But it's a measure of the dominance of oral culture over the printed word both here and in the rest of Africa that Ivory Coast's leading book shop chain says it's only sold four thousand copies of Houphouet Boigny's Imaginary Plots.

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That includes the physical landscape of town and country, as well as interests, behaviors, values and beliefs -- culture in the broadest sense of the word, including our political culture.

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The Germanic culture that dominated most of northern Europe gave us the word yule, and the tradition of burning a yule log to ward off evil spirits.

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Many are also applauding Grant for his refreshing honesty in a culture that has become fed up with overuse of the word "abuse, " but Grant did not resort to an excuse.

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Creating a team or a business that has a culture of love (call it something else if the word makes you uncomfortable) requires that you yourself be a loving and caring human being, and demonstrate that daily.

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