Missionary Henry Williams and his son Edward then translated the treaty into Maori on the 4th of February 1840. ... "May I ask your Excellency whether it is you opinion that these natives understand the articles of the treaty which they are now called upon to sign?... Hobson seems indifferent neither concerned nor sympathetic towards the issue replying, "If the native chiefs do not know the contents of this treaty it is no fault of mine". Colenso goes on to say "the natives are quite children in their ideas I have spoken to some chiefs concerning it, who had no idea whateve...

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Consequently, Christianity was not only turned native in Graeco-Roman cities, but also helped to shape the Graeco-Roman world; conversely the Graeco-Roman world helped to shape Christianity giving it the language and all other creative symbols at its disposal to produce what we practice and discuss today in the sacraments and theology. ... The four subdivide into two close streams - an alternate elder age-set that becomes godfather or patron and that initiates the younger age-set, pairs with the younger group to form a stream; successive patronage is excluded; and so a father will never be god...

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Following the death of King Philip II in 336 BC, a 20 year old Alexander inherited one of the most advanced army and logistical system of its time, coupled with veteran generals, an exemplary battle record and hegemony over Greece; this was King Philips legacy to Macedon and his son Alexander (Hyper 1). According to Honorary Senior Lecturer of Ancient History Michael Austin, "The careers of Philip II and his son Alexander the Great (III) were interlocked in innumerable ways in their own lifetimes " and he uses the analogy that "Alexander drove the engine his father had built " (Austin, 1998). ...

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In principle, one could have a nephew serve as a substitute: a man's sister's son, in this matriarchal regime, would be given by his uncle in ransom; whence the two Wolof expressions, na djây ("may he sell," i.e., the uncle), and djar bât ("he who can buy back," i.e., the nephew). ...

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Frank even kills a man's son when he overhears Franks name, to prevent the child from hunting him down one day. ... No longer were outlaws just a catalyst for the good guy to get the girl, now the bad guy could get the girl, such as in with Frank and Jill in, Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) for a moment it seems as if Jill is falling for Frank (the man who recently murdered her husband and son-in-law), one of the most despicable men in Western cinema; yet because we are now viewing life from his point of view, we see that he must have lived an extremely hard life growing up, and now h...

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It is mentioned in Irish History that St. Patrick banished all the snakes from Ireland. This seems an impressive feat and we seem to be able to confirm it as fact as Ireland is indeed a country without snakes. However, the more realistic, and more mundane reason why there are no snakes in Ireland is because the country is an island surrounded by the sea. It was separated from the land mass of Europe around 6700 BC before snakes and other varieties of plant life were common in the country. ...

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The word 'Vase' from the letter (note capitalization)as "an open container, often used to hold cut flowers " (www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ ) can be interpreted, according to the metaphor meaning explained above, as a request for Eudocia to open herself to a new poem, a new 'flower'. ...

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Ferrer was immensely popular, creating a political legacy that lives on in his son, who leads the country today. ... Note that the literal translation of Indian is Indio, which is an insulting term to Costa Rica's indigenous inhabitants. They prefer the term indigena, which means native inhabitant.) ...

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Diversity is what we chose to analyze based on the desire to understand an inclusive environment and be able to incorporate this into our companies. This paper will describe diversity and it's importance to the workplace environment. We plan on describing how a company should evolve into an inclusive environment. We will analyze three different companies and discuss the importance of diversity in these organizations. We then will create a diversity benchmark for corporations to incorporate into their policies. ...

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As the son of Emperor Taisho and Crown Prince, Hirohito found comforts in the studies of science, mathematics, ethics, geography, and literature often studying in his native Japanese as well as Chinese. ... Reports surfaced that his son, Chang Hsueh-Liang, had attempted to arise anti-Japanese sentiment throughout Manchuria and Japanese military forces saw an opportunity. ...

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Sumo Exposed: The Invention of Tradition in Japan's National Sport I: Introduction and Theoretical Remarks "Even today in Japan's highly industrialized and modern society, sumo is generally perceived as a quintessentially Japanese sport, in which history, tradition and even religion are intermingled to form a unique sport of pageantry and splendor perhaps matched by no other country's national sport" (Sandoz 1992:8). One hardly needs to emphasize the popularity and status sumo enjoys as Japan's kokugi, or national sport. Three years ago, I lent my copy of Aerosmi...

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