... form of informal tsuji-zumo (street-corner sumo), was becoming extremely popular among the non-samurai classes in urban Japan (Cuyler 1985:58). This development was important, because it signified the decline of the military class' authority over sumo, which had become a military sport, a martial art, ever after the decline of imperial-sponsored tourname! nt-banquets (Bolitho 1988:23). Hence ... very similar to the sport pages of modern newspapers, thus popularizing the sport immensely (at least among newspaper readers). In addition to the publication of championship results and rankin...

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... What was most alarming about Operation Wetback was the initial deception by the INS. One year before the implementation of Operation Wetback, the INS had launched a "friendly- public-relations effort in the Spanish-speaking communities. Immigration officials contacted community organizations such as CSO, ANMA, and LULAC, among others, and tried to present themselves as having a new policy toward undocumented Mexicans that ... , but are a threat, and therefore should be eradicated from the country, even if it was necessary to stretch the law to do so, for they often hold well-regarded rank...

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... Era The post- Civil War time period, or Reconstruction as it is commonly known, was the beginning of a new era in Southern history. The Radical Republican Congress placed the South under military rule; non-Southerners known as scallywags and carpetbaggers gained access to state house positions. In 1868, the thirteenth amendment was passed freeing all bondsmen from enslavement, followed by the 14th amendment ... to the further destruction done to the South by Reconstruction. The Klan formed as a fraternal order similar in structure and hierarchy to Masonic groups. The KKK was a quasi-mil...

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... the fact he nominally controlled these lands. However, the English, who were currently under the Protestant rule of Queen Elizabeth, were aiding the Protestants in the Netherlands which forced a larger scaled rebellion. This event did not bode well with the Catholic king of Spain whom "despised the ... Armada forces Spain to become undoubtedly weaker and fragile. Ultimately, Spain's loss causes them to lose the rankings as a top commanding naval power and advocates for a new dominant naval powers to emerge in the 17th century. This allowed the Dutch, the British, and the French to now be...

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... the term empire', and most likely being a very descent, wise, and learned man according to his time "his not-so-impressive feats of military prowess and his questionable title, the evidence that his authority may not have been as absolute and strong as one might believe, and his failure ... arrived, and with no hesitation Charlemagne reasserted the papal authority. But according to the East, Rome still had an emperor, just one that resided in Constantinople. Hence, one could argue that it was not by his conquering or his resemblance to the ancient Roman imperial dynasties of the past th...

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