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DEFINITION: (verb) Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. SYNONYMS: abjure, forswear, retract, resile. USAGE: The politician refused to recant and admit that she had made a poor decision.

The Flag Act reads: "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." When this resolution was adopted, there was no elaborate symbolism attached to the flag's colors. Meanings were later assigned in 1782, when Charles Thomson gave a report to Congress defining the new Great Seal of the US. What do the colors now represent?

This luxury French fashion and leather goods brand and company headquartered in Paris, France, was founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. Today, the company's signature leather goods are considered a status symbol around the globe and are highly regarded in the fashion world. The company's iconic Monogram Canvas design can be considered the very first designer label in contemporary history; it was created by Vuitton's son in 1896 with the intent of preventing what?