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...edges of its empire. Later, in World War II, anthropologist Ruth Benedict played a key role in President Franklin Roosevelt's decision to allow the Japanese Emperor's reign to continue as part of Japan's surrender to the U.S. According to Price, who has written a book on the use of anthropology during World War II, the majority of American anthropologists were actively involved in the Allied war effort. One British anthropologist, Edmund Leach, even led a team of ruthless Kachin fighters - the indigenous group he was studying in Burma - against the nation's Japanese occupiers...
...headlines on newsstands and even simulated weather that will mirror real-time conditions. Movie theaters, hotels, restaurants and bars could be part of the mix, too. Click on a theater, and you might watch trailers of what's on; visit a restaurant and check out the menu or, perhaps, book a (real-world) reservation. "We'll be making this more and more dense," Wrottesley promises. "We'll keep adding more and more content." (Read: "Winners and Losers from Black Friday Weekend...
...Lee’s book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, explores the historical and cultural presence of Chinese food in America and was featured on the New York Times bestseller list as well as many prominent television programs such as The Colbert Report and The Today Show after its March 2008 publication...
...Jenny has told me she plans to pursue her interests in the emerging new forms of journalism and the business models that will support it, at The Times and at other news institutions. She also is a successful book author, and plans to continue as a writer and journalist...
...Opponents - these include several European governments and publishers, and the Open Access Alliance formed by authors and Google rivals like Yahoo! and Microsoft - describe that as a kind of massive, literary landgrab which ignores copyright concerns until owners demand they be paid or their books removed. They also fear Google's initially free search-and-access service will give way to a pay scheme. Confusing matters further, libraries, publishers and writers in both the U.S. and Europe are split in pro- and anti-Google Book camps...