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Best Ways to Fix Social Mistakes
Recovering from a mistake in manners or embarrassing situation is easy if you know in advance how to handle each dilemma. Here are seven tried and true methods to help.
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What Snubbing Reveals, Friendship Restores: Norway and Japan (I of II)
Nations, like people, negotiate their relationships through a series of minor trials; boundaries are set and adapted, intentions are analyzed, and standards of expectation put to the test. Friendships between nations and people are tested, not on the battlefield or industrial drives, but on the social give-and-take between two invested parties. This story is concerned with the friendship between Norway and Japan and how that friendship was navigated through two social blunders in national symbolism: the first, a few misguided ad campaigns in Norway and the second, a missed appointment in Japan.
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It's All Chinese to Me
A guide to Chinese culture and etiquette which is both comprehensive and easy to understand.
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Russian Culture Tips
In order to get to know the local culture, first you have to get to know a local or two. Here are some practical tips on how to behave yourself in the Russian Federation
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SHORT, FAT AND THIN: PRESIDENTS ARE HUMAN, TOO! (PART 2)
In the final part of his article, William Reynolds, the official village historian of Ossining, New York, finishes his talk on the shortest, thinnest and heaviest presidents.
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