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by Lilia Yamakawa In 1985, US President Ronald Reagan agreed to visit a cemetery in Bitburg, Germany to lay a wreath in honor of Germany’s war casualties. Reagan’s team of advisors did not do their...
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by Michael McDonnell The Irish constitution enacted in 1937 states that: “1° the State recognises that by her life within the home, woman gives to the State a support without which the common good...
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by Olivia Katherine Parker Due to Japan’s conservative and traditional society, most Japanese women have played the role of wife and mother instead of pursuing careers. The common ideal for young women...
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