In a number of states, the struggle between religious and secular approaches to education has focused on the teaching of evolution - with disputes over whether Darwin's theory of evolution or the biblical creation story should be taught.
Disputes over the extent to which Christianity should be part of the school day have roused strong feelings in some states - with prolonged rows over the displaying of the Ten Commandments, the teaching of the Creation story and the public saying of prayers before sports events.
If we remember that brands are belief systems (created by a system of belief that includes creation story, creed, icons, rituals, a special lexicon, nonbelievers, and leader), then we realize why the Super Bowl has become a brand with a community of millions who surround the biggest event in American sports history.
This year, 88 countries are participating, including first-timers Angola, Kuwait and the Vatican, whose group show explores the biblical story of Creation.
Some highlights include an audio slideshow from NPR's Howard Berkes with stunning landscape images taken by an aerial photographer and an in-depth 50th anniversary look at the development and creation of West Side Story.
But there is also a more subtle story about the creation of a political machine.
Each iconic film is accompanied by an array of bonus features that tell the fascinating story of its creation and history, including behind-the-scenes documentaries, filmmaker commentaries, interviews, storyboards, photo galleries, and trailers.
The riveting story led to the creation of the Central Asia Institute, an organization that endeavors to improve girls' education in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Although we've marveled at Gollum before, it's still astonishing to see how completely this digital creation has been integrated into a story that's chockablock with compelling men and women.
It focuses on the creation of the ship, telling the story through the eyes and words of the workers who put a piece of themselves into the ship and those who sailed from Belfast never to return.
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Studies of European firms before 1998 told a similar story: one of modest value creation, with most of the benefit going to the sellers.
The story of American Magazine's creation is one that might be found on its own pages: Mignonne Wright, dreaming of publishing a national magazine, took a deep breath and called Wal-Mart headquarters in October 2002.
The earlier mentioned Fast Company article suggests that the way to capture higher value is for creative strategists to evolve from story-tellers to story-builders, meaning they curate, participate, and add to never-ending story-lines in co-creation with the end individuals.
The story of Kool-Aid's creation is most definitely genuine.
The New York Times recently published a sprawling piece about the creation and subsequent demise of 38 Studios, a story now able to be fully told now that the dust has settled.
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"Gideon's Trumpet" became a legal classic, telling the story of Clarence Earl Gideon, whose case resulted in the creation of the public defender systems across the nation.
The novel follows the story of three generations of a Palestinian family who became refugees after the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.
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Sure, being cool is nice, but the obsession with hipness often means missing a bigger story: the gradual diminution of the urban core as engines for job creation.
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