Sweat Glossary

Prepared by Margaret Stewart and Kaila Cohen

Term Page # Definition Further Reading or Videos Link

ACT 1

SCENE 1: September 29th, 2008

The general assembly is the gathering of the delegations of each https://oas.
country in the UN. It is the main policy venue of the UN. It org/consejo/GENERAL%
provides a platform for all important international issues to be 20ASSEMBLY/overview.asp#:~:
United Nations General Assembly 1 discussed that the charter covers. text=The%20General%
The stock market index, designed to serve as a proxy for the 20Assembly%20is%20composed,
https://www.investopedia.
health of the US economy. It weighs the top 30 largest the%20right%20to%20one%
com/terms/d/djia.asp ;https://www.
companies with stock. A drop often signifies an unstable or poor 20vote.
youtube.com/watch?
Dow Jones Industrial Average 1 economy. v=o3tbZ5MbZwo
https://www.
investopedia.
The term used to encompass all of the buying and selling of https://www.youtube.com/watch? com/terms/s/stockmar
Stock Market 1 shares of public owned companies and their shares. v=p7HKvqRI_Bo ket.asp
https://www.
westreadingborough.
An annual festival in Reading that brings the community com/home/events/103
Annual Fall Festival 1 together. 93
https://www.fcor.state.
fl.us/release-types.
shtml#:~:text=What%
20Is%20Parole%
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When an inmate is released before their sentence is served, due 20Commission%
to the decision of the state. This can come from a mixture of 20on%20Offender%
good behavior in jail. Most prisoners who have committed violent 20Review,the%
crimes (such as murders and other felonies) are not viable for 20confines%20of%
Parole 1 parole. 20the%20institution.
SCENE 2: January 18th, 2000
This law was placed to effect , and prohibitied people from
owning certain dog breeds, such as pitbulls. It was overrided by http://www2.readingeagle.
Reading Agressive Dog Ordinace 14 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2007. com/article.aspx?id=81965
https://www.billboard.
Santana is a Latin American rock/pop band, and Smooth is a com/articles/columns/c
collaboration with singer Rob Thomas. It topped the BillBoards https://www.youtube.com/watch? hart-
"Smooth" by Santana 14 when it was released in late 1999 and early 2000. v=6Whgn_iE5uc beat/6141004/smooth-
at-15-carlos-santana-
https://www.chablis-
Chablis 17 Wine that comes from the Chablis region in France. and-rob-thomas-
wines.com/
reflect-on-their
An agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States
in 1994, that greatly decreased import tarrifs on goods. This
made goods overall cheaper, but pushed busineess to https://www.trade.
manufacture outside the United States, causing an exodus and a gov/north-american-
large loss of jobs (paired with other economic down turns, such https://www.youtube.com/watch? free-trade-agreement-
NAFTA 19 as the recession). v=LaMCK-Sec7Y nafta
SCENE 3: February 10, 2000
 The son and eventual CEO of Forbes Media, he ran for the
Republican Party in the Presidential election twice: one in 1996
and another in 2000. He worked for Bush in the 80s, overseeing https://www.britannica.
Radio Liberty. Much of his presidential campaign focused on com/biography/Steve-
Steve Forbs 26 economic issues. Forbes
Term used to define the election where voters within the
Republican party can vote for which canidate they prefer.The
candiate with the most votes will move on to the country-wide
Republican Primary 26 election.
https://sneakerhistory.
com/2015/11/17/today-
in-sneaker-history-
A limited realease shoe based and designed by basketball michael-jordan-debuts-
Air Jordan XVII 27 player Michael Jordan that started in 1984. the-nike-air-jordan/
https://www.albright.
Albright 28 The major university in Reading, Pennsylvania. edu/home/
http://www.pipejacking.
Pushing an object with major force to create shape or https://www.trenchlesspedia. org/assets/pj/static/PJ
Jacking 29 movement. In the steel industry, this is done to pipes or tubes. com/definition/2854/jacking A_intro.pdf
White Hats 29 An ethical hacker? Look into this one more....
http://wordnetweb.princeton.
An amount of money paid to be added into an acount after edu/perl/webwn?
Pension 30 retirement. s=superannuation
SCENE 4: March 2, 2000
One of the most prominent African American conservative https://www.britannica.
politicians and activists of the late 20th century. He sought the com/biography/Alan-
Alan Keyes 31 Republican nomination in 2008. Keyes
A prominent Republican politician who was Barak Obamas
