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...erupted into an intercontinental brawl. Hundreds of authors and publishers from the Netherlands to New Zealand have written to U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin, some expressing astonishment and outrage. France and Germany have protested; German Chancellor Angela Merkel singled out Google for criticism in a podcast this month. (Read about the book price war among Amazon, Walmart and Target...
...country's 25-year-old exception culturelle is ensuring that French-language music, film and other cultural products are not dominated by English-language imports. And a law passed in 1994 requires that French translations accompany any foreign phrases in state documents, business contracts and even advertising. (Read "The Class: A Year in the Blackboard Jungle...
...expense of French," says Karin Hull, who has taught English at Berlitz for four years. "The legacy of cultural protectionism is one factor, and the way foreign languages are taught in school is another. Students pass language exams only to discover they can't really speak [the language]." (Read "Plagiarism Software Finds a New Shakespeare Play...
...Read "Should Students Be Paid to Do Well in School...
...Read TIME's 2007 interview with Chirac...