In the guise of a book about translation this is a richly original cultural history, a journey from the days when the Greeks simply ignored other languages and the Romans forced all subject peoples to learn Latin, to Google Translate.
Shenandoah has a rich cultural history.
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Dundee is a dynamic city with a strong cultural identity and a history of innovation and creativity.
In her book, Tequila: A Natural and Cultural History which she co-wrote with Gary Nabhan, she detailed her concerns that the demand for tequila and the industrialized approach to production have exposed the blue agave to dangers that could potentially lead to crop failure.
Mr Copson also said that the poll showed that people in Britain primarily viewed Christianity as a matter of history and cultural heritage rather than as a matter of religion.
Growing up in Maryland, just south of the Mason Dixon Line, I often let my wanderlust and imagination drift up the coast to a more perfect place of beautiful coastline, living history and a cultural patina that seemed a caste above my mid-Atlantic surroundings.
The religious right is divided over its relationship with mainstream politics, reliving, in a peculiar quirk of cultural history, the divisions that tore apart the radical student movement in the late 1960s.
Mark has written such a wonderful script not only about the birth of a cultural phenomenon, but a moment in television's history.
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"Fossils and ancient skeletal remains are part of the fabric of a country's natural history and cultural heritage, and black marketers like Prokopi who illegally export and sell these wonders, steal a slice of that history, " he said.
It's as much a practical kitchen aid as a history of the cookbook itself and a cultural record of how the Western world has dined.
We dream of a city that has a combination of history, vital cultural life, is prosperous, endowed with exciting physical features, such as great rivers, bays and harbours, mountain ranges, with at least one season with a gentle and comfortable climate.
New Orleans clearly has a rich history of hosting a wide variety of large-scale sporting and cultural events.
The Hindu leader, who has a history of exploiting religious and cultural issues for his political ends, was unfazed.
''Of course, that million-dollar price tag, as high as it is, doesn't begin to describe the true value of an ancient artefact that is part of the fabric of a country's natural history and cultural heritage.
Participants agreed therefore to build a project that will tackle the themes of national constructions, of European (or non European for that matter) identities, of cultural commonalities, with a view of understanding history in a neutral, professional and balanced way.
Since much is still not fully understood about this art and its sources, the exhibition and catalog are replete with fascinating speculations rather than traditional iconographic interpretations negotiating a terrain that touches on cultural anthropology, the history of technology, and brain physiology.
They cover a vast range of subjects from religious studies to mathematics, medicine and astronomy, music, literature, poetry, architecture and esoteric practices, and bear witness to the rich history of the city as a cultural crossroads and centre of learning.
Conversely, the most prominent period of cultural decline in Western history coincides with a radical shrinking of trade frontiers.
The Network builds international links between cities that share a common creative history, thereby promoting the sharing of cultural and creative knowledge across national boundaries and economic divides.
UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Creative Cities Network
This could mean enjoying a scuba diving adventure, buying colourful spices or fresh fish from nearby markets with a chef, exploring a mountain village with a resident family or joining a cultural ambassador to learn the secrets of local traditions and history.
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Such problems are to be expected over the agency's long history and don't necessarily reflect a systemic or cultural issue, the official said.
On the edge of town, a new cultural centre is due to open in early 2009 showing the history of aborigines, pioneers and writers such as Henry Lawson who came, saw and wrote about the region.
The process of preserving antiquities, so crucial to our understanding of history, demands a plan for the sensible discovery and preservation of cultural heritage.
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It is a question that Australians will be asking as they approach a series of milestones in their history, all of them related to their cultural identity.
Even if most New Yorkers find little fault with it, this classical monument to a questionable figure in our history has become embarrassing to the city's cultural establishment.
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The Quartier, located around the Place des Arts and at the intersection of Ste-Catherine and St-Laurent Streets, has been the city's cultural heart for more than 100 years, and has a long and colourful history.
The Drifting Apart Storyline will provide a transnational geological history of the region tightly connected to its rich natural, built and cultural heritage.
Adrian Cox, cultural resources advisor at Historic Scotland, said Mary was a "towering figure" in Scottish history.
In most phases of history, Mr Abulafia shows, the Mediterranean was a net exporter of economic and cultural might.
College basketball's recent outbreak of splotchy eyes and drippy noses is a "new high mark of a changing culture, " says Tom Lutz, the author of "Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears, " even if some prefer other forms of catharsis.
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