religious purpose
- circumnavigation
- traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- magnification
- the act of expanding something in apparent size
- meshing
- the act of interlocking or meshing
- stride
- a step in walking or running
- quantification
- the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something
- deposition
- (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office
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