... internal divisions lead to the abandonment of the mission in 1745. In 1747, two tracks of land were purchased for the purpose of mission settlement: Ephraim on the Corentyn and Sharon on the Saramaka. In 1757 a lone missionary set up residence "on the Corentyn in the midst of an utter wilderness" (Thompson, 137). He faced innumerable hardships, but was pleasantly surprised ... two years of his continued presence, a small congregation of Arawak, Carib and Warow converts began to settle around Ephraim. Dehne was relieved in 1759 by three missionaries; he retired to Sharon and later return...

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... differently with the elite of Europe showing tattoos. The popularity of the tattoo remained with the military during World War II. Sailors and soldiers bore their allegiances to their country and their women with body art. They bore names of their units, ships and divisions proudly. Tattoo shops were located on docks and near military bases and tattooing flourished. The popularity of ... ...

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... 1809. You may wonder, with all of this fighting, who would run the Country if he died, so he arranged to marry the daughter of the Austrian Emperor. She soon bore him a son, Napoleon II, christened the King of Rome in 1811. Most of Europe was either under control or ruled by France. But, France's relationship with Russia was withering away ... ...

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... that backed up the containment policy in Europe. If any of the allied countries were attacked, then NATO would be called upon to defend these nations. Naturally, the United States bore the greatest burden in this relationship, financially and in terms of manpower. NATO effectively executed its share of the responsibility of containment, for example: the Berlin Airlift in 1948. If ... ...

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... from living out his years behind bars and dying in a prison cell was my Mother. My sister followed my father's emotional pattern, and set off on the wrong road. She bore a child to a young man named Brian Mattigan, Who still has a place in my heart, she was 18. Her son/ my nephew Thomas Michel mattigan is one of those closest to ... ...

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... conditions were endured by workers in the cotton mills, where temperatures were especially debilitating."" (Western Civilization, 418). "Conditions in the coal mines were also harsh. Inside the mines, men still bore the burden of digging the coal out while horses, mules, women, and children hauled coal carts on rails to the lift. Dangers abounded in coalmines; cave-ins, explosions, and gas ... ...

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... colonial elite. Since one of the intentions of the Europeans for coming down to Southeast Asia was to civilize it, it should have been done with an impartial attitude. They bore much of an ideology of "white supremacy". In Perak, Malaya, Resident James Birch thought that the Europeans were the most supreme and saw the Sultans and Malay Chiefs as primitive ... ...

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... the President wanted to help them. It is quite probable that Roosevelt, being the humanitarian that he was, did want to see Nazi 'barbarism' stopped, but siding with the Jews bore a political price he was not willing to pay. With critics having labeled his New Deal a "Jew Deal", with Congress and more than two-thirds of the population against the admission ... ...

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... bible was looked at critically, philosophes uncovered contradictions of itself within its writings. "For the philosophes the concept of predestination suggested that the fate of the human soul after death bore little or no relationship to virtuous living" (734). The philosophe Voltaire desired a belief in God, but a lack in the church. The philosophes of the Enlightenment infiltrated society with the ideas ... ...

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... in the war. They all seem very happy and enthusiastic about fighting the First World War; none of them look the least bit worried. I mentioned this Thick Fact because Germany bore a heavy responsibility for the outbreak of hostilities. German leaders deliberately instigated a war they could have prevented had they chosen to restrain their weaker Austrian ally. Instead, after the assassination of ... ...

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... colonial elite. Since one of the intentions of the Europeans for coming down to Southeast Asia was to civilize it, it should have been done with an impartial attitude. They bore much of an ideology of "white supremacy". In Perak, Malaya, Resident James Birch thought that the Europeans were the most supreme and saw the Sultans and Malay Chiefs as primitive ... ...

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