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    (Kamikaze airplanes will do as well‚ as will smuggling.) Large‚ long range missiles are bought from China to deliver present poison gas‚ germs‚ and the future "Islamic bomb. "What will any American or European government do when threatened with a destroyed

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    children. Japanese "bashed their babies’ brains out of rocky cliff sides… children threw grenades at each other."17‚000 Americans loose life in this battle. Another example is Okinawa where 110‚000 Japanese soldiers and 100‚000 civilians died. "Kamikaze alone cost American Navy 10‚000 lives‚ and Army and Marine casualties were more than 50‚000 soldiers. He is mentioning the fact that in 1945 American intelligence intercepts a message about Japanese desire for piece but this was "irrelevant because

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    Topic: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster Purpose: To inform the audience about the heroic actions of the Fukushima Daiichi cleanup workers. Thesis: The Fukushima Daiichi cleanup workers are incredibly brave. Introduction: The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. It measured 7 on the Nuclear Event Scale‚ which is the highest rating. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was initiated by a magnitude 9 earthquake. This earthquake caused a tsunami

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    Hungry Teeth Hunting Last week‚ for Teeth’s twelfth birthday‚ Gerbil Bill gave him a bolt cutter and taught him how to break locks with it. Teeth broke everything he could fit in the bolt cutter until Gerbil Bill made a golden rule: leave it in the cart until you go out to scavenge. Teeth hates that word‚ “scavenge.” It reminds him of vultures and he considers himself more of a hawk‚ a war hawk with a helmet and armor. War hawks don’t scavenge. They hunt. Sleeping in gets tricky without a mattress

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    Helen Keller

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    Helen Keller From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Helen Keller Helen Keller holding a magnolia‚ ca. 1920. Born Helen Adams Keller June 27‚ 1880 Tuscumbia‚ Alabama‚ U.S. Died June 1‚ 1968 (aged 87) Arcan Ridge Easton‚ Connecticut‚ U.S. Occupation Author‚ political activist‚ lecturer Education Radcliffe College Signature Helen Adams Keller (June 27‚ 1880 – June 1‚ 1968) was an American author‚ political activist‚ and lecturer. She was the first deafblindperson to earn a bachelor

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    of Leyte Gulf raged from October 23 through 25‚ 1944. It was the largest naval battle ever fought — ending in the eclipse of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and its last sortie in force. Leyte Gulf also was the scene of the first organized use of Kamikaze (suicide) aircraft by the Japanese. The Australian heavy cruiser HMAS Australia was hit on October 21‚ and suicide attacks by the "Special Attack Force" began on October 25th. The primary purpose of the the Leyte Campaign or otherwise known as

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    The United States of America didn’t want absolutely anything to do with another World War what so ever but after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor using "Kamikaze" they had no choice what so ever. The US were already in the Great Depression going through hard times. Many people were out of work‚ stock market crashed. This created unstable governments within the US. This war brought a lot of people back into

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    LEGACY OF THE SAMURAI _The characteristics‚ philosophy‚_ _and history of the samurai._ For seven centuries‚ the samurai ruled Japan as the powerful warrior class. As a class of warriors and knights‚ they led society in feudal Japan. The loyalty to his lord was much more important than his allegiance to his friends‚ family and even the emperor. Their philosophy was one liberated him from fear‚ and for these reasons‚ the samurai came to be the dominate force throughout medieval Japan. War played

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    Suicide in Japan

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    behind suicide have become all too common amongst native Japanese. Suicide in Japan began with the samurais who chose ’seppuku’ (the disembowlment of one’s body) as opposed to surrendering to one’s enemy and risking torture. Later on‚ kamikazes crashed their planes into selected enemy targets during World War II‚ with the belief that they were doing so for the greater good of Japan. Japan is also known to be a unified populus -- meaning that to stray from what everyone else is doing is

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    Wrong Place, Wrong Time

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    Victims of circumstance‚ or just unruly adolescents? Or maybe a little bit of both? The young men in T. Coraghessan Boyle’s short story "Greasy Lake" were out looking for a good time‚ but in the end received much more than they bargained for--a near murder‚ attempted rape‚ and stumbling across a decaying corpse; just to name a few of their encounters. When taking into consideration all the components which made up the situations‚ it is easy to understand the peril the boys come across that night

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