chon

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The stripping and flogging of women, particularly young women, was notorious Here is one case of the flogging of boys The following letter from a missionary in Sun-chon--where there is a Presbyterian hospital,--dated May 25, 1919, was printed in the report of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America.

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  • Witnesses report a doughnut shaped lump of dark chon-drite asteroid, about two kilometers across. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • Only two of the doors were locked in this way: Polysper-chon was in the first. —  David Gemmell - (Lion of Macedon 01) Lion Of Macedon v1.0 (1990).htm
  • The soldier, police said, was rescued from the blaze by Korean movie star Hong Suk-chon, who owns the My Thai China and four other Itaewon restaurants. —  ROK Drop
  • Comments parastoo jan. be man begoo dooste adam hesabi ba Hossein derakhshan SOAS barnmae gozashty. ensafan ham khoob bood. vali be nazare man hossein o amsalesh adam hesabi nistan. ba asie kheyli doosty. hossein ham ke mashalla mashghoolen e fahashi be asie va amsale oone. yani bood chon dge alan mashghool ab khonak khordan e bad az too boogh o karna kardane raftan be esrail! —  خوابگرد
  • To Angel: Baby v. o.x (Written by Yoon Eun Hye) nugul choh-wa-hanun-gol nae-ga kuroh-danun-gon ochomyon nado oruni dwen-gojyo orin ayi hunun dut nado kurohke ulmokkorimyon haeng-bo-khae han-gojyo um chonsa ga bo-naet-jyo ajik orin nayege chon sarangi chaja-on-golyo —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
 

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