Comfort women were women and girls forced into a prostitution corps created by the Empire of Japan.[1] The name "comfort women" is a translation of a Japanese name ianfu (慰安婦).[2][3] Ianfu is a euphemism for shōfu (娼婦) whose meaning is "prostitute(s)".[4] The earliest reporting on the issue in South Korea stated it was not a voluntary force‚[5] and since 1989 a number of women have come forward testifying they were kidnapped by Imperial Japanese soldiers. Historians such as Lee Yeong-Hun[6] and
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Bam White ：They were moving from the high desert chill of Las Animas‚ Colorado‚ to Littlefield‚ Texas‚ south of Amarillo‚ to start anew.. Bam White was a ranch hand‚ a lover of horses and empty skies. Archaeologists: were just starting to sort through a lost village‚ a place where natives. The Spanish: They brought horses‚ which had the same effect on the Plains Indian economy as railroads did on Anglo villages in the Midwest. Comanche: They migrated out of eastern Wyoming‚ Shoshone people
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What would happen to the world as we know it‚ if we decided to just stop fighting amongst ourselves for land and power? Instead we look for ways to unite our common goals and make this world one. When are going to learn to concentrate on bettering ourselves‚ compared to depending on our need for greed. In this time and age‚ we live with the fact that without money‚ land and power‚ we cannot live. If someone is not rich and famous‚ or own land‚ then that person has no real impact on this world today
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Worst Book of the term – From a Buick 8 The question to ponder here is how does a reader decide whether a book is good or bad? Is it the characters‚ the plot‚ the writing style or a combination of factors? There is no one simple answer to this question because‚ honestly it going to be different for different readers based on their individual taste and writing style preference. In fact‚ some people will simply love a book‚ while others may hate it. Since authors realistically cannot satisfy every
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Adversity Bringing Out The Best or Good? Recently a tragedy has occurred in New York and many other states being known as “Hurricane Sandy” leaving a mark on our lives. Sometimes in life when natural disasters occur or in general when unfortunate cases occur adversity can truly bring out the real person whether for good or bad. I personally believe adversity brings out the best because in most cases you see people helping by any means and actually some have sacrificed their lives just
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World’s Worst Dictators There are many different dictators in the world‚ who have all done horrific and immoral things. They all have their worst points‚ and different people rank the “Worlds Worst Dictators” differently. I believe that Hu Jintao‚ from China‚ is the number one worst dictator‚ King Abdullah from‚ Saudi Arabia‚ is second‚ and Sayyid Ali Khamernei‚ from Iran‚ is third. Sayyid Ali Khamernei has been the dictator of Iran since 1989. Since then he has oppressed the rights of women
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The Best and The Worst Since the birth of the first humanbeing‚ humanity always invented new things to feed their needs. Some inventions were really filling a blank and made people take one more step further to new questions and needs but some inventions seemed so innocent and useful till humanity become captives of them and forgot about living. In the first ages of human life‚ people were collecting; fruits and seeds to feed themselves‚ rocks to create places tol ive‚ leaves to cover their
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Our world is on a downhill spiral to the bleak unknown‚ undoubtedly‚ the effect of man itself. Countless tragedies have occurred in every country‚ critically affecting the way we live our lives today. In Africa‚ the ethnic battle of the Hutu and Tutsi decimated over one million people. The Chinese are still dealing with the struggle of a gender imbalanced society which came from inflicting deaths on unwanted infant girls. Now‚ in America‚ the difficulty of getting an education gets increasingly arduous
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‚Leroy Barnett Ms. Cadoa English 1301 5 March 2011 The worst kind of hypocrite is a religious hypocrite When you think of the word hypocrite‚ religion is the first thing that comes to your mind. In this day and age we have a lot of religious groups or people calling each other hypocrites. I think a hypocrite is someone who says one thing and does another. These people are very difficult to get honesty from. They tell others how to live their lives and then often do not follow
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7 Worst Killer Plagues in history Smallpox (430 BC? - 1979): Killed more than 300 million people worldwide in the 20th century alone‚ and most of the native inhabitants of the Americas Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a contagious disease unique to humans. Smallpox is caused by either of two virus variants named Variola major and Variola minor. The deadlier form‚ V. major‚ has a mortality rate of 30–35%‚ while V. minor causes a milder form of disease called
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