Word: wwii
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...also covered the signing of the armistice aboard the U.S.S. Missouri which ended WWII...
...plot’s origins date back 40 years to when a group from MIT’s Delta Kappa Epsilon (Dekes) fraternity planted explosive cords, developed for use by demolition experts in WWII, in hopes of blasting the school’s initials into the sod before the Harvard-Yale game that year. The grounds crew discovered the explosives and school officials expelled the students involved soon after...
...Maori of Whakarewarewa have perfected another cooking method as well: hangi, or steam-cooked, meals. Low stone boxes are built over steam vents and used as ovens. Ned's Cafe, the village restaurant, specializes in hangi, serving up the kind of hearty WWII-vintage meals that gave British food its bad name. But even the luncheon meat and chicken with stuffing comes out moist and pleasant, and made very palatable by the tang of the salts. Dessert, inevitably, is steamed pudding...
Cohen’s second premise relies on his appraisal of the past century’s Asian-American relations. According to Cohen, America first established its role as the dominant power in East Asia when it defeated Japan after WWII, followed by involvement in Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam. From this brief historical run-through, Cohen comes to the sanguine conclusion that “America, despite all the faults of which we who live in it are aware, remains a beacon of liberty and prosperity to the people of East Asia, as to much of the rest...
...billion on the military this year, $16 billion is peanuts. Traditionally, a nation’s foreign aid contributions are measured as a percentage of its gross domestic product (GDP). The most successful and far-reaching foreign assistance the U.S. has ever given was the Marshall Plan following WWII. During this time, foreign aid accounted for about 15 percent...