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The Fourth of July 2009
On
this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the
Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as
a sovereign nation. As always, this most American of holidays will be
marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country.
2.5 million
In July 1776, the estimated number of people living in the newly independent nation.
Source: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970
<http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html>
307 million
The na...
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Why are people at work always touching me?
I get bear hugs from men and unsolicited kisses on the cheek from
women. Co-workers of both sexes grip my elbows, tap my knees and pat my
back. An editor recently held my hand on deadline—literally. One work
friend hugs me every time she sees me in the elevator, even if I’m
furiously typing on my BlackBerry and jugglin... |
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Countless books advise how to build your personal brand. Michael
Jackson was so unique that he cannot realistically serve as anyone's
role model in that effort. Yet Jackson was unquestionably a brand icon
and there are lessons to be learned. Here are the top ten factors that
explain his icon status.
Start early. Michael began entertaining at the age
of four. His career as... |
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En términos políticos prácticos, el principal
inconveniente de los golpes de Estado, al menos en América Latina, no
es tanto su ilegalidad como su anacronismo.
Tiempo atrás, la ilegalidad no era un inconveniente serio para la aceptación.
En
el país se callaba, por temor, mientras que en el exterior algunos
gobie... |
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In the months since Barack Obama has taken office, a curious thing
has occurred in his communication style. He has toned down the rhetoric
and geared up the details. As Don Baer who once worked for President
Bill Clinton put it, Obama is now "the Great Explainer."
In doing so, Obama is following in the tradition of a previous
president, Franklin Roosevelt. At his ... |
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Can you break the law to avoid breaking the law? It sounds like a
riddle, or a logical paradox, but in fact it is the question underlying
yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Ricci v. DeStefano. And like
other riddles, Ricci may have something deeper to teach us.
In 2003, the city of New Haven administered a
test to select firefighters for officer positions. One hundred ... |
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The terms environmental, earth and land art still powerfully conjure
Michael Heizer’s Double Negative, Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, Nancy
Holt’s Sun Tunnels and other emblematic site-specific works from the
’60s and ’70s. Since then, the genre has radically evolved in its means
and mission, encompassing myriad approaches that integrate esthetica... |
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Ivo Karlovic was bombarded with questions about how it was that Roger Federer
was able to tame his murderous serve when everyone else at Wimbledon found
it simply unfathomable and unbreakable.
The slayed giant kept shrugging, trying vainly to explain it before he finally
came up with what he felt was the most reasonable explanation. "It is only
because he is bett... |
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Recently we tuned into a very interesting (albeit somewhat depressing) conference call, Staying Competitive During an Economic Downturn,
sponsored by the National LGBT Bar Association. Three experts provided
their thoughts on the current legal job market and advice for
navigating it:
Robert Depew.
A Managing Director in Major, Lindsey & Africa's San Francisco
offic... |
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As India held only its second national Gay Pride march yesterday, officials
said that the country was planning to repeal a law against homosexuality
that was introduced by the British almost 150 years ago.
India is one of the few professed liberal democracies in the world that still
has such a law. The others are mostly Islamic or authoritarian, and even
China lifted ... |
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Each year in June gays and lesbians prance and
parade to celebrate Gay Pride Month. The history of Gay Pride
Celebrations began in 1969 in Greenwich Village, New York City at the
Stonewall Inn.
At the time, it was common all over the United States for police
to raid gay and lesbian bars. While they were purportedly looking for
liquor law or other violations, patrons were ...
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In
remembering Michael Jackson and celebrating his life as the "King of
Pop," one finds that whilst many people loved his music, many were
equally bewildered by his appearance. This is a reflection on the ways
in which he made us think about race and identity.
Michael Jackson's album,
''Dangerous,'' premiered at No. 1 on Billboard's pop chart on Dec. 9,
199...
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When a small group of vocal
gays and lesbians took to the streets in Manila in 1994, not only were
they marching for the first time to put gay rights on the political
agenda in the Philippines, they were also the first to do so in Asia.
Fifteen years later, it’s a national event that continues to keep the
LGBT community visible in country, and gay pride marches are wid...
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LIKE all students caught up in the civil rights and antiwar
movements of the 1960s, I was riveted by the violent confrontations
between the police and protestors in Selma, 1965, and Chicago, 1968.
But I never heard about the several days of riots that rocked Greenwich
Village after the police raided a gay bar called the Stonewall Inn in
the we... |
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They were both childhood stars who made weekly transatlantic
telephone calls to one another during a close friendship that lasted
almost 30 years.
Mark Lester, who played the lead in the Seventies film Oliver!, and Michael Jackson had mutual trust and when they became fathers, they made each other godparent to their respective children
Indeed, Jackson, who spoke to Lest... |
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Grunting seems to be a hot topic in women’s tennis these days, but
if there’s a word that describes women’s tennis better than ‘loud’,
surely it’s ‘international’. It seems like players come from a wider
range of countries than ever.
It’s no exception at this year’s Wimbledon, where the end of the
first week means... |
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Late last fall,
some 600 business leaders—including CEOs, marketing directors, and
investors in some of the nation's largest corporations—gathered at
the Sheraton Grande, a giant nonunion conference center in downtown
L.A., for the fifth annual meeting of an organization called Business
for Social Responsibility. BSR started out as a small network of profit-mi... |
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The amount of taxpayer dollars that has gone into cleaning up our
top financial institutions' collective mess is staggering. Bank of
America received $15 billion as part of the federal Troubled Asset
Relief Program (TARP). Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo each
received $25 billion. But here's a cost-effective solution: Hire more
women.
As has been pointed out w... |
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“Amava bom vinho, boa comida, boa mulher e claro…
Jazz; era um grande trabalhador, que perdeu a vida ainda trabalhando
aos 85 anos, coisa muito rara; ele pensava na vida, não pensava na
morte e tudo em que ele se metia era realmente com uma grande paixão;
era um pai… Um pai, sim; o Ricardo, para mim, foi um fotógrafo
completo”, co... |
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