Soon that's all the community may have left--the strident echo of a half-remembered Portuguese culture.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

Packing then made its way north of the Rio Grande and pack culture adopted a series of half-twists in keeping with the burgeoning world of New Spain.

ECONOMIST: New uses for an old pastime

In valleys and villages half a world away, they remember him -- the American who spoke their language, who respected their culture and who helped them defend their country.

WHITEHOUSE: Medal of Honor for Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller

NATO, which has spent half a century preparing for war, how much more true of the European Union, whose culture of horse-trading (my fish quota for your opt-out on social policy) is poorly suited to the sober, decisive thinking needed to run a military campaign.

ECONOMIST: Defending the Union

Three and a half years ago Forbes merged its dot-com and magazine editorial staffs, and we magazine editors got a dose of culture shock.

FORBES: When You Just Don't Fit In At The Office

But Hukku, after establishing his family in the U.S. and growing comfortable with American pop-culture references, has found that the U.S. market is still a challenge and a half.

FORBES: Bankware

For example, in the Dominican Republic, following the proclamation of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella, which organises socio-religious ceremonies stemming from African-American culture, threats have disappeared: the plan to build a road that would have cut in half the village of Mata Los Indios, the community's core, has been abandoned, and the confraternity's activities have become more famous than ever (via CD-Rom, participation in events, etc.).

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