competition in the 2008 election. He was shot down and held https://www.britannica.
captive for many years in Vietnam. He attempted to run for com/biography/John-
John McCain 31 president in 2000. McCain
https://www.
whitehouse.gov/about-
the-white-
The presidential elect for the 2000 election. He was the house/presidents/geor
George Bush 31 president who declared war on Afgahanistan after 9/11. ge-w-bush/
A large and prominent tool making company that was founded in https://www.
Baldwin Hardware Corps 31 1946. They had large steel and brass making factories baldwinhardware.com/
Leesport 31 A city in Pennsylvania
https://www.
armyupress.army.
The name used for the North during the Civil War. Also a term mil/Books/Books-and-
Union 34 describing the whole United States of America. Manuscript-Guide/
SCENE 5: April 17, 2000
https://www.
A global organization that funds projects, gives loans and worldbank.
World Bank 40 provides finacial backing for organizations throughout the world. org/en/about
https://www.imf.
A world organization that promotes global economic stability. org/en/About/Factshee
International Monetary Fund 40 Over 190 countries are members. ts/IMF-at-a-Glance
 " It was formed in an effort to provide educational and cultural
opportunities to the Hispanic Community. The organization
wanted to help integrate Hispanics into the community by
providing basic life, health, and job skills. Centro Hispano was https://www.
Centro Hispano 41 run then by volunteers and students." centrohispanouc.org/
SCENE 6: May 5th, 2000
https://www.
basketball-reference.
com/players/i/iversal01
Allen Iverson 44 An NCAA basketball player. .html
https://www.nba.
Philidephia 76ers 44 The primary Philidephia basketball team. com/sixers/
Gimlet 44 a type of cocktail
https://www.carhartt.
Carhartt 47 A brand of work clothing. com/
A Canadian singer-songwriter who was popular in the United https://www.youtube.com/watch? https://jonimitchell.
Joni Mitchell 48 States. v=GFB-d-8_bvY com/
https://www.nj.
com/business/2013/11
A line of trading stamps that were released by S and H, popular /made_in_jersey_sh_g
Green Stamps 49 until 1980. reen_stamps.html
SCENE 7: July 4th, 2000
https://www.linkedin.
"Temporary Workers." Workers that are hired by companies com/pulse/hidden-
when money is short. It leads to a high turnover rate, a bad costs-hiring-temps-
workplace enviroment, and a lose of generations of talent in the manufacturing-
Temps 55 workplace. danielle-applestone
ACT 2
SCENE 2: July 17th, 2000
Also known as "Income Eligibility Guidelines" which normally https://www.fns.usda.
change every year and are income requirements for qualification gov/cn/income-
Federal Eligiblity Guidelines 60 for free/reduced meal programs in schools eligibility-guidelines
3M is short for the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing https://www.britannica.
Company. They are responsible for many of the sticky products com/topic/3M-
3M 60 we know today, such as Scotch tape or Command strips. Company
Johnson and Johnson is a company working in the medical field
by conducting research and manufacturing products. Their wide https://www.forbes.
array of products include shampoo and Band-Aids. They have com/companies/johnso
also created their own single dose vaccination to protect people n-johnson/?
Johnson and Johnson 60 against COVID-19. sh=4fe343894f91
 https://www.
investopedia.
com/articles/markets/0
22016/general-
electrics-8-most-
profitable-lines-
business-ge.asp#:~:
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20provides%
20aviation%2C%
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Most commonly referred to as "GE," General Electric 2Dmajor%
manufactures a wide array of products in medical (ex. 20financial%
testing/screening machines), transportation (ex. airplane parts), 20services%
General Electric 60 and energy/household fields (ex. dishwashers). 20business.
Another form of concede. The people in power are trying to get https://www.merriam-
the workers to concede, meaning they want the workers to back webster.
down and accept the new terms of their contracts, despite their com/dictionary/conced
Concessions 61 hesitance. e
https://work.chron.
com/role-union-
They are employed by the union and responsible for recruitment representative-9734.
Union Rep 64 and ensuring contractual terms are fair. html
SCENE 3: August 4th, 2000
https://www.britannica.
A heavyweight boxer from the 70s and 80s who was known as com/biography/Larry-
Larry Holmes 65 "The Easton Assassin" Holmes
