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1. A London Language Museum.

Author

Crystal, David

Subjects
*SOCIOLINGUISTICS, *LANGUAGE & languages
Abstract

In the mid-1990s, a proposal for a World of Language museum was planned in London. This paper discusses the motivation behind the proposal, outlines its content, and explains the strategy behind it – as well as the reasons for its failure. Initiatives of a similar kind in other countries are briefly reviewed, and the principles underlying the Linguamón House of Languages in Barcelona explained and compared to the London project. The paper concludes with a reflection on the possible future for such a project in the UK in the 2000s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2008
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2. Terror: From Tyrannicide to Terrorism.

Author

Bowden, Brett

Subjects
*DICTATORSHIP, *TERRORISM, *BOMBINGS, *LONDON Terrorist Bombings, London, England, 2005
Abstract

The current wave of fundamentalist terror and the anti-terror response it has generated raise a lot of important questions; questions that have been all too readily glossed over in the hasty turn to rhetoric by powerful people who should at least be think ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009

3. Embedded Emergencies: The Securitization of Moving People and Products in Transport Systems After 9/11.

Author

Luke, Timothy

Subjects
*POLITICAL attitudes, *TRANSPORTATION, *NATIONAL security, *TERRORISM
Abstract

This paper explores the anxieties and reactions sparked by events, like the transport system terror attacks of 9.11.0l in the USA, 3.11.2004 in Spain, and 7.7.05 in London. As either collections of soft human targets or cargoes of hard-hitting destructiv ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009

4. Diary.

Subjects
*MEDICAL conferences, *CONFERENCES & conventions
Abstract

A calendar of events related to various congresses and conventions is presented which include one titled "RSM Clinicopathology Papers Prize Meeting and Stater of the Art Lecture" by the Royal Society of Medicine on March 18, 2010 in London, England, one titled "25th Annual EAU Congress" on April 16-20, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain, and one titled "1st World Congress of Pediatric Urology" on May 28-30, 2010 in San Francisco, California.

Published
2010
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