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Torturing the English language: numerous forces in society currently promote incoherence in the use of language. This is an anti-human trend that undermines the very foundation of civilization.(CULTURE WAR)
In Japan in 1615, the forces of the Tokugawa Shogunate confronted the forces of the ruling Toyotomi clan at Osaka Castle. The Tokugawa forces outnumbered the Toyotomi and time was on their side. The Toyotomi, realizing their strategic disadvantage, sought to improve their situation. To that end, they staged a small, surprise attack that succeeded in breaking into the shogun's camp, but there they met someone they did not expect.
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As told by Japanese literature scholar William Scott Wilson, "The shogun's men were thrown into confusion as the assailants, almost incredibly, pressed their way to within a short distance of the shogun ...
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