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Learning from Sun Tzu.(Mr Insights)
Military Review
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May 1, 2003|
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Sun Tzu's The Art of War is, of course, a classic. At least six English translations can be found in most large bookstores on bookshelves next to another much cited but little read military favorite, Carl von Clausewitz's On War (Knopf, New York, 1993).(1) Translator Roger Ames describes The Art of War as "the world's foremost classic on military strategy."(2)
During the Vietnam war, it was popular for Army officers to be seen carrying copies of the works of Sun Tzu and Man Tse-tung. It is unlikely that many who carried the books read them, and few who read them ...
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FOOTBALL; THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL 2002; ENGLISH-LATIN THROUGH THE YEARS.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald
; ...by-year of the Boston Latin-Boston English contest, the oldest continuous high school football rivalry...13) 1887: Boston Latin 16, Boston English 0 1888: Boston Latin 38, Boston English 0 1889: Boston English 10, Boston Latin...
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THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL 2003; LATIN-ENGLISH HISTORY.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald
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Getting English out of the toaster
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ENGLISH ACCUSE SCOTTISH OF PREJUDICE.(News)
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English as she is mis-spoke . (teaching standard English)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; Funny old language, ain't it? SORRY, Esperanto. It...Microcircuitous?-but for the time being it makes do with English. Which English, and for what time being? Some sensible teachers of English fear that the time will not be long if some other...
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English decor is the U.S. rage now
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...tea canisters in the Chinese fashion, the English hunt table and English brasses that good old Jeeves, the butler, can polish up for you at a moment's notice. The English love their brasses as much as they love tea...
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English Only: An idea whose time has gone, Jewish organizations say
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; ...line is that a familiarity with English is important, but that there...with my family, in one of the old mills and there were city ordinances...official also noted that the English-only argument often gets confused...native language to speaking English. It was instituted so that...
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English, English everywhere
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times
; ...proficiency in all the specialist registers of English. Not just any old English". The issue that arises in this context is, "how good is someone in writing academic English?" This, he says, is a "big problem now right...
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
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