As soon as the authority of the Public Health and Welfare Section (PHW) of the Supreme Commander for Allied Powers waned in May 1951. the Japanese government overturned several measures it had implemented. Although the PHW contributed greatly toward improving public health conditions, not all of ...
An American community lived and thrived in Pyongyang for 47 years, from 1895 to 1942, numbering in the hundreds at its peak and leading the largest Christian community on the mainland of Asia. Their mission occupied a prominent location in the center of Pyongyang, then and now, and was home...
As stage time passes performers differentiate and evolve within the occupied space – that is, as the space relates to the people within it. “Static Shot”, Opéra de Lorraine, 23 May 2024. Photo © Laurent Philippe, Divergence Images Also, there’s more than a little Charlot in Parolin...
This process of incremental ethnic cleansing has continued to the present day, and “nowhere is this seen more clearly than in the number of illegal settlers residing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which has grown from roughly 424,000 in 2004 to some 700,000 settlers today.” These fas...
Look at how many seats are occupied inMain Cabin Extra, premium economy, etc., because it’s possible that at least some of these people are also elite members looking for an upgrade This isn’t fool proof, but the emptier the seat maps, the better your odds. ...
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, declaring war on the United States and United Kingdom. 8 December 1941 The United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and New Zealand declares war on Japan on the day following the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan begins invasion of the Philippines 23...
1774 –First display of the word “Liberty” on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America. Today the word apparently means the ‘right’ to take the stuff one American has worked for and give it to another ‘American...
nuclear incident at the Kursk nuclear power plant,†said Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) following his visit on Tuesday (27 August) to the facility in Kurchatov, close to the Russian border and the area curenly occupied by Ukrainian ...
He also received Queen Liliuokalani and replaced the American stars and stripes in Honolulu with the Hawaiian flag. Cleveland also ordered a study of the Hawaiian revolution. The inquiry concluded that the American minister to Hawaii had conspired with the businessmen to overthrow the queen, and ...
As long as I live -- As long as I live, I will never forget the day 21 years ago when I raised my right hand and I took the oath of citizenship. You know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with the American flag around my shoulder all day long. ...