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12 Jun /13
Kalashnikov
“No matter what they do in Russia, it turns out looking like a Kalashnikov” Vladimir Putin When President Putin commented last week that Russia’s Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Games looked like a Kalashnikov rifle, he was referring to one of his country’s most famous brands.Continue reading Kalashnikov
11 Jun /13
Global South- Atlanta’s international business boom fuels demand for language services
In 1859 a writer for the Industrial Journal labeled Atlanta a “city in the woods” referring to its lush surrounding and its history as a backwoods railway outpost that as recent as 1847 only had thirty residents.Continue reading Global South- Atlanta’s international business boom fuels demand for language services
11 Jun /13
Plimsoll/Plimsoll Line
Health and safety campaigners often make as many enemies as admirers, and Samuel Plimsoll had to fight a bitter battle to make nineteenth century shipbuilders toe the line.Continue reading Plimsoll/Plimsoll Line
10 Jun /13
Ponzi Scheme
Hollywood comedy “The Producers” tells the story of Max and Leo, who take hundreds of thousands of dollars from investors to stage a Broadway musical, then choose the worst script, the worst director and the worst cast they can find so the show will flop and they can keep the money.Continue reading Ponzi Scheme
