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 | | Four Remarkable True-to-life Tales of Human Honesty | | by Unofre Pili, Jul 8, 2008 | | “Every time I tell the truth I add strength to my character," Ralph Waldo Emerson once remarked. Indeed, what a beautiful and better place this world to live in, if most of the people walking on it are like Advincula, Chowdhury, Sotelo and Sulpicio. | | Comments(11) Liked It: 8 |
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 | | Famine and the Failure of Rice Harvest and Great Bengal, India | | by balisunset, Aug 24, 2008 | | In 1770 AD, Northeast India, in the area now known as Bangladesh, British administration failed to prepare for times of inadequate rainfall so, when crops failed in 1770, no food supplies were available for the peasant farmers. Ultimately, the mass starvation of Indian peasants resulted from poor government administration. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Bangladesh Cyclone of October 31, 1876 | | by balisunset, Aug 29, 2008 | | A cyclone in the area we now know as Bangladesh destroyed the city of Chittagong. At least 200,000 people in Chittagong and its surrounding area died as a result of the cyclone. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 2 |
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