Say it in Latin
"And so on"
Et Cetera
The army has about 400,000 enlisted personnel & about 80,000 of these higher rankers
Officers
Study up for your GRE, short for this test; you're probably not hittin' grad school without it
Graduate Record Exam
2 colors are in the name of this drink, equal parts ale & stout or porter
black and tan
Between 770 & 476 B.C., a time of struggle is called the Spring & Autumn Period in this Asian country's history
China
"I came, I saw, I conquered"
Veni, vidi, vici
In 1970 Anna Mae Hays became the first woman to achieve this rank in the U.S. Army
general
Subjects in this grad field include food science & plant breeding; maybe you'll run the Cabinet dept. of it
Agriculture
The brine from this garnish is what makes a dirty martini "dirty"
the olive
Athens put larger Greek interests first & joined other cities to defeat this nation in the 480 B.C. battle of Salamis
Persia
"It's my fault"
Mea culpa
Opened in 1802, the U.S. Army's military academy is at West Point in this state
New York
A 2006 study in N.J. found those going for this business degree are the most likely grad students to cheat
MBA
There are Brooklyn & Bronx cocktails; this whiskey cocktail is named for another borough of New York City
Manhattan
In the 280s a renegade Roman officer named Carausius set himself up as ruler of part of Gaul & this island
Great Britain
"My other self"
alter ego
In 1863 the U.S. government passed the first of these laws compelling young men to sign up for service in the Army
draft or conscription laws
His will provided $2 million to an Ivy League univ. to establish a graduate school of journalism; quite the prize
Pulitzer
The name of this drink that can be blended or on the rocks means "daisy" in Spanish
Margarita
Islam's Sunni/Shi'a split goes back to the question of Ali Abi ibn Talib's right to hold this post, leader of the Muslim world
caliph
"From the chair of authority"
ex cathedra
About 200,000 strong, this non-active duty part of the U.S. Army has its headquarters in Atlanta
reserves
"Hold" this last name of the medical family who put on a clinic & established a graduate school of medicine in 1915
Angostura is a brand of this aromatic liquor
bitters
In the 8th century this empire based in what's now Istanbul began its policy of iconoclasm, or "idol smashing"
Byzantine Empire