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• Winchester isn’t afraid to get scruffy on ‘Crusoe’
While it tries to pay heed to the cultural, religious and political values of the era in which the story is set, it seeks to have “Pirates of the Caribbean”-type fun with the genre. Born is Montana, the 27-year-old Winchester inherited a love of ...
• Former leaders in Iran to support Khatami
Khatami is hosting the two-day conference, which ends Tuesday, as the head of the International Institute of Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations. It explores religious and cultural concepts and rejects extremism. Following the conference, Annan ...
• McGovern: Should've fought 'ridiculous' attacks
In his campaign against McGovern, Nixon positioned himself as the more mainstream candidate, part of the so-called “silent majority” of Americans fed up with the cultural upheavals of the 1960s. He went on to win in one of the biggest landslides ...
• Canada government faces suit over killer whales
Pods have distinct cultural and genetic identities Lara Tessaro, a lawyer with Ecojustice, formerly the Sierra Legal Defense Fund, called the action unprecedented. "Resident killer whales are among B.C.'s most iconic and treasured marine species ...
• How to survive and thrive after an acquisition
It can be “a shock to the system” for employees on both sides of a merger, adds Elisa Hukins, cultural integration leader for Mercer, a global human resources firm. Indeed, a recent Mercer survey found that more than half of organizations report ...