https://www.
A famous city in New Jersey known for its entertainment, atlanticcitynj.
Atlantic City 70 casinos, boardwalks, beaches, stores, and restaurants. com/explore/
SCENE 4: September 28th 2000
https://www.
She served as a United States senator for New York, First Lady whitehouse.gov/about-
of the United States, and Secretary of State. She is married to the-white-house/first-
former President Bill Clinton and won the 2016 Democratic families/hillary-
Hillary Rodham Clinton 71 Presidential Nomination, but lost to President Donald Trump. rodham-clinton/
He was part of the United States House of Representatives from https://bioguide.
1993-2001, representing the state of New York. He lost the congress.
United States Senate race to Hillary Clinton and also the race for gov/search/bio/L00015
Rick Lazio 71 the governor of New York. 5
SCENE 5: October 7th, 2000
Attended Cornell University and Harvard Law School; was the https://www.biography.
first woman to hold the position of United States Attorney com/law-figure/janet-
Janet Reno 76 General reno
The Sony Playstation 2 is the second edition of the Playstation, a https://www.sony.co.
console for video games and entertainment, similar to the XBox in/microsite/playstation
Sony Playstation 2 76 or Wii/Switch made by Nintendo. /product/ps2/ps2.html
 https://www.merriam-
webster.
com/dictionary/cross%
20the%20line#:~:
text=idiom-,
Definition%20of%
20cross%20the%
20line,they%
An expression meaning to go past what is unofficially considered 20printed%20the%
"Cross the Line" 77 allowed 20nude%20photos.
https://www.
wordhippo.com/what-
is/the-meaning-
of/spanish-word-
Buena Suerte 77 Spanish translation of "good luck" buena_suerte.html
https://www.
riverpoolsandspas.
com/i-series-
Series pool 78 Referring to a type of fancy swimming pool fiberglass-pool
A worker who doesn't join the union or doesn't stand for what the https://www.merriam-
union stands for, whether that be fairness in wages or striking webster.
Scab 79 when necessary com/dictionary/scab
Scene 6: November 3, 2000
Former VP to United States President Bill Clinton; served both in
the United States Senate and House of Representatives; lost the https://www.biography.
presidential race to President George W. Bush in 2000 by thin com/political-figure/al-
Al Gore 80 margins (won the popular vote) gore
https://www.healthline.
com/health/what-is-a-
Blunt 81 Cigars with marijuana instead of tobacco blunt#blunts
https://www.dictionary.
Spic 84 An offensive term for somebody who is Spanish-American com/browse/spic
Also referred to as a Permanent Resident Card; allows
somebody to work and reside in the United States who is from https://www.uscis.
Green Card 85 an international country gov/green-card
https://www.
investopedia.
Area in New York City with many big businesses, banks, stocks, com/terms/w/wallstreet
Wall Street 86 and financial firms .asp
https://www.allrecipes.
Food traditionally made in Spanish countries such as Columbia com/article/what-are-
Arepa 87 or Venezuela; basically a cornmeal cake arepas/
Scene 7: October 15th, 2008
A United States Representative and United States Senator for https://www.britannica.
Arizona; ran against Barack Obama in 2008 but lost the com/biography/John-
John McCain 90 presidential election; member of the Republican Party McCain
https://www.
The 44th president of the United States; electeted in 2008 and whitehouse.gov/about-
served two terms; the first African-American president of the the-white-
United States; member of the Democratic Party; graduate of house/presidents/bara
Barack Obama 90 Harvard Law ck-obama/
Scene 8: October 18th, 2008
 Also known as the Association of Community Organizations for https://ballotpedia. https://ballotpedia.
Reform Now; A now defunct group of community activists who org/Association_of_Community_Or org/ACORN_and_vote
ACORN 92 faced allegations of voter fraud in the 2008 election ganizations_for_Reform_Now r_registration_fraud
https://www.britannica.
An Major Leagye Baseball (MLB) team based out of com/topic/Philadelphia
Philadelphia Phillies 92 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with two world series titles -Phillies
The 2008 baseball championship (an equivalent of the super https://www.baseball-
bowl for football) in which the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the reference.
Tampa Bay Rays to win only their second world series, despite com/postseason/2008
2008 Major Leagure Baseball World Series 92 being one of the oldest teams in Major League Baseball _WS.shtml