At the turn of the century shiploads of Korean 'picture brides' arrived in Honolulu, lured by promises of prosperity by marrying well-off Korean men they'd chosen through their photos. The reality was entirely different; most of the men were older, poor labourers on sugar or pineapple plantations...
I was watching a high speed car chase on television yesterday and something ACTUALLY HAPPENED. This is amazing, because Los Angeles probably generates about 3 high speed car chases a week and they are all INCREDIBLY BORING. This is because there is approximately 2353459845 miles of high way in ...
Would he even be able to walk? “Medical discharge” could mean anything, and in the week since Eddie received the Army’s cryptic letter he had feared the worst. Would he be crippled? Blind? Disfigured? In a wheelchair, on crutches, or missing an arm, a leg, an eye? The fact that they hadn’t receiv...