[PN] The Language Feed (2 August 2004)

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* Resources

The Language Feed
[Weekly e-mail distribution on language-related news,
also available on the Web to bookmark as a favorite - Ed.]
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smorris2/feed/

Human Development Report 2004
"Cultural Liberty in Today's Diverse World"
United Nations Development Programme
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/

* Periodical articles

Triumph of the Trivial
By PAUL KRUGMAN, New York Times, 30 July 2004
"Three weeks ago, The New Republic reported that the Bush administration 
was pressuring Pakistan to announce a major terrorist capture during the 
Democratic convention. Hours before Mr. Kerry's acceptance speech, 
Pakistan announced, several days after the fact, that it had apprehended 
an important Al Qaeda operative" [what is the US yielding in return? - Ed.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/30/opinion/30krugman.html

Study: Fear shapes voters' views
"Responses to candidates differ after thinking about tragedy"
[Who would manipulate the fear of death for political gain? - Ed.]
CNN.com, 30 July 2004
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/07/30/vote.psych.reut/index.html

Collegially, Steve McCarty
Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College, Japan
Online library: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
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