As America’s fear of communism grew, particularly during the Korean War, the Reds decided to change their name to the Cincinnati Redlegs between 1953 and 1959. This decision wasn’t about sports; it was a move to distance the team from any communist associations, a concern amplified by the...
Essentially, homosexuals were seen as threats either because they were being associated with communism and potentially spying for the USSR, or because they were “easy targets for blackmail,” and thus seen as a risk to national security. At first, the RCMP specifically targeted federal ...
-makers invented festivals and holidays, just so people could get the desire for fun out of their system every now and then, in a socially controlled way, and with the celebration superficially tied back to a serious subject to remind the people that this fun isn’t what life is about....
Stretching 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) from east to west and 3,400 miles (5,500 kilometers) from north to south, China is a large country, in fact the third largest country in the world. The total size of China is 3,705,405 square miles (9,596,960 square kilometers). Approxi...
Among all that, is the fact that I have 3 weekly martial arts training in the evening, which equals to even less time. I am starting to feel quite shitty about this situation, and no, I'm not going to wait precious years of my life before continuing with my studies. Let's hope ...
In fact, on myfirst backpacking trip around Europe,I quickly named it one of my favourite cities in the world. A dramatic declaration onlypartiallyinfluenced by the vats of local Pilsner that soon made up half my body weight. Three additional visits later, I still consider Prague one of the...
and I’ve never had the slightest desire to have kids of my own. That gets me thinking about what I’ll leave behind when my own life reaches its twilight; I’m nearly 40, and facing the fact that I probably have fewer days in front of me than I do behind me. I don’t have ...
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“People need to work” is one of those assumptions. It implies two things: (1) People need to workto make a living—and (2) People need to work ornothing would get done.For all recent memory—and history—this assumption has been afact. But what if you take away the last part—...
Next, they'll look at our class projects 他们其次将做什么? 其次,他们将看我们的类项目[translate] a我们是共产主义接班人 We are the successors to Communism and the Communist cause[translate] a在葵涌骑单车很好玩 Rides the bicycle in Kuiyong to be very amusing[translate]...