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Botak Chin engaged in eight robberies within a month in 1969. This led to his first arrest; he was convicted and sentenced to prison for 7 years. He was released before serving out his sentence and resolved to retire from gangsterism. However, his attempt to become clean and sell vegetables was unsatisfying financially; [5] and he returned to ...
The queue hairstyle predates the Manchus. The Chinese word for queue, bian, meant plaited hair or a cord.The term bian, when used to describe the braid in the Manchu hairstyle, was originally applied by the Han dynasty to the Xiongnu.
An APEC leader setting the tone for the 2013 APEC CEO summit with an opening speech. Leadership, is defined as the ability of an individual, group, or organization to "lead", influence, or guide other individuals, teams, or organizations.
Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 February 2017; Gruenbaum, Ellen (2001). The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-1746-9. Mackie, Gerry (December 1996). "Ending Footbinding and Infibulation: A Convention Account" (PDF). American Sociological Review.
The Rabatak Inscription is a stone inscribed with text written in the Bactrian language and Greek script, found in 1993 at Rabatak, near Surkh Kotal in Afghanistan.The inscription relates to the rule of the Kushan emperor Kanishka, and gives remarkable clues on the genealogy of the Kushan dynasty.
Armstrong was born on January 25, 1983, near San Jose, California; both of his parents were engineers. [5] During his years in high school, he attended Bellarmine College Preparatory, a Catholic, all-male, private secondary school.
Laki Pingvini (Serbian Cyrillic: Лаки Пингвини; transl. The Easy Penguins) were a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1979. Initially a part of the Yugoslav new wave scene, the band later turned towards synth-pop and pop rock sound. They released two studio albums and had several hit songs before disbanding in 1986.
Ji Li (Chinese: 笄禮), also known as the hairpin ceremony, [1] [2] [3] is the equivalent of the Guan Li; the Ji Li marks the transition from childhood to adulthood of a Chinese woman and involves the use of a ji (lit.