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...native Spanish speaker who is fluent in English, do you find it any harder to express yourself in one language versus the other...
...official in charge of work safety, alleged that in one case, in which 32 died, local officials had ignored an order to close a shaft. "With local governments as backstage supporters, unscrupulous mine owners just keep operating illegally," Li was quoted as saying in the state-run English-language China Daily. "This is a direct challenge to the authority of state laws and regulations...
...living in Tanzania who was a hobbyist prospector, helped bring it to the attention of Tiffany, and the New York City jeweler signed on for an exclusive. Tiffany is said to have named the stone tanzanite?after judging the technical name, blue zoisite, to be too close to the English word suicide. The company promoted it for several years, but mining rights were poorly managed by the Tanzanian government, supplies were erratic and Tiffany moved...
...that "the basis of hope for the rest of the world" lies in a wider appreciation of the word on which post-apartheid South Africa was founded. Ubuntu is a term that expresses that idea that each man - rich, poor, friend, enemy - is irrevocably bound to the next. Its English translations are various: "togetherness," "humanity toward others," "I am because we are." Nelson Mandela explained ubuntu as follows: "A traveler through our country would stop at a village, and he didn't have to ask for food or for water. Once he stops, the people give him food, entertain...
...sociologist specializing in French song. Piaf's success abroad reminds the country of a time when its cultural exports could achieve popularity while remaining defiantly French. The passing of that era is lamented amid the proliferation of American Idol?style reality shows and young French stars singing in English. "Today, songs are detached from the lives of popular singers," says Prévost-Thomas, "but Piaf's are personal and sincere...