... culture by euphemistic, mass media rhetoric that hides or reinterprets the realities of violence. In my view this alternative reading is entirely possible, although I have minor disagreements with aspects ... in alternative readings for the first two films in the Saw franchise that may deepen our understanding of the cultural anxieties it presents in our current penchant for torture and mutilation in ...

... over the age of 18. This makes sense on some level, but there is the reality that children have to compete in the real world. Taking away their technology might put them at a serious disadvantage - limiting their skills and understanding of cultural norms and expectations. On the other hand, it could give them a distinct advantage. Maybe they would develop skills lacking in many of their peers.

The middle of Vietnam is a region teeming with business opportunities, with three UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage sites, beautiful beaches and growing industrial projects. Yet, in recent years, the local government has had to place a brooding issue on top of their agenda-how to deal with storm surges.

... people tend to cluster with those with whom they can communicate and who are like themselves. One of the ugliest social/cultural situations that exist is how people behave during war. Listen to &# ... way warfare is carried out. I have always liked the term, 'cultural relativism', because it is so beautifully descriptive of the realities of interaction between people of different cultures. ...

... Leaders and Entrepreneur Awards Conference, next Wednesday, December 2 at The Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort on Cable Beach. Burnside will address the conference on the topic, ‘The Realities of Operating a Business During a Recession.’  The 2009 Visionary Business Leaders & Entrepreneur Awards Conference being organized by Visionaire Marketing and sponsored by The Bahamas ...

... rather than ideology or geopolitical ambition. It wants to get along with everyone as much as possible and make lots of money. (Quite a change from the days of the Little Red Book and the Cultural Revolution!). So they are ready to sell arms to everyone. They are all over Africa especially doing deals with anyone who can pay. To get cash, the Chinese will do anything. For example, they have ...

... have the ability to compare different theories of reality, and to the extent that we can detach from our own cultural biases, we can reason through the differences between them in search of supporting or refuting evidence. ... or sushi, the quest to define reality requires that we recognize cultural realities for what they are-localized truths. Once we realize that, then we can seek out the greater ...

... Eleusis because the society is an antiquated one, still wedded to cultural dictates developed in response to the ancient notion ... book depicts; I presume she relied on them for political and cultural realities just as she did to paint the book's remarkable ... religious rites and its architectural, scenic and other physical realities. Obviously, the passage says a great deal about the nature of power ...

... : Artworks are unique among objects in our society because they operate as cultural markers in the public realm, and yet are subject to valuation ... international market system that associates that cultural property with often exceptionally high currency values. Factors ... Service addresses the imperative to respond to social and cultural realities through art by assessing the financial value of art ...

... Chinese friends were now returning the favor. We were there to talk about religion in our two nations–the cultural realities that cause differences and unique perspectives, the ways we understood religious freedom, the ... , we made our way to the headquarters of Islam in China, a splendid mosque and cultural center near the center of the city. We were greeted warmly. Our host made a wonderful ...

... heels? What if they just don't have much in common after one of the biggest things they did have in common- virginity- is gone? Are we setting up people for a major let-down with these sorts of religious cultural realities? The "cult of virginity", as I call it? Despite our every natural tendency as human beings, ...

WOLVERHAMPTON STILL CHASING RAINBOWS AT THE END OF MULTI CULTURAL REALITIES. Once again the Express & Star, our local newspaper, exposes with remorseless logic the foolishness of current ideas of revitalising the City centre with non-existent money reluctantly printed by our Wolverhampton educated Governor of the Bank ...

... in an urbanized Palestine.  He writes, “Rome . . . reorganized and centralized these Greek social and cultural realities, and the milieu spread throughout Palestine and in the whole Near East.  There was no place to hide from these influences.  The populations then were as large or larger than those in the same areas today, ...

... deep emotion -- is literally incomprehensible for the autistic zombies that emerge in postmodernist cultural spaces, like the Village, which is exactly the goal of Number 2. It is very ... suggested final act of kenosis or self-giving is the ambiguous resolution of this nightmare, where realities are always in question and evil is omnipresent. Welcome to Manhattan in the twenty-first century. Why ...

... largely irrelevant to contemporary consciences. Just as Obama's election moves the US beyond the cultural divide between those who danced naked and Woodstock and those who cut their hair and went ... president provides the paradigm for a new African policy that does not and cannot seek to ignore these realities. The same factors that led to his success in American political scene can guide ...