]> http://www.molinu.org/taxonomy/term/22579/0 Auto generated by aggregator2 autotaxonomy en http://www.molinu.org/okazaki_kunisuke <p><hr /> <div> Bronze bust of Okazaki Kunisuke in Wakayama City, Japan Okazaki </p> <pre> was a politician and cabinet minister in the late Meiji and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taishō period">Taishō period</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a>. </pre><p> <h2>Biography</h2> Okazaki was born as the younger son in a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/samurai">samurai</a></i> class family in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakayama Domain">Wakayama Domain</a>, what is now <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakayama Prefecture">Wakayama Prefecture</a>. His father was a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/karō">karō</a></i> with revenues of 400 <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/koku">koku</a></i> as a direct retainer of the Kiishū Tokugawa family, and he was the first cousin of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutsu Munemitsu">Mutsu Munemitsu</a>. </p> Wikipedia New Pages 1854 births 1936 deaths japanese politicians people from wakayama prefecture people in meiji period japan university of michigan alumni Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:36:28 +0000 http://www.molinu.org/harvey_swados <p><hr /> <div> <p> <b>Harvey Swados</b> (1920-1972) was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo">Buffalo</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New York">New York</a>, the son of a doctor. A graduate of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>. Swados was a four year veteran of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a> during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World War II">World War II</a> and published his first novel in 1955. Swados's 1959 essay for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire">Esquire</a>, "Why Resign from the Human Race?," has often been said to have inspired the formation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace Corps">Peace Corps</a>. </p> Wikipedia New Pages 1920 births 1972 deaths american jews american novelists university of michigan alumni Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:24:25 +0000