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Public Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: Sweden
CoverColumnsQ&ASparkbeatArchivesQ&ABrand New Sweden: Q&A with Swedish Institute’s Frida Roberts2013/11/25 · By Sophie WoodrooffeEarlier this month, Sweden unveiled its new brand identity...
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Americanisms: 50 of your most noted examples (BBC)
Americanisms: 50 of your most noted examplesCOMMENTS (1295)Continue reading the main storyIn today's MagazineThe first panda to leave ChinaSwitzerland 1, Italy, Holland and England 0Quiz of the week's...
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November 28-29 Public Diplomacy Review
BLAST FROM THE PAST“You will at the first opportunity offered call attention of the Government, to which you are accredited, to the fact that on the last Thursday of November this country according to...
View ArticleЭкономический сепаратизм или здоровая жажда жизни?
Наталья Зубаревичhttp://www.vedomosti.ru/opinion/print/2013/11/20/18983151 [provides Google English "translation"][Loose translation: Economic Separatism or Search for a Healthy...
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"Обманутая Россия"Андрея Пашкевича
Культура"Обманутая Россия"Андрея Пашкевича - RFE/RLРаспечататьВаш комментарийПоделиться в социальной сети"Москва – Пушкинская площадь". 1990 год. Фото Татьяны ВольтскойМультимедиаЗвук"Обманутая...
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Saving cost-free the Kitchen Sink: The small joys (miracles) of American life
Most USA home/apartment owners are eventually faced with the not-so-minor kitchen tragedy: their InSinkErator (or its variations), their kitchen sink garbage shredder/disposal, ceases functioning --...
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November 30-December 3 Public Diplomacy Review
“The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world that he did not exist.” ―-Charles Baudelaire; Baudelaire image fromRECENT EVENTSa) 2013 Forum, Panel 2: "U.S. Public Diplomacy in the...
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What You Need to Know about the International Test Scores
What You Need to Know About the International Test Scores, posted at Common Dreams; fromby Diane Ravitch. [Via GG on Facebook]"The more we focus on tests, the more we kill creativity, ingenuity, and...
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Obamacare and the Space Race
While I am no cheerleader for "big government" -- having worked in the USA Federal bureaucracy for over twenty years as a diplomat overseas and witnessed all the bureaucracy's immense imperfections --...
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Public Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: Near East Institute
On the Near Institute, see3rd lecture of Public Diplomacy Certificate Program organised within the scope of Lifelong Learning Programs of Near East Institute (NEI) attracted a great interest of the...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: Examples from Washington, D.C.
Public Diplomacy On the Way to the OfficePOSTED BY JONATHAN HENICK, takefiveblog.org ⋅ DECEMBER 2, 2013On my relatively short commute the office this morning I came across three separate examples of...
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December 4-9 Public Diplomacy Review
"The reality is that public diplomacy is an empty shell ... "--Blogger extraordinaire Paul Rockower, on Facebook; full quotation below, in the section at near end of the entry, "A Terminological...
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OMG -- Is that Public Diplomacy?
From a Facebook comment:John Brown shared a link.3 minutes ago · EditedOMG -- is that public diplomacy?http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/10/obama-takes-selfie-mandelas-funeral-service/Obama...
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December 10 Public Diplomacy Review
abbreviated edition“We have a ‘math’ teacher right now who majored in HISTORY."--Beth Z., a math teacher in Alaska; image fromVIDEO100 Movie Quotes (American Film Institute Top 100 Movies) -...
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NOW AVAILABLE AT THE BUSH CENTER MUSEUM STORE...
NOW AVAILABLE AT THE BUSH CENTER MUSEUM STORE...Just in time for the holiday season, new items commemorating the 2013 Dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center are now available! Here are...
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Interview with Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General
http://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2013/12/12/a_5799585.shtml [provides English translation]КУЛЬТУРА→КУЛЬТУРНАЯ ПОЛИТИКА«Культура — это не пустая трата денег»Интервью гендиректора ЮНЕСКО Ирины Боковой...
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Religion in America's states and counties -- Notes for a lecture: "E Pluribus...
Religion in America’s states and counties, in 6 maps - Washington PostBY NIRAJ CHOKSH [via GG on Facebook]December 12 at 11:57 amMore 9 CommentsIt goes without saying that religion is big in America....
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December 12, 2013Govern in PoetryBy TIMOTHY EGAN, New York TimesIn advance of a long drive through the coulee country of eastern Washington, my friend Sam gave me an audio companion — a CD of the...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: South Korea
Second Seminar on Public Diplomacy Research group [Google"translation"] - .newswire.co.krSeoul - ( BUSINESS WIRE ), December 12, 2013 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the coming 12.17 (Tuesday) The...
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South Korea: Public Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon
Park In-bee admitted to Sookmyung - koreatimes.co.krWorld No. 1 golfer Park In-bee was admitted to Sookmyung Women’s University, the school said Thursday.Park was accepted into the university’s...
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