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    What Is Askatasuna?

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    terrorist group that existed in the Basque region of Spain and in the southwestern part of France. Founded in 1959, it originated as a group that promoted the traditional Basque culture. What started as an organization that wanted to spread Basque pride, ended with a terrorist group that had a goal of getting independence for the Basque Country. While the ETA terrorist group was in action, they killed an estimated 857 people, 576 of which were located within the Basque region (Martin-Peña). The ETA developed

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    The book, Saint Ignatius of Loyola Personal Writings, was translated by Joseph A. Munitiz and Philip Endean and first published in 1996. This book contains many aspects of St. Ignatius’ life, from his reminiscences to his spiritual exercises. Inigo Lopez de Loyola was born in 1491 in Spain, the youngest of 13 children. Inigo became a soldier at the age of 18 and began to refer to himself at Ignatius. Ignatius becomes a man obsessed with his image and a life of luxury until his conversion into a devout

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    Ignatius of Loyola Biography Ignatius of Loyola was born on October 23 1491 in Azpeitia, Spain. Ignatius was the youngest of thirteen children. He was raised by the local blacksmith’s wife as he mother died. He was set on a journey to be a knight when he was young. He fought as first Superior General in the battle against the French in 1521. He got seriously injured and underwent many surgeries. Throughout the recovery Ignatius he went through a spiritual conversion and dedicated his life to be

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    Ignacio Ellacuría

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    Beatitudes in the Modern World: Ignacio Ellacuría, SJ Ignacio Ellacuría, a Jesuit priest who dedicated his life to help liberate the poor and oppressed in Latin America. He spent most of his life working in El Salvador. He was born on November 9th, 1930 in Portugalete, Spain located in the Biscay province. He was educated at “ the Jesuit school in Tudela, Navarra.”1 He “began his novitiate to become a Jesuit on September 14,1947, at the age of 17.”2 After the seminary Ignacio Ellacuría was missioned

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    The first year they spent there, they tried to learn as much of the Japanese language as possible with the help of Han-Sir. After St. Francis Xavier learned the Japanese language, he began to preach and catechize to the Japanese people. St. Francis Xavier had just began to convert people, when the converts attracted the attention of the bonzes who did not like St. Francis Xavier

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    Description Of Basques

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    The Basques are considered to the be oldest ethnic group located in Europe. It is believed that the Basques had inhabited the southwestern corner of Europe before the Indo-Europeans settled in the same area. The Basques have survived invasions by the Romans, Visigoths, Arabs, French, and Spanish. During the Middle Ages, several parts of the Basque territory were seized by Spaniards, Gascons, and Catalans. All of the Basque territories was divided between France and Spain by the year 1876. Today

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    Introduction In today’s generation many of the children in Asia are bilingual with English as their first language and their native language as their second. Being a bilingual comes along with various advantages in today’s world. There are several advantages a bilingual has over their monolingual counter-part. One of the advantages bilinguals have is better cognitive flexibility compared to monolinguals. Cognitive flexibility is the ability to restructure knowledge in multiple ways depending on

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    Quran(Koran), was written in that language in the seventh century”. Arabic spread because being that Islam is a universalizing religion, the large amount of people that converted to the religion also had to learned the Arabic language, thus helping it spread. Therefore, Arabic spread globally as a result of religion, not English. Portuguese is a Latin-based Romance language, English is not. The textbook states that “the four most widely used contemporary Romance languages are Spanish, Portuguese, French

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    Spain: Languages and Dialects With a population of approximately 45 million Spaniards and 3.5 million immigrants, Spain is a country of contrasts where the richness of its culture blends it up with the variety of languages and dialects used. Being one of the largest economies worldwide, and the second largest country in Europe, Spain is a very appealing destination for tourists as well as for immigrants from around the globe. Almost all Spaniards are used to speaking at least two different languages

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    interconnected, accepting, and peaceful world, the idea of a universal language is exciting and intoxicating. Societal progress is hindered without the free flow of ideas across linguistic and cultural boundaries. Many needless conflicts, like the push to remove Mexican immigrants from the US due to their cultural differences, result from misunderstanding and fear due to these linguistic boundaries. A universally understood language would resolve these issues by eliminating the need for translation and

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