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...Polynesian cultures, an act of violence to the land is regarded as an outrage against the people of that land. That is why the Navy's use of Kahoolawe Island as a target has always provoked bitterness among Hawaiians, now resulting in open protest. Ancient battles were provoked by cutting down coconut trees, thus obligating the owners to do battle as much as if a kinsman had been assaulted...
...unit. Kappler, then an SS colonel acting as police chief of the German occupation force in Rome, received orders from Berlin to execute ten times as many hostages in reprisal. Within 36 hours, German troops had rounded up several truckloads of Italian civilians. The Italians were taken to the ancient Ardeatine Caves three miles south of Rome and there were shot dead. The precise toll was 335-five more than Kappler's orders called...
Rising costs and feminism bring back an ancient...
According to the mass-circulation German magazine Stern, however, the estate has a school where the Children train good-looking disciples in the arts of seduction. Such allegations are amply corroborated by the Mo Letters, which advocate not only Mo's version of the Playboy philosophy but the ancient practice of religious prostitution. In a 1974 epistle called "God's Love Slave!" for example, Moses describes how he gave his wife "Maria" to numerous men and then questioned her afterward to enjoy a "detailed description" of the action...
...made and natural disasters, including many wars and a host of devastating earthquakes, have made Rhodes a unique architectural showcase. Among the ruins are examples of many different styles and periods, and the influences of European, Muslim, and ancient Greek cultures blend together in a timeless harmony. The remains of a Greek temple on the Acropolis of Lindos tower over the city, facing out towards Turkey. Far below, the white houses of Lindos stand in sharp contrast to the stark hills...