"While their official role is law enforcer, tax collector and advertiser, license plates moonlight as reporters, artists, sociologists, historians, psychologists and statisticians, " he says in the opening of his book, A Moving History.
Over the course of the year, a full programme of events will take place aimed at encouraging both residents and tourists to discover the pleasures of opening up a book and reading in any form.
At work, this could mean the CEO opening her address book and providing introductions, making herself available for meetings and dinners, and providing the necessary tools, recognitions, access and incentives to fuel the team to perform at the highest level.
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You can't criticise a book without opening the cover any more than you can criticise a TV programme without switching on the box.
But the plucky islanders ripped up the form book in their opening match, drawing with hosts South Africa after creating the better chances.
These points rang home during the opening keynote by John Gerzema, author of the book Spend Shift: How the Post-Crisis Values Revolution is Changing the Way We Buy, Sell and Live.
From the opening page, he makes it plain that this is a very different book.
However, his provocative book is, by and large, a well-aimed opening shot in a debate that will only grow louder in coming months.
Opening in limited release, this dramatization of the bestselling non-fiction book, takes us into the frightening world where the quick, deep fried, All-American meal is assembled.
In the course of a long and widely-publicised trial its opening lines were read by millions who would not normally pick up a book of poetry.
With respect to the screen I mentioned in opening paragraph, the screening strategy is based on the scorecard in my new book, Better Good than Lucky, I will provide a thorough discussion of the screen, which I personally use, in the December issue of the AAII Journal, including the changes I made from the version covered in the July 2010 First Cut column.
The books serve as ice-breakers: people can focus on their book rather than themselves, and each person approaching another has a perfect opening line.
The cover automatically wakes Kindle Paperwhite upon opening and puts it to sleep when closed, making it easy to dive right back into the book.
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During the opening remarks, the UNESCO representatives, Gulser Corat and Wijayananda Jayaweera, underscored the importance of the resource book's topic, which is intrinsically connected to UNESCO's global priorities of Gender Equality and Africa, and its mandate to promote freedom of expression.
The records have been made available to coincide with the latest big-screen version of the book - a film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio is released in May and is opening Cannes Film Festival.
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