Archetypes
ARCHETYPES. The English word archetype derives from a Greek word that is prominent in the writings of religious thinkers during the Hellenistic period. In modern times, the term has been us...
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Background InfoBorn in Yorkshire on 28 January 1930,
Roy
Clarke
loved books from an early age and always knew he wanted to be a writer. However, he spent his early adulthood as a soldier and then...
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A Burgeoning Bohemian
Marber
was once a suburban dreamer, a well-to-do Wimbledon boy who would rather have been raised among the bohemians of Camden. Though his father worked in the City, the you...
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Correspondents from The Wall Street Journal's Beijing bureau who this year won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting have urged Dow Jones to reject a takeover bid by Rupert Murdoch due to concern he will ...
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The difference between one suit and another is often as subtle as the placing of a button _ a fact highlighted at the Paris menswear shows on Saturday, where the focus was on precision cut and luxu...
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Shenzhen (dpa) - With its skyscrapers and powerful economic centre
Shanghai is usually regarded as the archetypal Chinese boomtown, yet
1,400 kilometres to the south is anot...
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Biel, Switzerland (dpa) - "I am the black sheep elected after
being chased," declared the first black politician to be voted in to
the Swiss parliament in the first intervie...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's
failure this week to win a conviction in a major case of
alleged terrorism financing is a sign it may be targeting the
wrong suspects and needs to reth...
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PRAGUE, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Former Czech president Vaclav
Havel has returned to his roots as a playwright after years in
politics, revealing a new drama set to debut next spring. The 71-year-old Hav...
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Elizabeth Ellis first went to the Boston Public Garden out of frustration. She hadn't been able to sell her paintings and was seeking inspiration.
"I told myself, the Boston...
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Reviewers have been noticing a certain resonance about the fiery-tressed femme fatale portrayed on the cover of Maureen Dowd's new book, Are Men Necessary?.
Is the "bombshell in a clinging red d...
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