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  • ...First recording of Japan's Emperor Hirohito--his speech ending WWII recorded on Denon equipmen...

  • [...] many critics read the characterization of the city as a reflection of the period's economic history: the increasing globalization of the national economy with respect to the Pacific Rim, especially LA, and the widespread "Yellow Peril" fear of a Japanese corporate invasion. In history books, he's the kind of cop who used to call black men 'niggers.' This exchange establishes Bryant and Deckard as stock figures of twentieth-century Civil Rights narratives: the Southern redneck cop and the cynical but nonracist white one. [...] by 1992, the film has excised all of its direct references to black people despite its reliance on traditional African American themes.

    ..., calmly delivers what amounts to a death speech. The scene is quiet so that the viewer can hear th...'s going to see the big Christmas tree at Hirohito Center." "Go on," the announcer goads, "Keep buyin...

  • Criminal prosecution has become a way to influence collective memory in cases of state-sponsored mass murders, but such efforts call for a degree of dramatization that conflicts with the traditional functions of criminal law. Some issues include abrogation of defendants' rights in the interests of social solidarity, possible distortions of historical understanding, and dangers of such cases as precedent or analogy. The responsibility and guilt may be too widespread. In addition, there may be problems in attempting to deliberately construct collective memory, and dishonesty may be required. Examples from Germany, France, Japan, Israel and Argentina are discussed.

    ....(78) As Alfonsin would announce (in a speech drafted by Nino), "[t]he full and free exercise of...." For instance, a prosecution of Emperor Hirohito could easily have been staged - without distortion...

  • In the days following the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, New Mexico's many prisoners in work camps throughout Japan and northern China got a rest. With the Japanese high command in total disarray, orders were not getting sent down the chain of command. Word of the super bomb was spreading quickly. And American planes were constantly overhead dropping food, clothing and medical supplies.

    ...14, 1945, Emperor Hirohito's surrender speech was the signal they didn't have...

  • In the first television address by a Japanese monarch, Emperor Akihito on Wednesday tried to calm the nerves of a nation shaken by a massive earthquake and tsunami, with officials gripped in a seesaw fight against nuclear radiation at a shattered power plant. It is important that each of us shares the difficult days that lie ahead," said the soft-spoken, grandfatherly emperor, who suddenly appeared on TV screens across Japan in a prerecorded message that lasted about six minutes.

    ...The emperor's speech surprised many Japanese television viewers. While ... the moment to Akihito's father, Emperor Hirohito, who announced Japan's surrender at the end of Wor...

  • days left in the year. Nov. 10, 1775, the U.S. Marines were organized under authorityof the Continental Congress.

    ...In 1928, Hirohito was enthroned as Emperor of Japan. In 1942, Winstoon Churchill delivered a speech in London inwhich he said, "I have not become the ...

  • President Obama isn't sure if victory is the U.S. objective in Afghanistan. On July 23, ABC's Terry Moran asked the president to define victory in Afghanistan. He responded, "I'm always worried about using the word 'victory' because, you know, it invokes this notion of Emperor Hirohito coming down and signing a surrender to MacArthur." Fidelity to history requires us to note that Emperor Hirohito did not sign the Japanese articles of surrender on the Battleship Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945, and was not even at the ceremony. Historical accuracy aside, Mr. Obama was trying to reiterate part of what George W. Bush said on many occasions during his presidency: The war on terrorism is not a conventional war, and it will not be won by conventional military means. When President Bush made this p...

    ... ended World War II." In his November 2005 speech on Iraq, titled "A Strategy for Victory," Mr. Bush...

  • The U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress.

    ...1928. Hirohito was enthroned as the emperor of Japan. 1942. Winstton Churchill delivered a speech in London in which he said, "I have not become the...

  • Book Review - Young Adult Review - Brief Article

    ..., and were still in the air when Emperor Hirohito made his crucial radio speech accepting the Potsda...

  • The U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress.

    ...1928. Hirohito was enthroned as the emperor of Japan. 1942. Winstton Churchill delivered a speech in London in which he said, "I have not become the...



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