How not to win friends and influence people à la Suisse.A country that usually prides itself on its organisational skills made a monumental blunder and turned back time just before the kick off of the Germany-Austria match by broadcasting subtitles to the German national...
I'd imagine that hearing lyrics to Spain's once wordless national anthem is like biting into a defective seedless watermelon. "MADRID, Spain - An old quirk of Spanish history - a national anthem with no lyrics -...
A bill is making its way through Thailand's parliament that would require motorists to stop when the national anthem is played. Somehow the idea of every tuk-tuk, moto, car, bus, and truck in, say Bangkok having to...
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"U.S. President George Bush has criticized a new Spanish-language version of the American national anthem, written as an ode to immigrants seeking a better life."I think the national anthem ought to be sung in...
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According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and salads. ...
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The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...
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